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PAPYRUS works with volunteers from across the UK – here’s an insider’s insight into what’s been happening in each of our PAPYRUS regions and nations, over the past few months...
NORTHERN IRELAND As the Northern Ireland team continues to grow and develop in terms of visibility, our volunteers have begun undertaking work on exciting new projects. These include our first ever volunteerorganised HOPEWALK at the end of October, which so far has raised nearly £400! We also have some exciting opportunities ahead, where some of our volunteers will be able to facilitate our training for very interested groups and organisations. Watch this space!
WALES As lockdown restrictions have been eased, our volunteers have been slowly getting out and about again across Wales; raising awareness and getting people interested in the work of PAPYRUS. We had some people who put their lives in the hands of gravity by taking part in a PAPYRUS parachute jump, a dedicated team of volunteers organised a touch rugby competition in Blackwood that raised over £3,500 and our volunteers were able to return to leisure centres, libraries, pubs and anywhere where someone could be persuaded to put up a PAPYRUS poster. In the run-up to October, volunteers in Wales collaborated on a project: HOPEWALK Cymru where we would organise the regular HOPEWALKs under one banner for Wales and attempt to walk 1621 miles between us – one mile for every young person who died by suicide in Wales and England in the last full set of figures. This has led to some great volunteer-led HOPEWALKs, including in Llandudno where volunteers battled through heavy rain and … err ... saved the life of a badger during the walk. It’s amazing what volunteers can do!
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