Nationwide Volunteer at the Drop-In
At the end of February Kelly Vickers, a mortgage consultant with Nationwide, joined R2R to help at an Afternoon Drop-In. Kelly brought a friend with her, Alice Neal who is a Bournemouth University student. Both ladies were quickly on board with preparing the sandwiches, toast and baked beans, and serving the guys as they came in for lunch. They both thoroughly enjoyed the experience and have decided to put their names forward for our permanent list of volunteers.
The Nationwide Citizenship Committee at the Bournemouth admininstration centre selected Routes to Roots as a charity to support in Autumn 2012. They have given £630 in direct donations to assist with our winter appeal and with drop-in food budgets. They also publicised volunteering opportunities to their staff. The building society nationally runs a scheme to encourage volunteering whereby staff are given two days paid leave a year specifically to volunteer.
Alice Neal (BU) on the left and Kelly Vickers (Nationwide) on the right