Volunteer Perspective - Mike Bedford

Accenture

Describe your volunteering in five words
Satisfying, unpredictable, fun, refreshing, rewarding.

What has been your ‘golden moment’ whilst volunteering?
As part of the event we run at Accenture we give the pupils a workbook to takeaway and reference later. I met one of the pupils who had attended an ELBA event some months later who told me how he still used the workbook. It was nice to know that the events aren't just a day out of normal classes for the kids and can have a persisting influence on their development.

How would you encourage your colleagues to get involved?
I would say just put a date in the diary, there are always too many demands on our time and there can be a feeling that it is not possible to squeeze these types of events in. However they are always great fun; refresh your perspective on things and a day of volunteering never results in the sky falling down on other obligations.