Editing Volunteering (section)

==Summary of the group's activity so far==

🗓️ 14 January 2025
*Group "Volunteering in Girona" created by Paul at the request of Tom.
*Members start joining via the Girona Buddies community.
*Paul suggests litter picking as a simple volunteering idea.
*Tom supports the idea and suggests it as the group’s first activity.
*Evan mentions an existing local group doing clean-ups.
*Stuart shares links (e.g. FreeAdvenTour) and experiences.
*Bea stresses the importance of coordinating with existing efforts to avoid duplicating work.

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🗓️ 16–17 January 2025
*Paul contacts Alex from FreeAdvenTour; they did one clean-up but have no current plans.
*Bea shares links to Girona’s volunteering directories.
*Mariona (LvE Always Wins) shares a link to an environmental volunteering opportunity in Les Gavarres.
*New members continue to join.

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🗓️ 20 January – 10 February 2025
*Group becomes quiet.
*On 10 Feb, Paul removes the group from the Girona Buddies community due to inactivity.
*Mairi suggests keeping it for ad hoc activities.
*Paul agrees that there are limited options for non-Catalan speakers.
*He leaves the door open to reactivating the group.

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🗓️ 20–21 February 2025
*Julia proposes a DIY rubbish clean-up day at Park del Migdia and other areas.
*Bea and others suggest checking for pre-existing clean-up events.
*Stuart and Bea share links to groups like *XCN* and *voluntariatambiental.cat*.
*Spogomi clean-up competition in Girona is announced.
*Paul re-adds the group to the Girona Buddies community.
*A shared editable Google Doc of ideas is created.

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🗓️ 13–18 March 2025
*Tessa volunteers to help admin the group.
*Multiple new volunteering ideas shared:
**Chatting benches for social connection
**Helping language learners
**Community gardening
**Helping small businesses
**Litter picking
*A poll is conducted; top ideas:
**Litter picking
**Community garden
*Mascha and Jamie suggest volunteering with animal shelters.
*Carrie asks about helping at *Temps de Flors*.
*Paul launches a wiki page for Girona Buddies: [gironabuddies.com/volunteering](https://gironabuddies.com/volunteering)
*Bea shares local equivalents to Olio (food-sharing app).

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🗓️ 19–21 March 2025
*New members continue joining.
*Julia updates on the Park del Migdia idea – suggests low-key clean-ups or joining existing groups.
*Kalpesh suggests starting a *Humans of Girona* project to spotlight positive actions.
*Some members prefer to avoid social media promotion.
*Stuart proposes donation-based events (e.g. beach day or cycling).
*Sonia shares ideas from a UK group that combines fitness and volunteering.
*Bea and others express interest in removing offensive graffiti.
*Stuart points to *Brigada Activista del Salabret* as a local group to join.
*Tessa suggests creating a poll to prioritize activities (more to come).
*Helen joins and expresses interest in getting involved.