Lauren has volunteered with us since August 2023. She is a familiar face on the front desk and can often be seen with a camera at events. Read more about what she’s been doing and check out some of her beautiful photos.
Category: Case Studies
My Community Development placement
Read about Mara’s placement with us in 2023 and 2024, as part of her degree in Community Development.
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Volunteer Stories -Three Decades of Volunteering
Watch a video featuring past and present volunteers sharing their memories of their time at GWL.
Digital Volunteering Project
The Volunteering Programme was part funded between April 2022 and November 2023 by the National Lottery Heritage Fund to embed and develop digital volunteering roles at GWL. This post brings together the outputs, outcomes and resources resulting from this project.
Volunteer Story-Anabel
Inspired by the “Volunteer Profiles” which featured in the GWL newsletters published in the 1990’s and 2000’s, we’re introducing some of our current volunteers, to highlight how they support our work […]
Volunteer Story- Pauline
My involvement with GWL started almost 10 years ago when, encouraged by my daughter who is a friend of Wendy, I first visited the library. It quickly became part of my life, especially the Story Cafe which I help Wendy with and for which I now write a regular blog.
Volunteer Story – Ashley
Inspired by the “Volunteer Profiles” which featured in the GWL newsletters published in the 1990’s and 2000’s, we’re introducing some of our current volunteers, to highlight how they support our work […]
Volunteer Story- Shalini
Inspired by the “Volunteer Profiles” which featured in the GWL newsletters published in the 1990’s and 2000’s, we’re introducing some of our current volunteers, to highlight how they support our work and why they do it. This is Shalini’s story….
The Power of Kindness
“Kindness was demonstrated in many different ways as we studied the space and the people who use it. “