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I have pasted this from the timebank (volunteer agency or something), newsletter, Not sure if anyone or knows anyone who is 11 - 19 and interested in Linux, but this could be a good opportunity to promote Linux and open source and get help doing so. Paul December 2003 Edition The holidays are quickly approaching and there's no better time to volunteer. Thousands of charities and community organisations across the UK will be working throughout the holiday period to provide essential support and services to individuals and communities in need. In this newsletter, we've put together an essential guide of how you can give your time during the holiday; you'll find details of organisations that need your help and inspirational stories of why others give their time and skills. Ling Tsang In this Edition The Whatif... Campaign What If...' is a new campaign to recruit volunteers to help young people in danger of turning to crime, run in partnership by TimeBank and Crime Concern. Click here to read more Last Competition Winner In the autumn issue of TimeBank News, £50 of Marks and Spencer Vouchers were up for grabs. Click here to read more Help the Hospices Campaign In the New Year, TimeBank will be launching '13 Days', a campaign run in partnership with the umbrella organisation for the hospice movement in the UK, Help the Hospices. Click here to read more Energize TimeBank has just launched Energize, a website designed for 11 - 19 year olds who want to take positive action in their school, college or local community. Click here to read more The What if... Campaign 'What If...' is a new campaign to recruit volunteers to help young people in danger of turning to crime, run in partnership by TimeBank and Crime Concern. Crime Concern runs over 30 youth involvement projects across England and Wales, and volunteers are crucial to their success. Volunteer opportunities include one-to-one mentoring, assisting youth projects with activity programmes, acting as a peer drug educator in the prevention of drugs and substance misuse, and administrative support for regional offices. Potential volunteers must be over 21, be available for a minimum of 2 hours a week. For more information or to register please call 0845 601 4008 or visit www.timebank.org.uk/whatif where you can also play our new, improved, festive online crime fighting game. Fancy winning a brand new digital camera? To enter simply write to or contact TimeBank with your story about how volunteering has changed your life. To send us your story now, click here Top tips to volunteer over Christmas and New Year 1. Get in touch with your local Volunteer centre and sign up for opportunities over the Christmas and holiday period. There are over 500 centres across the UK and each one offers local volunteer opportunities. Contact TimeBank or click here to search for your nearest Centre. 2 . Call or email the TimeBank team for advice and information about volunteering at Christmas 0845 601 4008 or email l.tsang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 3 . Crisis, the national homeless charity, runs several projects over the Christmas period, to get involved visit www.crisis.org.uk or call 020 7426 3875. 4 . Age Concern is one of the UK's largest organisations working with and for older people. There are hundreds of local volunteering opportunities, to get involved contact your local Age Concern by going to www.ageconcern.org.uk or call the Information line on 0800 00 99 66 to find your nearest branch. 5 . Do informal volunteering and extend your support to local neighbours or host a holiday dinner/lunch. 6 . Contact your local care home, hospital, youth club, places of worship or community centre and offer your time and skills. 7 . If you can't find any volunteering opportunities, why not contact your local council or authority and set up your own Christmas volunteering project, for example decorating your local public space. For more ideas contact our Changing Streets team on 0845 601 4008. 8 . Make a list of local and national charities and organisations you support, contact them directly and ask for a list of their Xmas volunteering opportunities. 9 . Visit the www.do-it.org.uk website and search for up to date volunteering opportunities. The website is constantly updated with new vacancy's. Help the Hospices campaign In the New Year, TimeBank will be launching '13 Days', a campaign run in partnership with the umbrella organisation for the hospice movement in the UK, Help the Hospices. The campaign is called '13 Days' because thirteen days is the average length of time a person spends in a hospice. Together, TimeBank and Help the Hospices are aiming to raise awareness of the diverse and rewarding volunteering opportunities available to those volunteering in hospices, and encourage a younger audience to give time, primarily but not exclusively those aged between 20 and 35. Hospices are independently funded and without the time of their existing volunteers, hospice work could not continue Hospices care for adults and children who are seriously ill, and who face the end of life because their illness can't be cured. Care goes beyond simply providing medical treatment for patients and aims to meet all the needs - physical, emotional, social and spiritual - of people facing terminal illness. This means that there may be a broader range of volunteering opportunities available than you would have first thought, with volunteers arranging visits from pets to their owners, providing beauty treatments, or even mixing a gin and tonic for patients. If you would like to learn more about '13 Days' and hospice volunteering, then log onto www.timebank.org.uk/13days or call 0845 601 4008. Energize TimeBank has just launched Energize, a website designed for 11 - 19 year olds who want to take positive action in their school, college or local community. Energize provides support, advice, and information for young people looking to turn their ideas into a reality, whether they want to make themselves heard, change things or learn new skills. Energize can help young people to improve their career prospects by offering them the opportunity to gain experience and skills which are transferable to other areas of their lives. Already Energize has produced some real success stories, such as 16 year-old Phoebe Lewis who set up a radio station with her friends as she was fed up with the misrepresentation of hip-hop music in the media. So if you know a young person aged between 11 and 19 who is passionate about an issue and wants to make things happen, tell them to log onto Energize and get active! www.timebank.org.uk/energize --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.545 / Virus Database: 339 - Release Date: 27/11/03 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe.