Faeezah Hussain
Volunteered for: vinvolved East London Youth Action Team (YAT) 2008- current
I started volunteering as part of the Youth Action Team in October 2008 during my first year of A Level, and quite frankly underestimated the opportunity. If I was to know that in a year’s time, this team who I knew little about (at the time) would be well into planning our third community project, I wouldn’t have believed it.
The masses of new skills I have learnt during my time with the YAT were portrayed in the execution of our first event, ‘Million’. We made known to our community just a fraction of the opportunities that our boroughs and their organisations have to offer. From the representation of CLAPA to the Jujitsu Club, pretty much every department was covered. The feedback we received showed that people were really impressed by the fact that the event was carried out by the young people of the community and gave every other young person the impression that ‘If they can do it, we can too’. Watch the video
My experience has also equipped me with the skills and qualities to deal with people and situations I never thought I could. The confidence I gained, for example, has encouraged me to teach English to children in deprived parts of East London. The creative, organisational and communication skills, along with professionalism and appreciation of different cultural values, have prepared me to survive working life and handling a degree in Law. And to add to all of that, I’ve been given the opportunity to work a professional, as well as a volunteer at the Changemakers office in London!
Volunteered for: vinvolved East London Youth Action Team (YAT) 2008- current
I started volunteering as part of the Youth Action Team in October 2008 during my first year of A Level, and quite frankly underestimated the opportunity. If I was to know that in a year’s time, this team who I knew little about (at the time) would be well into planning our third community project, I wouldn’t have believed it.
The masses of new skills I have learnt during my time with the YAT were portrayed in the execution of our first event, ‘Million’. We made known to our community just a fraction of the opportunities that our boroughs and their organisations have to offer. From the representation of CLAPA to the Jujitsu Club, pretty much every department was covered. The feedback we received showed that people were really impressed by the fact that the event was carried out by the young people of the community and gave every other young person the impression that ‘If they can do it, we can too’. Watch the video
My experience has also equipped me with the skills and qualities to deal with people and situations I never thought I could. The confidence I gained, for example, has encouraged me to teach English to children in deprived parts of East London. The creative, organisational and communication skills, along with professionalism and appreciation of different cultural values, have prepared me to survive working life and handling a degree in Law. And to add to all of that, I’ve been given the opportunity to work a professional, as well as a volunteer at the Changemakers office in London!
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