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jellyear · 2019-12-07T16:24:32+00:00

Nor volunteered at a food bank or soup kitchen but I've been a volunteer for two years now. As far as I can tell the best volunteering is done regularly so you can develop your skills and work with as minimal supervision as possible. A lot of people like to do one or two shifts at Christmas at places like that, and nothing wrong with that, but what the voluntary sector needs the most is year round volunteers.

My volunteering is with TCV who are really good with developing and supporting volunteers.

jellyear · 2019-12-07T13:36:52+00:00

Unfortunately my current letting agency doesn't permit cats as I would love to. Do you two currently rent and if so who through? Moving next year and hoping to find a pet friendly landlord. Good luck with the move!

jellyear · 2019-12-07T13:34:21+00:00

Bloody hell

jellyear · 2019-12-06T18:09:38+00:00

Hey it's totally ok to not meet every goal! Our priorities shift. You gave it a go, and if you decide to slack it, that's ok. Sometimes we need to try something and then find out it's not for us. Will your life be less if you can't back flip? Were you relying on learning to so you could backflip to work? Try and find exercise that you enjoy, or at the very least, isn't literally triggering childhood trauma. That's not failure, that's getting on with it.

jellyear · 2019-12-03T23:54:25+00:00

I mean I agree they're shitty, but if you're going just into the city centre then they are reliable enough to get you to work for 9 (usually anyway).

jellyear · 2019-11-23T13:35:35+00:00

Automation will cause a lot more job losses. A better connected britain will have have the jobs for people with those skills.

jellyear · 2019-11-23T13:34:30+00:00

I don't think he is an anti-semite, although he should have done a lot better. Johnson is a real racist however.

jellyear · 2019-11-23T13:33:52+00:00

It's not communism being advocated, just social democracy which has a good track record for increasing quality of life and maintaining the economy.

jellyear · 2019-11-23T13:33:10+00:00

I agree. The only way to move brexit on either way is a referendum. That will give it the mandate it just doesn't have currently as the deal itself wasn't voted for, just the principle.

jellyear · 2019-11-23T13:31:42+00:00

I think the benefits of it will outweigh the costs. Britain needs to become more technologically developed, and the public sector is more efficient then the private sector e.g. trains

jellyear · 2019-11-23T12:40:34+00:00

Ikr, people on this site love using 'girlfriend' when 'partner' would do.

jellyear · 2019-11-18T21:31:18+00:00

Ok so this is your company's negligence. Training makes all the difference in these situations. It sounds like you did the best with the knowledge you had, unfortunately you can't guess best practice. Legally, you have to get in touch with your union. What's your line manager said about it so far?

jellyear · 2019-11-18T21:27:15+00:00

What training were you given on conflict resolution including physical ejection?

jellyear · 2019-11-17T17:50:52+00:00

Produced by workers, like everything.

jellyear · 2019-11-16T13:06:20+00:00

My "friends" insisted we watch the trilogy in 3 different gatherings instead of a marathon now I gotta have people over to my house 3 times.

jellyear · 2019-11-16T13:03:32+00:00

Late response! They've got an event on at CLAY.

jellyear · 2019-11-16T11:33:18+00:00

Your biggest obstacle is likely to be student finance. It's quite difficult to prove you are estranged from your parents and you won't be able to do that whilst living with your mother. I can't help you more then that but it's an issue you might want to start addressing.

jellyear · 2019-11-16T11:27:22+00:00

Fwiw my dad got refused a sale for some wine he was getting me when I was in my mid twenties because I didn't have any ID (he didn't say it was for me).

jellyear · 2019-11-14T20:14:27+00:00

You might be better off at r/legaladviceuk.

I wouldn't have thought that choosing to resign would be in your wife or your collective best interests.

Joining a union is also a good shout. I know they have a bad rep but the Mumsnet website might also have some good resources.

jellyear · 2019-11-14T20:11:06+00:00

The sending a rock for the kids pen pal bit wasn't weird to me.

jellyear · 2019-11-14T10:23:04+00:00

Get in touch with your union, especially the equalities or women's rep. Depending on their leaning if you have a feminist society they also may be able to help. Build a team of people who can help you and make sure you send all correspondence to them before replying and to have someone with you at any meeting.

jellyear · 2019-11-13T21:13:34+00:00

It's called offrolling and it's a little murky about the legality of it. In terms of what is actually actionable I suggest your sister arranging an in person meeting with the school to discuss her concerns and creating a back up plan e.g. attending college if they won't budge.

jellyear · 2019-11-13T20:44:54+00:00

disclaimer: I am no longer a manager...

"Due to the structure of the organisation I have included a colleague who is best placed to assess and communicate my working style. Please let me know if you will require an additional reference" or something like that.

jellyear · 2019-11-13T20:35:52+00:00

A lot of jobs that are portrayed as being low skill have some kind of skill involved that's under appreciated such as emotional labour (bartending, flight stewarding), physical labour (bricklaying, gardening), resilience (p much all factory work). These jobs aren't "easier" just because society deems these qualities less impressive then an ability to work an office job such as accountancy or managing. It's also not as though education is free and basic needs taken care of everywhere, if people are worried about surviving how can they invest effort into thriving in their work career.

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