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Administration and Event Volunteer, Sarinah Khaliq
Sarinah took on a volunteer role, volunteering from home to support Action Together with their administration tasks during hybrid working.
"I volunteered with the purpose of gaining work experience and helping Action Together with their administration tasks. I was able to step forward and do my bit. I was amazed about all the different aspects of a volunteer support officer’s job role. I felt volunteering would be good to gain experience, confidence and self esteem. I started helping out by entering details on CiviCRM and then moved onto researching Action Together website so that I could pass on the knowledge I had gained to my fellow sixth formers and the wider community. The impact the Volunteer Centre makes to people’s lives is truly inspirational. It’s so meaningful and they do change people’s lives."
"My experience of being a volunteer with Action Together has been a positive one. It has provided me with some structure, kept my administration skills up to date and allowed me to maintain connections with people. The thought that I am hopefully giving back and being useful in a small way. I am truly impressed with how inclusive the team is through engaging with volunteers, supporting them and promoting volunteer opportunities.
Currently I am an Event Volunteer and am called upon when the Oldham Volunteer Centre at Action Together takes part in open days, fun days, presentations and general outreach in the community. This works perfect around my current sixth form priorities and I can be flexible with the event volunteering.
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to volunteer."