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  • 13-09-2013 4:12pm
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    sajid.ahmed
    Registered Users Posts: 73 ✭✭


    voluntary work is good for u but why i feel when i go they treat me different then there workers they look at that i am after some thing any idea why is like that


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    Rory1
    Registered Users Posts: 188 ✭✭Rory1


    I have no idea what you are saying.


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    sajid.ahmed
    Registered Users Posts: 73 ✭✭sajid.ahmed


    Rory1 wrote: »
    I have no idea what you are staying.

    i mean i am doing voluntary work for one charity it runs carer home for people with disabilities so i go there twice in week for few hours and do what i can cleaning guarding etc but the people work there paid work they look at me very strangely i helping them they think i need some kind of help i am after some thing i did try to ask them that if u can do i dont need to come here answer was oh no we love to have u here &when i went hom got call can i do this next week this is my 1st time voluntary work in my life is this normal way i dont know i think it weird so i am asking help may be i am wrong hope it will help


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    dharma200
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    Some people in paid work obviously may see it as a concern for their own jobs that other people are willing to do the work for free... Maybe...


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    Rory1
    Registered Users Posts: 188 ✭✭Rory1


    sajid.ahmed wrote: »
    i mean i am doing voluntary work for one charity it runs carer home for people with disabilities so i go there twice in week for few hours and do what i can cleaning guarding etc but the people work there paid work they look at me very strangely i helping them they think i need some kind of help i am after some thing i did try to ask them that if u can do i dont need to come here answer was oh no we love to have u here &when i went hom got call can i do this next week this is my 1st time voluntary work in my life is this normal way i dont know i think it weird so i am asking help may be i am wrong hope it will help

    Did you ever hear of a full stop?


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    sajid.ahmed
    Registered Users Posts: 73 ✭✭sajid.ahmed


    Rory1 wrote: »
    Did you ever hear of a full stop?

    what u mean by full stop please advice


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    Rory1
    Registered Users Posts: 188 ✭✭Rory1


    sajid.ahmed wrote: »
    what u mean by full stop please advice

    .


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    [Deleted User]
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    It's the same with participants on FAS Community Employment schemes. Are they taking the jobs of others? If these support groups are so important, why not give the most suitable participants a full time job?
    To answer OP's original question - With so many unemployed, any threat, (or a perceived threat) to existing jobs is viewed with suspicion. Maybe, you could cut back your contribution to an hour twice a week. That would satisfy your need to feel useful and lessen any perceived threat to the workers. Maybe you could take a less hands on activity, like fundraising, etc.


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    sajid.ahmed
    Registered Users Posts: 73 ✭✭sajid.ahmed


    Deleted User wrote: »
    It's the same with participants on FAS Community Employment schemes. Are they taking the jobs of others? If these support groups are so important, why not give the most suitable participants a full time job?
    To answer OP's original question - With so many unemployed, any threat, (or a perceived threat) to existing jobs is viewed with suspicion. Maybe, you could cut back your contribution to an hour twice a week. That would satisfy your need to feel useful and lessen any perceived threat to the workers. Maybe you could take a less hands on activity, like fundraising, etc.

    thanks i appreciate that i think its good idea i even told them that i have full time job i just come to hep u not to take over your jobs i was thinking that to cut down hours then we see how it goes thanks again


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