IN APRIL'S VOLUNTEER
ProjectScotland - It's good for you!The big bank holiday browseEmail of the month
Those of you who have finished your ProjectScotland placements may remember receiving a phenomenally short and sweet survey from us way back in March. Big Brother here at ProjectScotland HQ wanted to know how you were all getting on in the doom and gloom of the recession. The votes have been counted and the results are in. Well over a hundred of you got in touch with us. We felt the love! And the news was surprisingly good. A massive 93% of you said that ProjectScotland had given you a competitive advantage in the current job market. Absolutely tip top. Yes, we were as smug as the Smuggest Man in Smugland the day we found that out. (FYI, contenders for the title of Smuggest Man in Smugland Award 2009 include Simon Cowell, Jimmy Carr and Jonathan Ross)
Those of you who have finished your ProjectScotland placements may remember receiving a phenomenally short and sweet survey from us way back in March. Big Brother here at ProjectScotland HQ wanted to know how you were all getting on in the doom and gloom of the recession.
The votes have been counted and the results are in. Well over a hundred of you got in touch with us. We felt the love! And the news was surprisingly good. A massive 93% of you said that ProjectScotland had given you a competitive advantage in the current job market. Absolutely tip top.
Yes, we were as smug as the Smuggest Man in Smugland the day we found that out. (FYI, contenders for the title of Smuggest Man in Smugland Award 2009 include Simon Cowell, Jimmy Carr and Jonathan Ross)
So, what can we say that you don’t know already? ProjectScotland is good for you. It is as beneficial as eating your five a day AND going for a bracing walk at the seaside all rolled into one. FACT.
The big bank holiday browse
What with the Bank Holiday and all, we had quite a bit of time to explore the internet. It wasn’t easy. There were scary moments (some of us wont sleep for weeks having googled bad tattoos) but we have returned triumphant and we proudly lay these tasty morsels of internetdom before you:
Is this bus really sinking? Find out at the Museum of Hoaxes. You can test how naive you are with their Hoax Photo Tests and Gullibility Tests. This site contains essential information for any Americans thinking of travelling to Britain. It will surely help sustain that ‘special relationship’. This one is very clever – a fleet of ice cream vans playing their jingles in unison - but it might be just a little bit sinister. If you don’t like clowns and cradle music, look away now.
Is this bus really sinking? Find out at the Museum of Hoaxes. You can test how naive you are with their Hoax Photo Tests and Gullibility Tests.
This site contains essential information for any Americans thinking of travelling to Britain. It will surely help sustain that ‘special relationship’.
This one is very clever – a fleet of ice cream vans playing their jingles in unison - but it might be just a little bit sinister. If you don’t like clowns and cradle music, look away now.
Email of the month Hello ProjectScotland! I’m Flora from Stirlingshire and my placement was with the National Trust for Scotland. I worked as a Learning Assistant in Bannockburn Heritage Centre. It was a fantastic placement as I was able to try out so many new things. My main job was to help with school groups as they walked around the centre by answering their questions, helping them try on the chainmail in the dressing up corner and handle weapons. I also gave the welcome and safety talk when they first arrived - I remember being really nervous when I gave my first talk to 60+ people but I quickly gained more confidence as I would sometimes have to give the talk several times a day! I so enjoyed finding out more about the NTS and was able to observe work at many different properties and was even able to attend a drama training course for tour guides. I discovered lots of new things about the organisation (I had always thought the NTS just gave guided tours around castles but I was so wrong!). I got to go on an NTS residential volunteer camp where we were built public foot paths in the North of Scotland for a week. Bannockburn was a perfect placement for me as it gave me a chance to meet some amazing people who have a real passion for Scottish history and it also greatly improved my confidence and retail skills. I would recommend volunteering to anyone - getting involved with something local by volunteering is honestly one of the best and most rewarding things I have ever done. I am now at the University of St Andrews studying English and I really hope to pursue a career in teaching. So all that is left to say is.... A very big thank you ProjectScotland! Flora Thanks for the email Flora. ProjectScotland is loving the outfit but we're wondering if the watch is historically accurate? If you'd like a chance to get your mits on £55 quid drop us an email at voluntear@projectscotland.co.uk and tell us how your ProjectScotland placement is going. We love to hear the gossip and it could be the easiest £55 you ever make.
Email of the month
Hello ProjectScotland!
I’m Flora from Stirlingshire and my placement was with the National Trust for Scotland. I worked as a Learning Assistant in Bannockburn Heritage Centre. It was a fantastic placement as I was able to try out so many new things. My main job was to help with school groups as they walked around the centre by answering their questions, helping them try on the chainmail in the dressing up corner and handle weapons. I also gave the welcome and safety talk when they first arrived - I remember being really nervous when I gave my first talk to 60+ people but I quickly gained more confidence as I would sometimes have to give the talk several times a day!
I so enjoyed finding out more about the NTS and was able to observe work at many different properties and was even able to attend a drama training course for tour guides. I discovered lots of new things about the organisation (I had always thought the NTS just gave guided tours around castles but I was so wrong!). I got to go on an NTS residential volunteer camp where we were built public foot paths in the North of Scotland for a week.
Bannockburn was a perfect placement for me as it gave me a chance to meet some amazing people who have a real passion for Scottish history and it also greatly improved my confidence and retail skills. I would recommend volunteering to anyone - getting involved with something local by volunteering is honestly one of the best and most rewarding things I have ever done. I am now at the University of St Andrews studying English and I really hope to pursue a career in teaching.
So all that is left to say is....
A very big thank you ProjectScotland!
Flora
Thanks for the email Flora. ProjectScotland is loving the outfit but we're wondering if the watch is historically accurate?
If you'd like a chance to get your mits on £55 quid drop us an email at voluntear@projectscotland.co.uk and tell us how your ProjectScotland placement is going. We love to hear the gossip and it could be the easiest £55 you ever make.
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If you'd rather not receive the VoluntEar, please email us at voluntear@projectscotland.co.uk After we shake our heads, muttering "Good grief, why whould anyone not want to receive the VoluntEar?", we'll take you off our mailing list.
ProjectScotland is a Scottish registered charity (SC035464) and is a company limited by guarantee (SC267476)with its registered office at 49 Melville Street, Edinburgh, EH3 7HL.