Volunteering as Early Intervention by Lauren Taylor Volunteering is such a valuable and rewording work/ life role to engage in.
blame this on others or are looking for an exit strategy. For this reason, I feel volunteering is something that should be part of the school curriculum, and not just a one week event in year nine.
Engaging in voluntary work and activities is a method for creating positive change within a community, as well as shaping an individual’s personal and professional development.
It should occur throughout primary and
At an individual level, the act of volunteering is often an inspiring or life changing experience and installs certain values and attitudes such as self-respect, forgiveness, honesty and altruism. These are all values that I believe would contribute to a stronger sense of community, a reduction in social isolation, acceptance of other cultures and beliefs, and decreased levels of racism, which would facilitate a more harmonious Australia.
secondary school and forms part of official documentation of their curriculum council results. Through engaging in volunteering from an early age, I believe this will facilitate positive change not only at a community level, but also at an individual level.
Growing up in a middle class family, I felt that volunteering has assisted me with seeing how other people live and an appreciation of my life situation. I also feel that volunteering is effective practice to reduce “affluenza.� In my different life roles I have come across some individuals who are self centred and indifferent to their family and community and what opportunities their upbringing has allowed them.
Through engaging in volunteering from an early age, I believe this will facilitate positive change not only at a community level, but also at an individual level.
I have observed that there is a correlation with the fact that these individuals have had limited exposure to volunteering or community activities. Many of these individuals are more concerned with material goods, and feel dissatisfied with their life or current situation and often
On a personal note I have engaged in volunteering is a wide range of interest areas including my lifelong involvement with surf life saving, taking leadership roles and tree planting trips with my primary school's environmental club, being 13