Here’s to the volunteers!
In parishes across the diocese we are indebted to the hundreds of volunteers who lead our organisations and serve in a multitude of practical ways.
Down at The Dock in Titanic Quarter, volunteers are vital to the day to day running of all aspects of community life, including helping a grateful resident from the Arc apartments retrieve their drone (not a cat!) that was stuck up a tree!
Between them, the volunteer teams give, on average, 813 hours per month (café, prayer, chaplains, operational team and directors). How does that look on the ground?
Some café team statistics…
In the week of 5–11 October the Dock Café volunteers gave 159 volunteer hours. And in those hours Dock Café Volunteers served:
748 bread rolls
360 scones
200 cookies and shortbread
288 cake squares
700 bowls of soup
600 cups of tea
1300 cups of coffee
1756 tray bakes
Impressive! What a joy to be around all that lovely food and all those lovely people but there’s more…
Volunteering certificates
Over the past 7–8 months, the Dock has given out Millennium Volunteer (MV) recognition certificates to their volunteers aged 25 years and under. As part of the MV programme young people receive a certificate backed by The Dock and the Department of Education after their first 50, 100 and 200 hours of volunteering. This award is highly beneficial for UCAS applications, CVs and confirmation of hours volunteered. It is also an incentive for younger volunteers to commit to long term Dock volunteering.
4 Café volunteers were awarded 50 hour certificates, now working towards 100 hour
9 Café volunteers were awarded 100 hour certificates, now working towards 200 hour
2 Café volunteers were nominated for the 200 hour award
Three Dock Café volunteers have gone into paid employment. One of these volunteers got a job in another coffee shop based on his Dock volunteering experience.
If you’d like to find out more about volunteering at the Dock, just click here.
Here’s to the volunteers!