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Duke of E volunteering whilst in lockdown?

43 replies

SpicyChickpeas · 23/01/2021 14:24

Is anyones DC doing DOE?

How are they volunteering during lockdown? Need ideas.

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YeOldeTrout · 24/01/2021 22:43

DS had done 4.5 months of volunteering when it all shut down in March. They won't have him back to finish. I hope he's right when he says he has 3 yrs to finish. :(

ItsIgginningtolooklikelockdown · 24/01/2021 22:43

@squashyhat

I read the title and thought 'surely he's too old'.
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Smoothbananagram · 24/01/2021 22:28

My daughter is entering tidal wave data online, via one of the schemes suggested above.

tinkerbell2021 · 24/01/2021 21:16

Mapathon ? Befriending an older person for chats, doing their shopping? Volunteering at COVID centres?

Jowak1 · 24/01/2021 21:14

My sons school have just offered this and he has said yes he would like to do it. I have been thinking about possible volunteering opportunities for him during lockdown so I'm glad I found this and will watch with interest.

Pipandmum · 24/01/2021 21:04

Our school said they could do volunteer work within the home, as long as it wasn't part of their usual chores. My daughter decided to organise all the kitchen cupboards and laundry room. I have a friend who is a professional declutterer to assess it (via photos) as you can't certify your own child's work. She wrote it up so well that the DofE teacher said it should be her skill! I'm sure there was a release from the DofE powers that be about it.

ittakes2 · 24/01/2021 09:21

watching with interest as we have the same issue!

littleblackno · 24/01/2021 09:04

My DS was doing dofe in first lockdown.
He made cakes and wrote letters to an elderly neighbour who was shielding. This is someone we knew already.
Could you contact a local care home and have them make contact with a resident? Letters, stories etc to someone who maybe doesnt have a lot of contact with anyone else.

squashyhat · 24/01/2021 08:53

I read the title and thought 'surely he's too old'.

Nomaj · 24/01/2021 08:50

Girlguiding and Scouting groups are operating online, that’s an option for volunteering if you found a group in your local area.

turtletum · 24/01/2021 08:48

Link didn't work? Look up 'dofe with a difference' activities

dofe.org/dofewithadifference/activities

turtletum · 24/01/2021 08:46

I run DofE at my school. There are lots of online volunteering options. See this website for some ideas, ranging from zoo research, social media and fundraising, to talking to isolated elderly.

www.dofe.org/dofewithadifference/activities/

EbboneeAndIvoree · 24/01/2021 07:43

Maybe also look at Citizen Science opportunities: e.g. www.zooniverse.org/

EbboneeAndIvoree · 24/01/2021 07:39

See if your local council has a volunteer hub. You may be able to subscribe to a newsletter roundup of local opportunities. In my area there are many Covid-related opportunities, including at test sites, vaccination centres and food banks. There are also homebased activities such as telephone/penpal befriending for isolated people.

SheilaFentiman · 24/01/2021 00:07

There’s some online volunteering options - transcribing old pamphlets for library collections and the like.

GoldenRuby · 23/01/2021 14:27

Someone in my village has done litter picking - their mum bought a proper litter picker contraption so they don't have to risk touching discarded rubbish by hand, and I think they sent photos of them litter picking to a parish councillor to 'sign off' as proof.

Honeybobbin · 23/01/2021 14:25

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