[Gllug] Voluntary work

[Sean Burlington]

Craig Millar wrote:
> Does anyone know of any charity organisations that require any voluntary 
> work done for them, in and around the London area but anywhere really 
> that could be done remotely. I am thinking linux/win(doh!)s systems 
> administration and java programming. I am not a guru in either field by 
> any stretch of the imagination but feel that I do have something to 
> contribute. I have attempted to find this sort of thing on the web, but 
> have turned up mostly data entry and that sort of thing.  I admit, I am 
> looking to gain some experience into the bargain, so my search is not 
> entirely selfless, though of course it would have the added benefit of 
> doing something for the greater good, and would hopefully be ongoing 
> regardless of the path my career takes. Any comments and suggestions 
> welcome, thanks.
> Craig
> 
> 

during a recent slow period I took on a couple of projects through

http://www.it4communities.org.uk/

they have some interesting work - and keeping active certainly helped me 
at job interviews

But the actual projects never got completed - partly because I got a 
full time job - and partly because of delays within one of the charities 
that probably wouldn't have happened had I been sending them invoices.

I defintaley found the experience beneficial - but had my slow period 
lasted longer I might well have started to get frustrated.

Interestingly it seems that many charities were looking for volunteers 
not because they had no money - but because they simply didn't know how 
to find a good contractor at reasonable rates.

-- 

Sean


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