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Explore why Wiltshire College students choose to volunteer and the benefits they gain. Volunteering can improve your confidence, enhance your CV, provide talking points for interviews, secure references, and expose you to new interests and friendships. With the Time Credit system, you can earn credits for your time spent volunteering and spend them on local activities and events. Discover how to get involved and make a meaningful impact in your community while benefitting personally and professionally. Watch the video to learn more!
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Find out why some Wiltshire college students chose to volunteerClick to watch the video to find out more
Why volunteer? What is in it for you?Discuss with your group • Improve your confidence • Something to put on your CV • Have something to talk about at interview • Get references • Learn something new and find new interests • Be out and about and meet people • Feel useful • Doing something meaningful
Time credits • How does it work? • Local community organisationssign up as a Time Credit • Partner • They can then issue credits to individuals who give their • time to support them. • If a person gives one hour of their time, they can earn one • credit. • They can then spend their credit on an hour's worth of activity in the local area
Where can you spend your credits? • Chippenham Town Football Club • The Bowood Estate • Spirthill Trail • Chippenham Olympiad • Swindon Wildcats • LaserQuest Swindon • Aero Badminton • And more http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/time-credit-menu.pdf
What could you do? • Read the case studies to get some more ideas • Play people Bingo • Check out do-it.org.uk for more ideas