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Matching EA volunteer time with partner volunteer tasks
• EP Team are helping link EA volunteer time to partner volunteer activity• Projects EA fund• Wider projects/activities
• Match EA Team requests/skills to partner opportunities/needs
~ 570 days available for Green Action in 2019
“…promoting citizen science of escaped Tapprogge balls”
Sustainable Places Team and others:Care for Your Gare, River Tees Rediscovered
North East Customer and Engagement Team: Shiremoor Community Playground
“We were pleased to welcome two new team members, Mavis and Nancy (oink, oink!)”
Environment Programme team: Planting Oak saplings
“A great use of our Environmental Outcome days and we missed each other with the mallets”
FCRM Team: restoring gardens at Cresswell Tower with Groundwork NE
“I slept well that night after all the exercise and fresh sea air”
Our volunteers said……
Benefits
• understanding partners’ activity
• personal well-being
• team building,
• practical action, remembering why we do our jobs
We love the very broad range of activities
litter picking, education work, sphagnum plug planting, community bbqs, data input, archaeology…….
YoGA: Health and well being benefits
So far we have……
“Activity Bank” spreadsheet of >85 ideas
25 organisations involved
Over 130 EA staff involved
Over 700 hours and counting…..
Not even ½ way through
It’s not just us………..Other organisations are getting involved
Companies getting involved:SembCorp Volunteer Litter Pick
Can you help us build our activity bank?
• Contact [email protected]
• Details such as location, practicalities, task type, numbers, dates etc
• Help match EA Team requests/skills to partner opportunities/needs
