[rogerdraig]

yes we get loads interested in volunteering but few come back after their visit to job centre to ask what entails

i am one of a committee of three all of us disabled all of us not paid but because we believe in what we are doing we put the effort in

and there are loads of others doing the same we don't get in the paper and most of don't want to we don't do it for recognition maybe we should to counter the idea spread that everyone is work shy etc but i just want a quiet life outside of the nursery

if i ask for help from parents its invariably given for free where they can and often thwarted only by silly rules that those with jobs at the job centre seem to love to enforce rules on availability for work or on form filling that end up costing us so much time its just not worth it to get some one to paint a wall for free or fix a door ( council charges us the going rate if we get them to do it )

even those kids which seem to be picked on often are more than willing to help we had to move rooms in the porta cabbin last year ( needed larger room ) a load of the kids who used to come to the nursery but are now in their late teens came and although we had a few dropped things they helped

i think most people when asked nicely are willing to help but when you start ordering people you put up a barrier and start a conflict that need never happen