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6th December 2019
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Micro-Volunteering? 

Our secretary Theresa Emmett recently attended a Zoom course by trainer Alex Krutnik, who is the CEO of Canterbury & Herne Bay Volunteer Centre that Micro-Volunteering is a new trend in the volunteer community. Basically, it is about providing small tasks and opportunities to engage more volunteers to be able to join in the experience of volunteering. 

Micro-volunteering is built on the idea that, for some people, they are more likely to volunteer if short and convenient assignments are offered.  Inspired by the training, we have come up with a list of potential Micro-Volunteering tasks, and thought we would ask our members what they thought of this idea and list before we add this to our website and offer it further afield. 

 

Would you be willing to tell us why you were inspired to volunteer? 

If you don’t volunteer now and would like to, would you like to tell us what things you would like to become involved in and how we could help that happen? It may help us to improve and inspire others to join in…. 

Micro volunteering to do list:

  1. Write an article about why are you volunteering? 
  2. Write an article about researching and what difference that makes to you. 
  3. Read the electric meter each month and submit the return on our behalf. 
  4. Email the Wheels of Time stats over each month. 
  5. Review what leaflets we have left. 
  6. Complete the Museum of life. 
  7. Write job descriptions for vacancies that are interesting. 
  8. Transcribe some old East Kent Gazette articles. 
  9. Like us on Facebook. 
  10. Look at photos in a particular drive, where we don’t know where they are, and help us identify where they are. 
  11. Create and or complete a survey, “what would you like in an ideal heritage centre”; 

12. Create and or complete a survey “what talk subjects are you most interested         in”;
13. Create and or complete a survey “Why would you volunteer?” 
14. Look over our website and tell us how it can be improved. 
15. Hand out Wheels of Time leaflets on a Saturday morning or during school             holidays for an hour. 
16. Help inspire us – Mystery shop at other heritage sites and tell us what you               like most. 
17. Write an “Out and about” article for our website. 
18. Leave a comment about us on TripAdvisor (hopefully a good one). 
19. Manage our Twitter account. 
20. Start a HRGS Snapchat account. 
21. Create a YouTube about why someone should visit the heritage hub.  

Your thoughts and suggestions would be appreciated. Please Contact Us.

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Would you like to Volunteer at
The Heritage Hub?



If you have an interest in history, and or would like to become involved we need you!

To get started just print off this form below and hand it in at the Hub!

The Heritage Hub, Unit 17, The Forum, Sittingbourne, ME10 3DL

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Our aim is to investigate, record and promote the history of Sittingbourne and the local area by research, study, education and publication.

With over 15,000 hours of time clocked up in 2016, the Historical Research Group of Sittingbourne ‘Heritage Team’ volunteers are at the heart of what we do. They carry out local heritage investigation by documentary and archaeological research.  Much of this work is then published and or presented both visually and orally to the community.

The Heritage Hub situated in the Forum shopping centre in Sittingbourne and is the HRGS’s window to the world and as well as being our Research Room. We can showcase much of our findings to the community.  In 2016, the Hub attracted over 7000 visitors.

Here are just some reasons why helping with our research into local history and archaeology, or volunteering in the Heritage Hub can benefit you…

1. You’ll meet new people

2. You’ll be part of a friendly team

3. It’s a chance to learn new skills

4. You can gain valuable work-related experience

5. You’ll receive training and support

6. It’s a chance to really indulge your passion

7. You can make a difference to local heritage

All our project research areas have an incredibly rich history, which is intertwined with the stories of the people who have lived and worked there across the centuries.

Our volunteers find new ways to bring these stories to life.

So, why not make volunteering your New Year’s resolution…

Contact Richard via Contact Us or

drop your application into the Heritage Hub in The Forum, Sittingbourne

 

We believe that History is the Glue that holds Communities Together.