Charitable Causes

Corporate Social Responsibility

Events

As noted above, most of these charities from time to time will have a range of events that require organisation and participation.

More recent events:

Safari Wines - Annual Wine & Food Festival 2016 - South Africa
Crathes, Drumoak & Durris - Scottish Referendum Debate
Drumoak Community Fun Day - 2015
Kincardineshire Development Partnership - Public Engagement Day - 2015
Crathes, Drumoak & Durris - Public Consultation Presentation - 2015

A percentage of my time and my income is dedicated to a range of charitable causes. Over the years, this has included things like:

Charities:

Local community initiatives (various over the years)
African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust (ACLT)
Race for Life (annually participate in the run)
Cancer Research
Unicef
Action for Children
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
Voluntary Services Oversees (VSO)

I am always interested to receive information on charities who have identified sustainable solutions, modest with their overheads, realistic in their objectives and ambitious in their vision.

Volunteering

I often refer to myself as being a 'professional' volunteer, simply because I dedicate a high percentage of my time to volunteering. I find the work, the rewards, the interaction with people, the results; to be the most rewarding experience ever to receive and it forever inspires, drives and excites me.

My current projects:

Under review in South Africa

My past volunteering projects:

Homestart-Deeside - Trustee

Mentor - Sported.org - providing one-on-one mentor support to Aberdeen Boxing Club - Leroy Smith
Crathes Drumoak Durris Community Council - Vice Chair
Drumoak & Durris Community Group - Founder and Chairperson - working with other local residents to develop the community.
Kincardineshire Development Partnership - Secretary and Treasurer and was part of the founding team to establish the Partnership.
Woodend Barn (Woodend Arts Limited) - non-Executive Board Director.
Mentor - Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce
Banchory Ternan West Church, World Church Team member, working on a range of international Christian mission projects.
Aberdeenshire South Foodbank member of the founding steering committee.
National Trust for Scotland - Drum
Castle, Gardens & Estate - Fundraising &
Sustainability Officer
Voluntary Services Oversees (VSO)- South Africa
Swindon Crown Prosecution Service (witness support in the criminal justice system)
Various mentoring programmes for inner-city schools in London.