Why I’m volunteering for Hull 2017
The other day, I became 'part of the family'. In other words, I completed the core training necessary to become a Hull 2017 City of Culture volunteer.
There's a lot of cynicism surrounding volunteering, and I do sometimes ask myself why I'm planning on giving up some of my precious time for free next year. How will I fit it all in? Will I be able to at all?
I work for myself and have a load of extracurricular commitments, so I don't have a lot of spare time. Why on earth did I sign up to this? Well, I just wanted to be involved on some level, firstly. Next year is set to be an utterly magical year in the history of Hull, and being behind the scenes of spectacular events like Place des Anges and the Sea of Hull sounded like too good an opportunity to miss, frankly. During the training we were asked what was the lasting memory of the...