Results tagged “volunteering” from The Sunday Mail - Third Sector Lab

I'm Ross McCulloch, a 28 year old, recently married, Fifer living in Glasgow and working in Hamilton. I've had a fairly varied career since leaving university. I've worked for a bank, run my own business selling trainers, co-ordinated an education programme and developed services for looked after and accommodated children. I'm now a Development Officer managing a partnership between three Lanarkshire charities. I also volunteer for Scottish Community Foundation and sit on the Big Lottery Fund's Fair Share Scotland Panel.

Third Sector Lab will look at volunteering, charities and social enterprise. From your local bowling club or community hall to the latest celebrity endorsed idea that will supposedly change the world. The blog isn't just for people working or volunteering in the third sector. I hope to show people where their donations go and cast a critical eye over the big issues being tackled by the sector.

As well as all the hefty stuff mentioned above I want use this blog to dispell the myth that everyone working in the third sector is a Guardian reader who wears shoes made out of tofu. As with all blogs there will be lots of personal opinion so it's worth noting that what I say doesn't necessarily represent the views of my employers or the organisations which I volunteer for.

Heart of Scotland is an excellent idea and I feel privileged to be taking part. There's a great range of blogs covering topics as diverse as journalism, living with a disability and traffic cones.

Let the gibberish commence.