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Thomas Cairns is a Reach volunteer who is helping the Motor Neurone Disease Association Oxfordshire as the Branch Chair. We spoke to him about his experience as a volunteer. Excerpts from an interview.

 

 

 

Thare Machi Education works with community based partners in the developing world to help give impoverished women and children more knowledge and more choice. Read how Reach helps them do this.

 

 

 

 

Nearly 12 years of volunteering, and still actively at it! That’s Michael Ambjorn for you. Michael is one of Reach’s most prolific volunteers, having been associated with the organisation since 1996. Read more...

 

 

 

Helen Delnevo has extensive managerial experience working for GlaxoSmithKline. In addition to other voluntary work she has become a trustee of the Careers Development Group, a charity providing training services for disadvantaged people. Read more...

 

 

"If Reach had not come in, I would have been lost. I did not know where to start and put this action plan together.” said Louise Feeney, manager at the Belfast Computer Clubhouse. Read more about how Reach helped the organisation.

 

 

 

Outside in Pathways is a project offering art-based workshops in London’s museums and galleries for people with learning disabilities. Deborah Evans Stickland, the programme co-ordinator, was delighted with the support given by Heather Honour, the Reach volunteer. “She advised and assisted us in building a network of contacts including disability foundations and other museums. She restructured the steering group and gave us fundraising advice, found us an excellent treasurer and secured interviews with the disability and community care press.”

 

 

Community Food Initiatives North East (CFINE) is a charity set up to improve health and well being and contribute to regeneration in disadvantaged and excluded communities throughout the north east of Scotland. Reach found them a volunteer with expertise in marketing, finance and recruitment to help them with their expansion and development. Here are some of the CFINE volunteers launching the Aberdeen FareShare Scheme, collecting and distributing foodstuffs to people experiencing food poverty across the region.

"CFINE's Board of Directors recognised it needed to be strengthened. Malcolm and Alan, two volunteers sourced through Reach, have made a tremendous difference given their considerable business, financial and management experience and background. They also contribute to our day to day operation - all in all a great asset!" Dave Simmers, Chief Executive .