The Volunteer Centre’s Breaking Down Barriers project held another volunteer information and fun day on 4 July at Drumchapel Community Centre. There was lots of entertainment on for the community including free face painting, arts and crafts, salsa dancing, clown and magician, aromatherapy hand massage and lunch was provided to all who came along. A variety of community projects attended with a stall on the day to promote volunteering including Enable Glasgow, Glasgow Wood Recycling Project, Drumchapel Law Money Advice Centre and 3D Drumchapel to name a few. Once again the response from the community was overwhelming.

Grace Craigon from the Breaking Down Barriers project said “it was great to see so many people from the community turn out to find out about volunteering and to support the event. The community has been amazing over the past 2 years. Bill Butler MSP also came along to support the work that we do as an organisation and I would like to thank him personally, I would also like to thank everyone involved including Drumchapel LIFE, The Fair Share Trust, Drumchapel Community Centre and of course all the volunteers and volunteer centre staff who helped out on the day to help make it a success.”

If you would like to find out more about volunteering as a way to help improve your confidence and self esteem, use your spare time, or help back in to employment then call us at the Drumchapel office on 0141 944 3775.

Grace Craigon will also be holding another tasters week soon and anyone who is interested in coming along to “try out” volunteering without having to make any commitment is very welcome and should contact Grace on 0141 944 3775. Earlier in the year Grace held a very successful taster’s course and a variety of organisations were very keen to get involved.