Giving & Charity
Lessons from giving can begin with finding the correct delivery entrance near the end of a collection. The next time, another volunteer takes over and has to work it out again. A useful discovery stayed with the person who made it, instead of reaching the next person...
Giving & Charity
Reflecting on charity can begin with a winter clothing collection that receives plenty of bags. Donors finish their drop-offs, satisfied that they have helped. Volunteers stay behind to separate unsuitable items, check sizes and find storage for what remains. The...
Giving & Charity
Returning to giving may bring a familiar collection message, but your week isn’t what it was when you last volunteered. Work, care, illness or other demands may have interrupted regular giving. Now you want to contribute again, without yet knowing whether the...
Compassion & Unity
Lessons of compassion may begin when you listen carefully during a difficult community discussion. That evening, a relative starts explaining a problem and you interrupt with a solution before they’ve reached the point. Understanding something in one setting...
Compassion & Unity
Reflecting on compassion can begin when an organiser changes a meeting time so one person can attend. That person is pleased. Others have already arranged transport or care and can’t change their plans at short notice. The decision helped someone and caused...
