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vinvolved Project Workers are here to help you find the right volunteering opportunity. We want to know what you are interested in or feel strongly about. We want you to find out that through volunteering you can make a difference, help others, learn new skills, make new friends and have fun too! Meet the staff team.......................
and who we are........................this is us, who we are, what we do and what we like, love................ and what biscuit we are most like?  | Karen Cowser (Youth Vounteer Development Manager)
I work with organisations to develop and create fun volunteering
opportunitites.
Listen to Mazzy Star and love the blues.
Films - Star Wars - all of them!!
Who do I look up to? Anita Roddick
Love gardening & reading
Biscuit most like - Shortbread - short & sweet!!
Favourite saying - "more than meets the eye" |  |  | George Mitchell (Youth Volunteer Adviser)
I work with young people aged 16-25 in Bournemouth & Poole who want to get into volunteering and I find volunteering opportunities for them.
I listen to Reggae & R&B
Film - "Pirates of the Caribbean" - all of them!!
Whose my hero? Johnny Depp
Love seeing my friends
Biscuit most like - Party Ring - I'm quite hyper and a fun, colourful person.
Favourite used phrase - "take care" |  |  | Poppy "aka Pops" Sargeaunt (Youth Disability Coordinator)
I advise young people on different volunteering opportunities.
I listen to Roxette & Ace of Base
Film - Up
My hero - David Hasselhoff
Love DIY and obsessed with Morris travellers
Biscuit most like - Jaffa Cake - soft in the middle but hard to crack
Favourite used phrase - "fiddlesticks" |  |  | Ruth Wells (vinvolved Project Manager)
I support staff in the vproject team.
I listen to Girls Aloud, Radiohead and Lauren Hill
Film - "Legally Blonde 2"
My hero - Emily Pankhurst
Love spending time with family, going to the gym and reading
Biscuit most like - £1 shop reject biscuit - because I don't conform
Favourite used phrase - "i've an idea" |  |  | Julie "aka Jules" Mackay (Project Worker)
I motivate and inspire young people
What I listen to depends on my mood
Film - Dumb & Dumber
My hero - Chris McCandless
Love snowboarding
Biscuit most like - American Cookies - hard on the outside and soft in the middle
Favourite used phrase - "cool beans" |  |  | Angela Reece (Next Generation Project Manager)
In my job I "kick ass"
I listen to hip hop and reggae
Film - "Deamon Drink" & "The Running Man"
My hero - Elmo
Love & live Break Dancing
Biscuit most like - Ginger Nut coated in dark chocolate - slightly unusual with a pleasant after taste
Favourite used phrase - "i have a little job for you" |  |  | Esther Brown (Administrator)
Support project staff and oversee the smooth running of the offices.
I listen to folk, rock and jazz
Film - "To kill a Mocking Bird"
My hero - Jackie Pullinger
Love singing, reading and being a domestic goddess
Biscuit most like - home made ginger - slightly wacky and unique
Favourite used phrase - "I'm feeling a bit weird" |  |  | Vince Edwards (BME Project Worker)
I support young people who are at risk of being racially bullied and raise profile of this issue in Bournemouth.
I listen to R&B and Rap
Film - "Seven"
Love going to the gym and playing poole
My hero - Jesus
Biscuit most like Jammy Dodger - Can bring good and bad from people and have good in the middle
Favourite used phrase "do you get me?".......about the biscuit thing no Vince!! |  |  | Ben Gerrish (Youth Opportunities Fund Coordinator)
I facilitate handing out money to other youth organisations to start up projects.
I listen to the Doors
Film "?
I love playing drums
My hero ?
Biscuit most like - Ginger nut - ?
Most used phrase - "The fascination with celebrity is something we need to dispell in modern society" | |  | Glen Harvey (Youth Citizens Outreach Worker)I set up volunteering opportunities for pre 16's, primarily in schools and also in the community.I listen to Dance music, rock, blues & soul, favourite group, "Faithless".My hero is John BirdI love the gym, keeping fit and going to gigs and festivalsBiscuit most like - chocolate digestive - 2 sides, 1 sweet and 1 healthymost used phrase - "everyday is a fresh challenge" |  |
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