CHARITIES
GETTING INVOLVED WITH CHARITIES (TASKS ONE-TWO-THREE-FOUR)
You’ d like to volunteer and help. Volunteering is simple. It's about giving your time to do something useful, without getting paid. There is a huge variety of volunteering opportunities available all around the world.
TASK ONE: Choose a charity from the list below and then a programme or destination you’d like to get involved in. Prepare yourselves to speak about it or to answer questions (about the charity, your motives, duration, destination, activities, goals, etc.)
LIST OF CHARITIES - LINKS TO CHARITIES (TASK ONE)
Getting involved with art & culture:
Helping young people http://www.creative-corners.com/
archaeology, construction, community arts activities… :http://www.unaexchange.org/
Getting involved with the environment:http://www.gvi.co.uk/
http://www.globalgiving.co.uk/ac/themenv1.html?rf=ggadgguk_environment_2
http://www.earthwatch.org/europe/donate.aspx?gclid=CLDRn5bAoZYCFRjIXgodmHR37A
Save endangered species: http://www.csshome.com/501c3.htm
Fight Hunger:
Action Against Hunger :http://www.aahuk.org/
Oxfam:http://www.oxfam.org.uk/ http://www.oxfam.org.uk/get_involved/volunteer/index.html
United Nations:
http://www.fromhungertohope.com/?gclid=CJeQnd-zoZYCFQxOtAodJQIRxw
Help educate the children:
International Humanity Foundation:Educate the poor today. Help the world’s children
http://www.ihfonline.org/?gclid=COW9qJu0oZYCFR-kXgodoyqG5w
Help orphans in Africa:
http://www.orphansofrwanda.org/index.php
Support a child in India:
https://www.ashanet.org/index.php?page=home
Sports and charities:
http://www.homelessworldcup.org/
http://www.unitedthroughsport.org/
Unusual charities:
Off-Beat Charities: Helping Others in Unusual Ways
I like the unusual, the off-beat, the different. And I noticed that charities I tended to make lenses about were fitting that pattern. So I went to look for other lenses that featured unusual charities. I was looking for charities that had unusual ways to give, provided solutions to unusual problems, developed unusual solutions to usual problems, anything that appealed to me. Here's what I found! I hope you enjoy them
http://www.squidoo.com/offbeat-charities
Giving to charity is something that is seen as generous, responsible, and extremely caring. Many people donate money to certain charities that they hold close to them. Others will chip in their piece of charity by completing volunteer work at soup kitchens or working at a homeless shelter, or even volunteering at a local SPCA. However, in today’s world, as economic situations are tough and less people have the extra time or money to donate to charity it is even more important that we show we care by helping others through charitable causes.
Read more: http://www.toptenz.net/10-creative-charity-websites.php#ixzz2PFU2Gxlr
Three unique online charities:
http://blog.thebrickfactory.com/2008/06/unique-online-charities/
Concordia
http://www.concordia-iye.org.uk/
Concordia first started in 1943 during the Second World War when young people were encouraged to support the war effort by gathering fruit and crops in the fields. After the war young people from Europe were invited to take part in a scheme in order to rebuild international friendships and to promote peace.
TASK TWO:Read http://www.do-it.org.uk/wanttovolunteer/aboutvolunteering/diy and create your own charity (try to be original, funny...!)
TASK THREE:Read general information!You may find general information on volunteering if you click on the following links:
The basics: http://www.do-it.org.uk/wanttovolunteer/aboutvolunteering/thebasics
Top ten tips: http://www.do-it.org.uk/wanttovolunteer/aboutvolunteering/topten
Frequently asked questions: http://www.do-it.org.uk/want-to-volunteer/about-volunteering/frequently-asked-questions
TASK FOUR:
V1. Innovative Fundraising Ideas for Schools And Charities
AusCause is a site that helps you to donate to any charity of your choice while you are doing your shopping. Each time a registered member purchases an item from our extensive online collection, a portion of the sale is committed to a fundraising cause of the member's choice.
0145CHA(MUTE!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPH5CEkcHvk
V2 0100 : Food poverty in the UK is on the rise - new Oxfam report **
Over half a million people in the UK are now reliant on emergency food aid. Church Action on Poverty, Oxfam, and the Trussell Trust believe that everyone in the UK - the seventh richest country in the world - should have enough to eat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMUYyxuW2Nw
Write a short summary (a few lines)
V3 0029 : 'What Ronald McDonald House Charities UK do' *
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-7gmsOnlYc
Fill in the blanks :
For children with ___________ illnesses, treatment often _______ being away from their_______. And the problem with _________ clinics is that they’re _______ ______ next to home. That’s why there are Ronald McDonald houses. Here, ___________, brothers and sisters can find a home away from home for extended ________ with their little patients. This closeness helps the hearing ___________. You can help too with a ____________ to the Ronald McDonald house charities. Helping is _______________.
V4 0142 : UK food charity 'struggling to meet demand' for meals amid rising food prices ***
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hweBiYV72rE
FareShare, a London-based charity that tackles hunger by distributing food to
700 charities across the UK, say they do not have enough produce to meet
ever-increasing demand.
Fill in the blanks :
00 :00 – 00 :10 : How many organisations does Fareshare distribute food to ?
00 : 11 : These range from hostels for ____________ people, ___________ clubs, lunching clubs for the elderly, a whole ________ of people who _________ ________ food poverty. We do this by taking good food that ______ otherwise go to _______. We take that food from the food __________, they give __ ___ ___ ___ we distribute it to charities that provide food and other support __________ for homeless and other ________________ people. This is one of __________ depots ________ the country and every day we’ve got _____________ that come in and help ____________ the food. So, working in the ____________ are volunteers pulling together the _______ for the day. They reload the food in the _____ and off they go, delivering this ____________ food.
0058 : What is she concerned about ? ____________
0105… : The different types of clients : vulnerable ___________ at breakfast clubs, ___________ people, _________ - __________ families, it could be you and I, people suddenly struggling ___ ____ their mortgage, and they’re ___________ to put food___ ____ __________, so more and more of that type of ________ are coming to the charities we support.
0127 : We ______ _______ food to provide to these charities sot they can ____________ more food to an ______________ number of people, so we just need more support _______ the food industry and we need _______________ to get _______________ as well.
