Welcome to the 'Help From Home' website. What with one thing and another, I have spent almost a whole year researching and setting up this website. It's a labour of love, born out of the apparent lack of information out there that is all in one place about how somebody could use their time more usefully (from a volunteering point of view) in the comfort of their own home.
Let's face it, most of us spend more of our leisure time in our own home compared to any other activity we pursue. What if just 30 minutes of this 'home' time could be spent on helping out a worthy initiative. What if then, that volunteering effort cost nothing or hardly anything at all, didn't involve any commitment and would take up less than 30 minutes of somebody's time to complete. I know such volunteering activities exist because I participate in some of them on a regular basis. Trouble is, I don't think other people know about them, which is why 'Help From Home' was set up.
Now that the website is up and running, the next task is to promote it. Over the coming months, I intend to pursue an active promotion drive encompassing internet forums, newspapers, volunteer bureaux, leaflet drops etc. etc. I hope it will be successful, but only time will tell.
I hope you will find a useful volunteer opportunity on this website. Even better would be the passing on of information about a volunteer opportunity which is not mentioned on this website. If you know of one, let me know by the 'Submit A Site' or 'Contact' page.
Til next time.
