Following the amazing year I have had with Team v, I am now involved with a project run by the Cabinet Office called Points of Light. Having been brought over from the US to be tried for the first time this year, the project will promote outstanding volunteering in our communities and hopefully, in turn, get more people volunteering. I will be in the role as Points of Light Ambassador for Yorkshire and Humber, researching, nominating and rewarding outstanding volunteers and hope to give something back.
Lets face it, I wasn't ready to leave Team v behind and as much as it was stressful at times, I wanted to carry on a similar type of work in a different role. On 28th July, I'm heading down to 10 Downing Street for the first training day and will hopefully meet my North East counterpart. As much as it is tempting to have a go at Cameron if we meet him, probably best not.
The principles of Points of Light originally came from President Bush Sr in his inaugural address in 1989 in which he describes volunteers and community organisations as "a thousand points of light". Often, this is very accurate, given that even in this country, without the voluntary sector, the country would not survive and many essential services would close.
Applying for the position was something that took a lot of thinking about because even now, I am slightly unsure about where I will find volunteers to nominate, however, I will hopefully get some training on this. It will be a challenge in a year when I start my level 3 in media and journalism in specific. On the other hand, I like a challenge. Given it's something that's run by the Cabinet Office, they don't appear to be very organised. Somehow, they managed to book my tickets with my dad's railcard and his tickets with my railcard but oh well. We'll just have to pretend.
Talking of Cabinet, after 25 years as MP for Richmond and 4 years as Foreign Secretary, my MP, William Hague, is stepping down at the next election. Being the exception to the rule, Mr Hague, has been one of the few MPs that still has integrity these days. Being supportive of young people was one of the reasons for that and I thank him for not only listening to the views of young people but also taking action on them. He, in that, has actually been very supportive of volunteers in his constituency and whoever succeeds him, it will be a hard act to follow.
I hope to post something soon after my visit to London and will also be posting ten days after for my Team v Graduation. I hope you like this post and please comment if you have anything to say, as long as it's sensible. Please, no SPAM. Also check out my brothers travel blog as he spends a month or so travelling round Vietnam at http://dennisrm.wordpress.com/ . it goes onto a page not found thing but if you just click on the text that says "Too long to Tweet" it takes you to the blog.
Lets face it, I wasn't ready to leave Team v behind and as much as it was stressful at times, I wanted to carry on a similar type of work in a different role. On 28th July, I'm heading down to 10 Downing Street for the first training day and will hopefully meet my North East counterpart. As much as it is tempting to have a go at Cameron if we meet him, probably best not.
The principles of Points of Light originally came from President Bush Sr in his inaugural address in 1989 in which he describes volunteers and community organisations as "a thousand points of light". Often, this is very accurate, given that even in this country, without the voluntary sector, the country would not survive and many essential services would close.
Applying for the position was something that took a lot of thinking about because even now, I am slightly unsure about where I will find volunteers to nominate, however, I will hopefully get some training on this. It will be a challenge in a year when I start my level 3 in media and journalism in specific. On the other hand, I like a challenge. Given it's something that's run by the Cabinet Office, they don't appear to be very organised. Somehow, they managed to book my tickets with my dad's railcard and his tickets with my railcard but oh well. We'll just have to pretend.
Talking of Cabinet, after 25 years as MP for Richmond and 4 years as Foreign Secretary, my MP, William Hague, is stepping down at the next election. Being the exception to the rule, Mr Hague, has been one of the few MPs that still has integrity these days. Being supportive of young people was one of the reasons for that and I thank him for not only listening to the views of young people but also taking action on them. He, in that, has actually been very supportive of volunteers in his constituency and whoever succeeds him, it will be a hard act to follow.
I hope to post something soon after my visit to London and will also be posting ten days after for my Team v Graduation. I hope you like this post and please comment if you have anything to say, as long as it's sensible. Please, no SPAM. Also check out my brothers travel blog as he spends a month or so travelling round Vietnam at http://dennisrm.wordpress.com/ . it goes onto a page not found thing but if you just click on the text that says "Too long to Tweet" it takes you to the blog.
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