Mentor, Edinburgh Centre, Young Rewired State
Helped under 19s prepare projects to present to judges at the Festival of Code.
volunteer (7 out of 24)
- Weighing literally hundreds of hedgehogs.
- Carrying an adult swan and throwing him into a pond.
- Chasing hoards of ducklings around the hospital floor.
- Being covered in squirrels.
- Being dive-bombed by an insane magpie.
- Handfeeding many baby things.
- Discovering what noise stoats make.
- Catching pigeons.
- Putting a baby fox and a baby squirrel in an incubator together and watching them cuddle up omfgcutenessexplosion.
- Adopting this bird.
Ambassador, Student As Producer
University of Lincoln
Wanting to see undergraduates behave and be treated as producers, empowered to shape their own education, rather than passive consumers who pay for course material and expect to be spoon fed, I dogfooded this concept and committed to even more things. Mostly hassled other students, organised a few events, spoke at a few conferences as a token-proactive-undergrad, and complained too much about the structure of my degree. That's how I remember it, anyway.
Volunteer poop-cleaner
Weirfield Wildlife Hospital, Lincoln
This is one of the best things I've ever done. Noteable achievements include:
Founding President, Computing Society
University of Lincoln
Getting most undergraduates at Lincoln to engage was like pulling teeth, but I think the UoL Computing Society is still going. Arranged hackathons, social events, mentoring buddies, networking and careers stuff and all that jazz.
Communications Officer, Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Society
University of Lincoln
Ran the website, helped with socials, special events and regular meetings, made a paltry attempt at a society magazine (called The Bridge) but hardly anyone would write for it; did most of the dealing with the Students' Union because nobody else could be bothered.
Volunteer shop assistant
British Hearth Foundation, Boston
Started as part of the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, and just didn't leave; spent Wednesday and Saturday afternoons selling used stuff, keeping the shop tidy and being sweet to old people. Sometimes I wrote short stories on tissue paper.
Volunteer swimming teacher
Boston Amateur Swimming Association
Someone trusted me to teach 4-8 year olds to swim. For a while my sister taught the next group up, so a fun game was graduating the really annoying kids asap. Sometimes she'd move them back down again.