Action #079

Give up some spare time

This action has been done 3,994 times which means about 3,994 people got off the sofa and did something like re-decorating schools rather than watching DIY SOS.

You're probably thinking - 'hang on a minute. What spare time?' But if you do the maths, you'll realise that there are whole spare hours in your life. For instance, if you've got time to watch Cash in your Bathroom on TV, play Freecell on your computer, or read emails from a supermarket - you've got spare time. If you ring up to take part in Cash in your Bathroom, play Freecell to competition standard, or write emails to supermarkets - you have far, far too much spare time.

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Spent some precious time with four legged friends!
One day, I decided to drag a friend along to spare few hours as a volunteer at PAWS (Shelter for cats and dogs). The end result? Some cats were cleaned, some dogs were happily walking and 'do their business' on the grass instead of cement floor! The most important thing is that, we feel so happy of what little time can do for the furries! :) 23 March 2011, 07:29
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i gave up my spare time to help a friend with some maths when i should have been watching a film 12 February 2010, 19:35
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i gave up some spare time to go see my realatives 02 February 2010, 09:44
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Orange Rockcorps: Painting, digging, planting, working real hard and getting a free ticket for a concert. Need i say more? 05 September 2009, 11:47
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I am also a newham volunteer and im helping out tonight! just meeting new people, showin off some dance moves and givv=ing out leaflets and stickers! 05 September 2009, 11:40
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On my 12th b-day I didnt want to get but give, so I started to collect teddybears for the new dougy center. I collected over 100 bears!every kid got one and many more to come.Later I was published in the news paper along with story of my 'brand' new ear. 07 July 2008, 16:46

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about giving up spare time
- A survey of TimeBank volunteers showed that 74 % of volunteers are women between the ages of 25-44
- A quarter of jobseekers admit that the reason why they volunteer is to enhance their CV and career. A quarter of jobseekers claim that their volunteering experience has helped them secure a job.
- 73% of people volunteered either formally (giving unpaid help through groups, clubs or organisations to benefit other people or the environment) or informally (giving unpaid help as an individual to people who are not relatives) at least once in the 12 months before interview.
- 27% of people volunteered formally at least once a month
- 35% of people volunteered informally at least once a month
- 63% of 25 – 34 year olds say volunteering helps them feel less stressed
- 23% of employers said that they believed volunteering helped staff with team working skills, 15% said that it helped staff with organisational and time management skills, 21% said it helped with communication skills and 10% said it helped with leadership and management skills
- The top five benefits from volunteering given by volunteers are: ‘a sense of satisfaction from seeing the results’ (97%), ‘I really enjoy it’ (96%), ‘it gives me a sense of personal achievement’ (88%), ‘meet people and make friends’ (86%), ‘gives me the chance to do things that I am good at’ (83%) (Helping Out, 2007).
- Research shows being politically or socially active makes you more likely to be happier. This goes against the popular wisdom that happiness resides in creature comforts and relative affluence. Perhaps activism gives people a sense of purpose, or of agency or just a chance to hang out with other people.

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