Become a Stand Up! Activist and help End Homophobic Bullying

BeLonG_To

As we know, homophobic bullying is a serious issue for young people in Ireland. Stand Up! is an annual awareness week run by BeLonG To aimed at creating positive understanding of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender young people and their issues. Stand Up! challenges homophobia by encouraging friendship between LGBT young people and other young people.

What does a Stand Up! Activist do?

• Helping to raise much needed funds for BeLonG To, helping us to support and resource LGBT young people across Ireland.
• Engaging with members of the public to raise awareness of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans young people and their needs.
• Raising awareness of the ways that friendship and positive understnading can help eliminate homophobic bullying.

What is the time commitment? - Approx 5 Hours

• Half Day's Training on either Sat 25th or Sunday 26th of February. (3 hours)
• One or more 2-hour shifts helping us to do outreach and fundraising on Friday 2nd of March 2011 from 7am - 7pm. (Min 2Hrs)

Where?

• Selected location across Dublin city.

Benefits

• Help to raise much needed funds for BeLonG To's support for LGBT young people.
• The change to really make a difference and help end homophobic bullying.
• Be connected to a dynamic LGBT organisation that's doing cutting edge work to address homophobia across Ireland.
• Meet like-minded people and be part of BeLonG To's community of supporters.
• Learn about the challensges faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans young people in Ireland today - and the best ways of addressing those challenges.

Volunteer Online Today

MissMoppet

I'd love to but I can't make it to Dublin.

polkabunny

Would like to get involved, but currently involved in organising an event that may be held on that weekend in March...

BeLonG_To

Hey everybody, we're still looking for volunteers, so please sign up and Stand Up!

Dark Chocolate

Is there any plan to have this running in other places around the country on other dates? There are lots who I'm sure would be interested, as voiced above, but location or dates would be an obstacle for the moment.

baztard

What do the "shifts helping us to do outreach and fundraising on Friday 2nd of March 2011" involve?

I might be interested.

Moon Indigo

Must say that form frustrated me no end. I am Garda Clearance twice and I have previous experience with volunteering but I DO NOT Want to give information on refs without an interview.

BeLonG_To

We're still eagerly seeking volunteers to help us out with our Stand Up! launch day on Friday, 2nd March. It's basically a commitment of five hours, three hours of which will be in a training session, held on either Saturday 25th or Sunday 26th of February. On the launch day itself, volunteers will be raising funds around Dublin.

If you're interested, give us a call on (01) 6706223 or e-mail us at info@belongto.org.