National Volunteer Week 2020: 18 - 24 May Our Volunteers 3 | SAcommunity

Submitted by SAcommunity on Thu, 05/21/2020 - 11:00

Photo: Cheryl Heitman, Alexander Bull, David Webb, Flavia, Daniela Atanasova

Connecting Up Volunteers Wednesday Group
Every day, each volunteer group brings new and familiar faces, experiences, skills and backgrounds and new connections.

Many of the volunteers that join us on Wednesday are our long-term regular volunteers and it's with the help of our experienced SAcommunity team members that we are able to continue to induct, train and support new volunteers as well as maintain the directory, call and interview community services. We are only able to run our volunteer program because of their steadfast contribution to the whole team. Thank you.

Cheryl
Cheryl began volunteering with Connecting Up in August 2014, our second longest serving volunteer to Malcolm. Cheryl has a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) and shares her experience in customer service and telephone techniques from her background in the social government sector. Always on hand for demonstrations and telephone practice with new volunteers, Cheryl is looking to find future employment in a customer service role.

Alexander Bull
Alexander's story can be found >>here

David Webb
David has volunteered with Connecting Up Inc. since September 2019. A social work graduate he has more than 30 years of experience in the Child and Family Welfare industry. David contributes his skills to SAcommunity to assist people access resources in their community and live more engaged lives. He also volunteers across other community-focused organisations to continue to give back and stay involved.

Flavia
Flavia started volunteering in September 2017 as part of the Council Partnerships Program with the City of Prospect. She captures and promotes information on community groups within this council area, assisting at the City of Prospect Spring Fair events, writing news articles and working with volunteers Stathis and Rex to keep the Prospect listings up to date for council consultation, partnerships and networking.

Daniela Atanasova
Daniela has volunteered with Connecting Up Inc. since November 2018. She has a Bachelor of Finance from Bulgaria and a Certificate IV in Bookkeeping at TAFE SA and currently runs a small on-line business whilst teaching at the Bulgarian Language School in Adelaide.

She brings her experience from various roles and applies these to taking SAcommunity customer calls and updating services and has written articles on multicultural community events for our media channels. She joined our team to meet new people whilst she looks for further paid work opportunities.

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National Volunteer Week 2020: 18 - 24 May Our Volunteers 3

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