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ABScraft - Alison Bailey Smith<p>Wirral MakeFest maker, Wirral Code Club is a fantastic initiative that provides valuable coding and digital skills education to children and young people in the Wirral area, helping to prepare them for the digital world and the jobs of the future..</p><p>“We will also bring a Banana Piano which is always big hit with the children and adults alike. We wire bananas up so that you can play them like a piano, and the kids and see how the code is made within the Scratch program.”</p><p>Wirral Code Club will be based at Birkenhead Central Library between 10am and 4pm on the 10th of May. @wirralcodeclub <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/volunteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volunteers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/lifeskills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lifeskills</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/codinglife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>codinglife</span></a>💻 <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/codingforbeginners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>codingforbeginners</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/wirralmakefest2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wirralmakefest2025</span></a> @wirral_libraries</p>
Ma Quest :ablobjam:<p>"No experience is needed to become a volunteer and caring for plants and creating homes for wildlife is an incredibly rewarding experience. The plants we grow will be planted out during spring and autumn months to enhance the butterfly banks around the city and the local environment." <a href="https://www.wildflowerconservationsociety.com/volunteer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wildflowerconservationsociety.</span><span class="invisible">com/volunteer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ReWilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReWilding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/GardeningForPollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GardeningForPollinators</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/GardeningForWildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GardeningForWildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Volunteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Volunteers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Volunteer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Volunteer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Volunteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Volunteering</span></a></p>
Ma Quest :ablobjam:<p>"The Wild Flower Conservation Society was born from the vital need to bring a diverse range of wildlife back to our treasured countryside spaces. When Stanmer Nurseries closed in 2018, a group of volunteers formed the Wild Flower Conservation Society." <a href="https://www.wildflowerconservationsociety.com/volunteer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wildflowerconservationsociety.</span><span class="invisible">com/volunteer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/ReWilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReWilding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/GardeningForPollinators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GardeningForPollinators</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/GardeningForWildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GardeningForWildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Volunteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Volunteers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Volunteer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Volunteer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Volunteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Volunteering</span></a></p>
Richard Jefferies Museum<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VOLUNTEERS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOLUNTEERS</span></a> WANTED...</p><p>Join our team on Sundays from May through September during our Lazy Summer Sundays! There are a few jobs where we always welcome more volunteers, and there are no age limits or special requirements.</p><p>You could help in our small tearoom serving drinks and cream teas, meet visitors as a steward, and/or be an extra pair of hands to keep things tidy.</p><p>DM us if you're interested!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Volunteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Volunteering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Swindon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Swindon</span></a></p>
Isabel Richards<p>An incredible person has started a movement to tell the stories of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scientists</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> experts who have been dismissed because of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/madness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>madness</span></a> over there at the moment </p><p>If you know scientists who have lost funding or jobs because of *certain decisions*, you should contact them! They are also looking for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/volunteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volunteers</span></a> ❤️❤️</p><p>More here: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/silencedsciencestories_faces-of-terminated-scientists-activity-7303887945944420352-Gb2j?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_ios&amp;rcm=ACoAADNAIO0BuzwIm3tNVH5tUXHgOK6WxKwxPr8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">linkedin.com/posts/silencedsci</span><span class="invisible">encestories_faces-of-terminated-scientists-activity-7303887945944420352-Gb2j?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_ios&amp;rcm=ACoAADNAIO0BuzwIm3tNVH5tUXHgOK6WxKwxPr8</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scicomm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illustration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/illustrators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illustrators</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/terminated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terminated</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/federalscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federalscience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencematters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencematters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/standupforscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>standupforscience</span></a></p>
coyotebroad<p>It’s a sad reality: there are people that use nonprofits &amp; charities to try to make money for themselves &amp; that recruit <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/volunteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volunteers</span></a> to “help”.<br>Here are red flags to look for when signing up to volunteer, to avoid being financially exploited – or worse: <br><a href="https://coyotecommunications.com/coyoteblog/2024/03/scams-in-volunteering/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">coyotecommunications.com/coyot</span><span class="invisible">eblog/2024/03/scams-in-volunteering/</span></a></p>
Fitness Foundry (Coach Julio)<p>🇺🇸Continuing to support my friends in Ukraine.🇺🇦</p><p>📦Today I mailed a few boxes of genuine, life-saving tourniquets and U.S. flags to my Ukrainian friends in Lviv, Kyiv, and Kherson, whom I had the opportunity to volunteer with during my humanitarian trips to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>.They will distribute them to heroes on the front lines. ⛑️</p><p>🌎Let’s stand together in solidarity with the people of Ukraine. Our collective effort can make a positive difference🕊️</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/volunteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volunteers</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peace</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boston</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a></p>
wendinoakland :KINGPENG_PNG:<p>My volunteer gig, the White Elephant Sale, the uranium glass display table is rocking. I am responsible. Two 4’ uv led strips. Squeeee! <a href="https://beige.party/tags/volunteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volunteers</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/uranium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uranium</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintage</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/coolStuff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coolStuff</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WTF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WTF</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SFBay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFBay</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SFBA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SFBA</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Oakland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oakland</span></a></p>
Dining & Cooking<p>First Fruit Farms doubles impact, distributes 4.7M pounds to fight food insecurity in 2024 <a href="https://www.diningandcooking.com/1820039/first-fruit-farms-doubles-impact-distributes-4-7m-pounds-to-fight-food-insecurity-in-2024/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">diningandcooking.com/1820039/f</span><span class="invisible">irst-fruit-farms-doubles-impact-distributes-4-7m-pounds-to-fight-food-insecurity-in-2024/</span></a> #4.7MillionPounds <a href="https://vive.im/tags/DistributionCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DistributionCenter</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/FirstFruitFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstFruitFarms</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/FoodInsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodInsecurity</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/FreshFood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreshFood</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/MarylandFoodBank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarylandFoodBank</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/nonprofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonprofit</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/volunteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volunteers</span></a></p>
NSW.Biodiversity<p>"Roadtoll"</p><p>One car crashed and "burnt through about 82,000 hectares of Nambung National Park and threatened the coastal communities of Cervantes, Wedge Island and Grey... Most animals found alive by volunteers had to be euthanised." &gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-21/cervantes-bushfire-leaves-animals-burned/104747766" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2024-12-21/cer</span><span class="invisible">vantes-bushfire-leaves-animals-burned/104747766</span></a><br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/roads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roads</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/volunteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volunteers</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/bushfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bushfires</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/roadtoll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roadtoll</span></a></p>
TechHelpKB.com 📚<p>The Tor Project has put out an urgent call to the privacy community asking volunteers to help deploy 200 new WebTunnel bridges by the end of the year to fight government censorship.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/project" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>project</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/volunteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volunteers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/tor-needs-200-new-webtunnel-bridges-to-fight-censorship/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu</span><span class="invisible">rity/tor-needs-200-new-webtunnel-bridges-to-fight-censorship/</span></a></p>
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Stuart Bain<p>Last weekends adventure near Wales most remote chapel - Soar y Mynydd, didn’t go as planned. A huge thanks to Brecon Mountain Rescue volunteers for braving the conditions to rescue me. Please donate to keep this service running! <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/https" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>https</span></a>://www.breconmrt.co.uk/call-out/0<br> </p><p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/CambrianMountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CambrianMountains</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Abergwesyn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Abergwesyn</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Tregaron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tregaron</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Powys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Powys</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Ceredigion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ceredigion</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SoarYMynydd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SoarYMynydd</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/MoutainRescue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoutainRescue</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Wales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wales</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Cymru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cymru</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Volunteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Volunteers</span></a></p>
Jon Sullivan<p>The South Island Wildlife Hospital is a non-profit hospital kept afloat by donations and run by volunteers, including the vets. </p><p>They do fantastic mahi and are well deserving of your support.</p><p><a href="https://wildlifehospital.co.nz/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wildlifehospital.co.nz/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NZ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/WildlifeHospital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WildlifeHospital</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/volunteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volunteers</span></a></p>
gary<p>no wonder the bossmen on the job have do not resuscitate orders - construction is rough <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/volunteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volunteers</span></a> foe america</p>
Wes<p>What group or organization ( non-profit or otherwise) are you planning to help this holiday season, either by volunteering, donations ( money or other) or by advertising because you have worked with them before and think they're worthwhile?<br><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/holiday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>holiday</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/volunteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volunteers</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/organizations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>organizations</span></a></p>
John Autry<p>"Volunteers" by Jefferson Airplane was released in November 1969.<br><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/JeffersonAirplane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JeffersonAirplane</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Volunteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Volunteers</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/VintageVinyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VintageVinyl</span></a></p>
Falx Cerebri<p>PS, for y'all with the means, organizations like this need <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/donations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donations</span></a> and <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/volunteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volunteers</span></a>, too.</p>
Nonilex<p>Laura &amp; I are grateful to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionOfficials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionOfficials</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PollWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PollWorkers</span></a>, &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/volunteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volunteers</span></a> who oversaw a free, fair, safe, &amp; secure <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a>.</p><p>We join our fellow citizens in praying for the success of our new leaders at all levels of government. May God continue to bless our great country.</p><p>- Fmr President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GeorgeWBush" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeWBush</span></a> statement</p><p>2/2 <br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RIPdemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RIPdemocracy</span></a></p>
Mike<p>I'm back from my last ever volunteers meeting.</p><p>Although our volunteer leader thanked me for what I'd done (and achieved) over the last 12 years or more - neither of the staff managers from CRT spoke to me. I think that pretty much sums up my volunteering experiences over the last few years with the Trust.</p><p><a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/betterByWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>betterByWater</span></a>? - not really!</p><p><a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/canal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canal</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/volunteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volunteering</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/volunteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volunteers</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/CRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CRT</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/Canals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canals</span></a></p>
Mike<p>After a late night (for us) and a decent night's sleep, I wake up to *these* headlines?</p><p>Anyway - this lunchtime I'm out to our volunteer group's end of season meeting. This is where I will hand back my lifejacket and windlass as I officially stop volunteering for The Canal &amp; River Trust after about 13 years.</p><p>There won't be many people there that I know because the group has changed a lot in recent years - not just in personnel but in character too. The organisation has changed dramatically as well.<br>I've had a lot of good times on the canal bank, but Im not sorry to leave. It's a while since I actually did any physical volunteering and every time it was full of one sort of aggravation or another.</p><p>So it's a bitter sweet day here.</p><p><a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/Today" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Today</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/volunteering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volunteering</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/canal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canal</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/CanalLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanalLife</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/volunteers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volunteers</span></a></p>