{"id":1097,"date":"2020-11-20T21:56:31","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T21:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/?p=1097"},"modified":"2020-11-24T11:51:58","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T11:51:58","slug":"volunteers-week-at-breakthrough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/homepage\/volunteers-week-at-breakthrough\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers Week at Breakthrough"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1097\" class=\"elementor elementor-1097\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-463cf0dc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"49131\" data-id=\"463cf0dc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"breadcrumbs\"><li class=\"item-home\"><a class=\"bread-link bread-home\" href=\"https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/homepage\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"separator separator-home\"> > <\/li><\/ul>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shortcode\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18a22344 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"18a22344\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Volunteers Week at Breakthrough\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2136ee15 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CV.<\/p><p><strong>Michael&#8217;s Volunteering Story<\/strong><\/p><p>Michael is someone who is a both a client and volunteer, here he explains how he&#8217;s getting the most out of his role on our Independent Living and Pre-employment Pathways courses.<\/p><p>\u00a0\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1102\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/content-image_volunteers-week-at-breakthrough1-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/content-image_volunteers-week-at-breakthrough1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/content-image_volunteers-week-at-breakthrough1.jpeg 384w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p><p>He said, &#8220;I enjoy helping people and it helps me. I have met wonderful people and by speaking with others I am always learning. It\u2019s positive finding out it\u2019s not just me that\u2019s like that, it\u2019s like a club of people that comes together and empathises with each other.\u201d<\/p><p>&#8220;Makes me feel like I\u2019ve done something worthwhile, satisfying.&#8221;<\/p><p>Pathways Co-ordinator Rhonda said, \u201cMichael has been a huge asset as a Pathways volunteer. He is extremely creative and uses this talent to bring a new element into the sessions. Last year we ran an Independent Living Pathways for Proud and Loud Arts, and Michael used his drama and performance experience and skills to take the lead and create a number of roleplaying learning activities, which was hugely successful!&#8221;<\/p><p>Michael completed Social Model of Disability Training and commented that at Breakthrough \u201cyou\u2019re spoken with, not spoken to and people (volunteers and participants) feel they have an interest in Breakthrough because they can have a positive input.\u201d<\/p><p><strong>Tracy&#8217;s volunteering story<\/strong><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1101\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/content-image_volunteers-week-at-breakthrough2-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/content-image_volunteers-week-at-breakthrough2-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/content-image_volunteers-week-at-breakthrough2.jpeg 384w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p><p>Tracy found out about Breakthrough while volunteering in Salford&#8217;s Working Class Movement Library, and joined our Democracy Disability and Devolution project.<\/p><p>\u00a0During the women\u2019s project she shared her personal experience of barriers, for example to get a diagnosis in order to get benefits, that \u201chelped me get on my feet\u201d. Tracy spoke about mental health issues, explaining these are nothing to be ashamed of, \u201cit\u2019s not forever\u201d.<\/p><p>Tracy is a valued volunteer who is friendly and helpful, with an honest, straightforward approach and a great sense of humour. She has also supported Breakthrough\u2019s Pathways to Independent Living and Pre-Employability courses.<\/p><p>Rhonda, Pathways Co-ordinator said, \u201cTracy has a real skill in communicating and encouraging our Pathway group participants to get involved in having their say. Often participants can be quite quiet particularly at the start of a new course, but Tracy takes the time to befriend individuals and gradually we see people coming out of their shell. As a result we usually end up having some lively discussions, with every participant being confident to say what they think!&#8221;<\/p><p><strong>Katrina&#8217;s Volunteering Story<\/strong><\/p><p>Volunteer Katrina is indispensable to us and has done 24 volunteer sessions, supporting several Breakthrough staff with various tasks including:<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1100\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/content-image_volunteers-week-at-breakthrough3-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/content-image_volunteers-week-at-breakthrough3-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/content-image_volunteers-week-at-breakthrough3-600x451.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/content-image_volunteers-week-at-breakthrough3-1024x769.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/content-image_volunteers-week-at-breakthrough3-768x577.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/content-image_volunteers-week-at-breakthrough3-1536x1153.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/content-image_volunteers-week-at-breakthrough3-2048x1538.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><p>Identifying opportunities, researching activities and groups that other disabled people may wish to take part in and sharing these with staff<\/p><p>Accompanying isolated disabled people to weekly activities. Katrina supports a man to get to and from a sports club each week.<\/p><p>In the office she supports with photocopying, answering calls, shredding, printing and typing up notes.<\/p><p>She has put together packs of leaflets to promote Breakthrough\u2019s projects, recorded client feedback (data entry for project monitoring and evaluation).<\/p><p>Contacted VCSE and other groups to promote a health screening project \u2013 and much more!<\/p><p>Katrina has developed skills in Microsoft Word, Outlook, excel, internet, and using the guillotine, laminator etc.<\/p><p>She said, \u201cIt\u2019s good, I like everything, I love working in a team, you show me what to do and I get it and get it done, we\u2019re always at it!<\/p><p>You can read about Volunteers Week through this link\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/volunteersweek.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/volunteersweek.org\/<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c8c5e7f\" data-eae-slider=\"24625\" data-id=\"7c8c5e7f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b0252a elementor-widget elementor-widget-sidebar\" data-id=\"6b0252a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"sidebar.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"search-2\" class=\"widget widget_search\"><h2 class=\"widget-title\">Search the website<\/h2><form role=\"search\" method=\"get\" class=\"search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/homepage\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<label>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Search for:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"search\" class=\"search-field\" placeholder=\"Search &hellip;\" value=\"\" name=\"s\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" class=\"search-submit\" value=\"Search\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/form><\/section><section id=\"custom_html-8\" class=\"widget_text widget widget_custom_html\"><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><hr><\/div><\/section><section id=\"block-8\" class=\"widget widget_block\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Latest News<\/h2>\n<\/section><section id=\"block-7\" class=\"widget widget_block widget_recent_entries\"><ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list has-dates has-author wp-block-latest-posts has-medium-font-size\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/homepage\/breaking-through-quarterly-newsletter-relaunched-october-2024\/\">Breaking Through Quarterly Newsletter Relaunched<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Mark Watts<\/div><time datetime=\"2024-10-30T10:56:48+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">30 October 2024<\/time><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/homepage\/meet-our-team\/\">Meet our team!<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Mark Watts<\/div><time datetime=\"2024-09-10T09:12:57+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">10 September 2024<\/time><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/breakthrough-uk.co.uk\/homepage\/website-refresh\/\">Website Refresh<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Mark Watts<\/div><time datetime=\"2024-07-12T14:31:25+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">12 July 2024<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/section><section id=\"custom_html-9\" class=\"widget_text widget widget_custom_html\"><div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\"><hr><\/div><\/section><section id=\"text-4\" class=\"widget widget_text\"><h2 class=\"widget-title\">Impact Review<\/h2>\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p>Read more about the things we do at Breakthrough UK &#8211; 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