Our 2024 Volunteer Celebration was an opportunity for us to say a huge thank you to the many volunteers who support our work by generously donating their time, skills and experience.

As well as volunteers, we were also joined by staff from some of the local schools we work in, Ministers from one of our major funders – the Wantage and Abingdon Methodist Circuit – as well as and friends and supporters from local church communities.

Our Trustees put on a super spread of snacks and cakes and it was great to have everyone together in one place and for volunteers to have a chance to connect with others they hadn’t met before.

TrinityLearning has around 70 volunteers, and presentation boards at the event highlighted just some of the many ways they support our work both in schools – as Thinking Books volunteers or part of our Kingfisher school singing group, as well as from home – knitting toys, and making up resource packs.

There was also a chance to find out about the great work done by some of our
youngest volunteers delivering our Toolkit for Happiness project through Larkmead School’s 6th form ‘Make a Difference’ week.

Reflecting on what they most enjoyed about volunteering with TrinityLearning volunteers shared they enjoyed feeling as though they were making a difference – “Working with children makes me feel useful and I get great satisfaction and joy at their growth in confidence.”

Nicola Williams, Education Development Officer said, “the event has been great, and it’s a fun and informal way to recognise how integral volunteers are to our work.”

Thank you to all of our volunteers who make such an important contribution to TrinityLearning.