IS2002 Volunteering in Action - Week 10
The importance of the writing-up process cannot be ignored – since no matter how committed you may have been in your volunteering activities, you are assessed on the submission of the written account of these, together with any supporting evidence that you append.
You should refer back to your Negotiated Agreement – check what was agreed at the outset. If this has changed, then you will need to demonstrate why, and how you negotiated and agreed these changes.
Report and Reflective Learning Journal – how are they different?
The significant difference between the two is that that one – the Report – becomes the product of your volunteering activities, and that the other – the Reflective Learning Journal – is your account of the process of your learning experience.
There are wider social issues to consider when writing up your volunteering experiences. You need to think about the connections between your own individual activity, the organisation in which you are volunteering, and both the social and policy context of that work.
The beneficiaries of the volunteering activity
Who is benefiting? Most immediately, it may be the client/user group of the organisation – for example, children in a school; the elderly/disabled in a day care centre; disadvantaged/disaffected young people in the community. In the wider setting you need to consider the benefits for the organisation, and the wider benefits gained by society as a whole.
Publicly funded activities (e.g. State schools, NHS) are organised through social policy and state action. These activities, therefore, are determined by the state and are driven from above. Social movement activities on the other hand, are determined by the voluntary sector, and can be described as social action from below. Funding mechanisms however, can also determine what is being done and how. Where the organisation is placed, and how it is funded, will determine the role,... [continues]
The importance of the writing-up process cannot be ignored – since no matter how committed you may have been in your volunteering activities, you are assessed on the submission of the written account of these, together with any supporting evidence that you append.
You should refer back to your Negotiated Agreement – check what was agreed at the outset. If this has changed, then you will need to demonstrate why, and how you negotiated and agreed these changes.
Report and Reflective Learning Journal – how are they different?
The significant difference between the two is that that one – the Report – becomes the product of your volunteering activities, and that the other – the Reflective Learning Journal – is your account of the process of your learning experience.
There are wider social issues to consider when writing up your volunteering experiences. You need to think about the connections between your own individual activity, the organisation in which you are volunteering, and both the social and policy context of that work.
The beneficiaries of the volunteering activity
Who is benefiting? Most immediately, it may be the client/user group of the organisation – for example, children in a school; the elderly/disabled in a day care centre; disadvantaged/disaffected young people in the community. In the wider setting you need to consider the benefits for the organisation, and the wider benefits gained by society as a whole.
Publicly funded activities (e.g. State schools, NHS) are organised through social policy and state action. These activities, therefore, are determined by the state and are driven from above. Social movement activities on the other hand, are determined by the voluntary sector, and can be described as social action from below. Funding mechanisms however, can also determine what is being done and how. Where the organisation is placed, and how it is funded, will determine the role,... [continues]
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