In September, a team of 17 employees from Miller Homes will be joining a corporate volunteer trip to Malawi with us for a week – in order to help build homes for orphans and vulnerable children in the district of Salima. During this time, the volunteers will meet the families they are helping and encounter an entirely new… Read more »
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Volunteering in Romania: Lessons From Our Trip Abroad
Interested in volunteering abroad? Here are a few lessons taken from the blog that the Barnsley Builders created for their volunteer trip in Romania (Comanesti). Lesson #1 – Don’t volunteer yourself for digging After a long journey yesterday and a good nights sleep we were all feeling refreshed this morning. We were all down for breakfast at 7:30,… Read more »
Read moreMiller Homes Goes the Extra Mile for Habitat for Humanity
Award winning housebuilder Miller Homes has been heavily involved with our Hope Builders campaign throughout 2016 and we have been very impressed by the support and commitment from them to help end poverty housing across the world. Below Chris Endsor, Chief Executive of Miller Homes talks about his team’s fantastic fundraising efforts and introduces the… Read more »
Read moreMiller Homes Employee Brings Hope Through Marathon Effort
Over the course of the year Miller Homes has pledged to raise £100,000 for our Hope Builders campaign, enough to build over 30 homes and make a real difference to those living in poverty housing. As part of this pledge, Miller Homes Contracts Manager, David Graziano put his best foot forward and completed the London Marathon in just over four hours whilst… Read more »
Read moreWhy I lead Global Village Builds
Team Leading with Habitat for Humanity Great Britain Liz Cotton has built homes all over the world with Habitat for Humanity Great Britain. In this inspiring blog, she shares her passion for volunteering abroad and Team Leading and encourages others to join in… “Now we have this house, we have no more challenges.” is the… Read more »
Read moreOxford High School raises funds for charity
Oxford High School Fundraiser Eleanor O’Connor joined her fellow students in raising funds and awareness for Habitat for Humanity Great Britain. In this blog, Eleanor tells us why Habitat’s vision means so much to her… Hey, I am Eleanor and this is my class. We are 100 from Oxford High School! Recently everyone in my… Read more »
Read moreTeam Leader shares thoughts on the Power of Home
The Team Leader Experience Sandy Muir, a wonderful Global Village Team Leader, shares the rewarding experience of working alongside our HomePartners. Here he tells us why he keeps returning to Global Village Builds each year… Over 9 years ago, while early retirement was beckoning me, I discovered a friend from my church was organising a… Read more »
Read moreReasons for Volunteering: Finding Meaning in Life
Our Head of Volunteering, Manuela Campbell, tells us her Habitat story of finding meaning in life through volunteering. From my first interaction with Habitat for Humanity I have found that it is all about what we can do. As individuals, as team members, as leaders and HomePartners—we can harness the Power of One in order to… Read more »
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