virtual volunteering
GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP
What do you think a Global Citizen is? Is it something you aspire to? This blog will host thoughts and comments on the issue from within the Fair Earth Foundation and from those interested in adding their thoughts. https://fairearthglobalcitizenship.wordpress.com/
Whilst our co-ordinator team is in lock down in Tenerife we will be launching a number of different virtual platforms aimed at giving people opportunity to volunteer virtually- helping in our research; contributing music, poems, information, films; helping identify grass-roots projects around the world deserving of support; adding to our store of on-line lesson plans for students of all ages to learn from. Critically we want to create virtual communities capable of impacting positive conservation efforts both locally and globally. Please read and please help us.
Whilst our co-ordinator team is in lock down in Tenerife we will be launching a number of different virtual platforms aimed at giving people opportunity to volunteer virtually- helping in our research; contributing music, poems, information, films; helping identify grass-roots projects around the world deserving of support; adding to our store of on-line lesson plans for students of all ages to learn from. Critically we want to create virtual communities capable of impacting positive conservation efforts both locally and globally. Please read and please help us.
INSIDE OUTSIDE: OUR MINDS ARE ALL UNIQUE
This on-going Vlog managed by AWdF’s Head of Technical Support Nathan Evans aims to offer opinion, support and a voice to anyone concerned about mental health issues, particularly during these difficult times. These will be based on Nathan’s personal experiences and do not carry any professional weight. They will be honest, frank, painful but, possibly, useful as a platform for self learning through shared experience. Some of the issues covered will include homelessness, domestic abuse and more to follow (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8aYV_XLrl-VP3MlD_3-3vg). As well as v-logs Nathan aims to bring a live stream and a discord platform, follow the link https://discord.gg/CSMAqDW Contact: [email protected]
GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP SCHEME
This scheme seeks to help people assume individual responsibility for helping to protect our shared home, the Earth. It focuses on three key actions:
1. Cutting down on plastic waste and , further, ‘offsetting’ any plastic we do consume through our collaboration with The Plastic Bank
2. Planting trees to offset our carbon footprint in the fight against Climate Change.
3. Supporting ‘grass-root’ community projects around the world, including at home, on the basis that real change can only be driven at a community level (as opposed to being imposed from above).
Please link to the Global Citizenship Scheme for information on how you can get involved.
We need your help! We are trying to build a global network of great community projects around the world that we can all collaborate with. Help us to build this network. Contact our Project Manager, Eve, [email protected] for details of the kinds of projects we want to identify and the information we require.
1. Cutting down on plastic waste and , further, ‘offsetting’ any plastic we do consume through our collaboration with The Plastic Bank
2. Planting trees to offset our carbon footprint in the fight against Climate Change.
3. Supporting ‘grass-root’ community projects around the world, including at home, on the basis that real change can only be driven at a community level (as opposed to being imposed from above).
Please link to the Global Citizenship Scheme for information on how you can get involved.
We need your help! We are trying to build a global network of great community projects around the world that we can all collaborate with. Help us to build this network. Contact our Project Manager, Eve, [email protected] for details of the kinds of projects we want to identify and the information we require.
FUNDRAISING
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Doctors and nurses are putting their lives at risk for us all; without them many thousands more of us would die. They are doing this knowing that they are exposing themselves to great risk- we already have examples of young nurses with families and small children having been struck down, and of older doctors refusing not to work despite being in a ‘vulnerable’ group and paying the ultimate sacrifice. And there will be more deaths. They are showing true courage, the very best of being British.
The Issue NHS staff are experiencing prolonged trauma and stress in their workplace. We should do what we can to support them, to show solidarity. Not only because we have a debt of gratitude but also because we have to help sustain the NHS going forward. |
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The Solution
We can all help by providing them with a relaxing and stress releasing, healing holiday - as a huge thank you but also as a means of helping them recover from the trauma they have experienced. Everyone reacts to trauma differently, and will have different levels of resilience therefore the solution has to have a lot of options, catering for different people, as well as offering choice so they feel in control because during the onslaught of COVID19 they will not have felt in control.
Common reactions to stress include a range of mental, emotional, physical and behavioural responses such as being in a state of high alert, feeling emotionally numb, becoming emotional and upset, feeling fatigued and tired. These reactions are normal and, in most cases, they subside as a part of the body’s natural healing and recovery process.
We can all help these amazing people through this process. We are already making our volunteering programme free of charge to NHS front line staff and with this crowdfunding push we want to provide holidays free of charge to workers and their families.
Will you help us give back to our NHS heroes by helping to provide them with a much needed and possibly essential holiday!? £300 will comfortably pay for a well deserved and possibly vital holiday tailor made for the individual needs of the nurses and doctors involved. Everything helps. the more you contribute, the more we can give back.
The AWdF wants to provide 100 FREE holidays to NHS workers. With your help we can achieve this. Every contribution helps, no mater how small. Visit our Crowdfunding Page now.
They have lots of ideas to help you fundraise. For further information, contact Project Manager Eve on [email protected]
We can all help by providing them with a relaxing and stress releasing, healing holiday - as a huge thank you but also as a means of helping them recover from the trauma they have experienced. Everyone reacts to trauma differently, and will have different levels of resilience therefore the solution has to have a lot of options, catering for different people, as well as offering choice so they feel in control because during the onslaught of COVID19 they will not have felt in control.
Common reactions to stress include a range of mental, emotional, physical and behavioural responses such as being in a state of high alert, feeling emotionally numb, becoming emotional and upset, feeling fatigued and tired. These reactions are normal and, in most cases, they subside as a part of the body’s natural healing and recovery process.
We can all help these amazing people through this process. We are already making our volunteering programme free of charge to NHS front line staff and with this crowdfunding push we want to provide holidays free of charge to workers and their families.
Will you help us give back to our NHS heroes by helping to provide them with a much needed and possibly essential holiday!? £300 will comfortably pay for a well deserved and possibly vital holiday tailor made for the individual needs of the nurses and doctors involved. Everything helps. the more you contribute, the more we can give back.
The AWdF wants to provide 100 FREE holidays to NHS workers. With your help we can achieve this. Every contribution helps, no mater how small. Visit our Crowdfunding Page now.
They have lots of ideas to help you fundraise. For further information, contact Project Manager Eve on [email protected]
SHARED LEARNING: OUR GATEWAY TO GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP
We have built a range of stimulating and enjoyable educational sessions on our TES website pages. They cover all aspects of nature and the environment as well as social and human rights issues. For individuals or groups in either a real or virtual setting, all sessions are interactive with a view to creating a virtual learning community. Learn- Share- Grow
RESEARCH
We have extensive data on tens of thousands of interactions with cetaceans over the years and a large number of research questions that we need help on in analysing.
If you want to help us and learn about writing and presenting scientific research papers then contact Mimi, research Manager on mim[email protected] She will make available a list of research questions, suggest literature reviews, make accessible data sets and photo I/D catalogues and support you in analysing the data and writing up reports/ posters.
For more information, please download our Virtual Research Factsheets.
If you want to help us and learn about writing and presenting scientific research papers then contact Mimi, research Manager on mim[email protected] She will make available a list of research questions, suggest literature reviews, make accessible data sets and photo I/D catalogues and support you in analysing the data and writing up reports/ posters.
For more information, please download our Virtual Research Factsheets.
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ENTERPRISE
As an organisation we pride ourselves in being entrepreneurial with a capital ‘S’ (for Social!) If you have an interesting idea of social benefit (eco-tourism, educational, volunteer programme, supporting disadvantaged members of society..) and want help in building a robust business plan then share your ideas with us. Send your idea to Ed, [email protected] Start planning for a better world, hopefully commencing in the not too distant future.
Do you want to start a social enterprise from home? We can help! Contact Ed with your ideas or start a conversation with him to help identify business opportunities right for you.
Do you want to start a social enterprise from home? We can help! Contact Ed with your ideas or start a conversation with him to help identify business opportunities right for you.
INTELLIGENT CONVERSATIONS
Do you feel that your opinion carries no weight, that what you think and say is unheard, not important!?
Intelligent Conversations, launched at our London Eco-Film Festival (LEFF), is a platform for you to have your say. Make a video recording your thoughts and send it to John, concept originator and Executive Producer [email protected].
He will select the most powerful and important messages to play through our YouTube channel and the we will follow up on issues raised where possible.
Intelligent Conversations, launched at our London Eco-Film Festival (LEFF), is a platform for you to have your say. Make a video recording your thoughts and send it to John, concept originator and Executive Producer [email protected].
He will select the most powerful and important messages to play through our YouTube channel and the we will follow up on issues raised where possible.
WOMEN POWER
Justine retired early from her career in the Fire Service and now is supporting our team in Tenerife, as an older mentor. She feels there is a huge role for women in middle age to play in supporting youthful efforts to create a better world.
She will be posting thoughts and ideas on what women can do and will be open to suggestions. Her email is [email protected]
She will be posting thoughts and ideas on what women can do and will be open to suggestions. Her email is [email protected]