Volunteers play a key role in our organisation and community, and their contributions make a huge difference. Gabbi, a volunteer with the campaigns and communications team, speaks about her experience over the last 5 months with us.
It goes without saying that the invaluable contribution of our volunteers plays a key role in our organisation and our community – making a huge difference.
Today we are celebrating the contribution of Gabbi De Boer who has been volunteering with us for 5 months. Gabbi volunteers as part of the Communications Team, creating content for social media posts, writing stories for the bi-monthly newsletter and supporting in numerous other ways. Gabbi has written her own piece about her time volunteering with us:
“Volunteering at CPSL Mind has benefited me in many ways. Not only have I gained key experience in a field I would like to work in one day, I have also joined a community of passionate people who feel the same way I do about mental health.
As a volunteer communications intern, some of my tasks involved making social media posts and writing copy to be published on our website. A lot of the posts I made were advice on mental health and how our services can help. I have always wanted to find a way to raise awareness on these issues and felt that by making these posts, I was helping others. Already familiar with the charity, I saw the advert on Facebook and knew this was the perfect opportunity to both gain experience and be able to help others. Social media plays a key role in everyone’s lives, and the communications team uses it in such a positive way that helps others gain access to the services they need.
What I also especially like about this role is that I can fit it around my university studies, and I feel really listened too by other members of the team. It’s really fulfilling to give some of my time to a cause I care about, and I’ve learnt a lot more about mental health as well as how effective social media can be to reach those that need help. I really enjoy this role and think that others should consider volunteering their time towards something they feel passionately for too.”
