Lighting your candle

How to turn your passion into action

It is better to light a candle
than curse the darkness.

Eleanor Roosevelt
The nature of this workshop
To Not to
• share • teach
• inspire • lecture
• clarify • tell
• motivate • direct
What is stopping you?
What are you passionate about?
A letter from a friend.
How can you get involved?
 How?
• Set up a charity
• Volunteer your time
• Donate your money
• Advocate for change
 Setting up a charity

• What is charity?
• What do you need to do?
• Resources available
 Volunteering

• Firstly, do no harm
• Voluntourism
• Who do you volunteer for?
• What are your skills?
 Donating

• Charities Commission website

• Managing your expectations
 Advocacy

• Climate change
• Animal Welfare
• Slavery/trafficking
Discussion
Write the last chapter
 Just do it

Turn your passion into action.

Light your candle!