The idea to catalogue first social action projects in one blog came to me while I mentoring a group of 30 young people for the National Citizen Service (NCS). I wanted to show my team some examples of social action they could relate to. I wanted them to read the stories of people who had gone before them and been in their shoes, under pressure to achieve social change for the very first time. The only problem was I couldn't find anything other than a series of fundraising projects, which are not allowed on the NCS on the grounds they simply fund social change, but do not actually deliver it, which is after all the whole point.
I eventually realised that if I searched the websites of all the different charities and organisations committed to the cause of active citizenship, I could scrape together enough examples to help them, BUT wouldn't it be so much easier if they could find them all on one page? So, that's when I decided to start My First Social Action Project, in the hope of providing future groups of young active citizens with the guidance and inspiration they need to see them through. I also hope that it will serve to remind those who have thought about volunteering for a charity, campaigning for a cause, or even starting up a social enterprise, but are uncertain if they are really capable of making a difference, that everyone has to start somewhere.
To those of you who have been there and done that, my request is simple - share your story so that others may follow in your footsteps. Email it over to me at t.koutsoumbos@gmail.com with any details about yourself that you would like me to include, and I will duly add it to the blog.
Thank you all.
Tony Koutsoumbos
I eventually realised that if I searched the websites of all the different charities and organisations committed to the cause of active citizenship, I could scrape together enough examples to help them, BUT wouldn't it be so much easier if they could find them all on one page? So, that's when I decided to start My First Social Action Project, in the hope of providing future groups of young active citizens with the guidance and inspiration they need to see them through. I also hope that it will serve to remind those who have thought about volunteering for a charity, campaigning for a cause, or even starting up a social enterprise, but are uncertain if they are really capable of making a difference, that everyone has to start somewhere.
To those of you who have been there and done that, my request is simple - share your story so that others may follow in your footsteps. Email it over to me at t.koutsoumbos@gmail.com with any details about yourself that you would like me to include, and I will duly add it to the blog.
Thank you all.
Tony Koutsoumbos
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