What are Community Services?
Community services are services that are largely funded from within the community to provide something that is desirable but not proiti making.
Why Get Involved?
Geting involved within the community has been proven to boost happiness and satisfaction levels. Apart from the obvious benefits of giving back to the community, people who contribute their time and expertise may feel a sense of purpose and belonging. It is important to get involved within the community because most groups cannot function without voluntary support. This ensures that needed community groups are fully staffed and have sufficient funding.
Accessing Community Services:
Community services can be easily accessed through research. Looking in the local newspaper or doing research online is a great way to look into local communtiy services ad see how you can get involved.
Contributing to the Community.
There are many ways an inividual can get involved within their community.
For example, you can:
For example, you can:
- Join a volunteer orgnaisation (e.g. local cricket club, bushfire brigade)
- Make a donation to a local charity/organisation
- Donate blood
- Sign up for organ donations
- Donate unwated clothing and other items to Charity
- Encourage others to be community minded
- Support community fundraising efforts
- Contribute your time and expertise to community groups free of charge
Lifestyle issues
The stressors of life such as work, studying and family issues can place large amount of pressure on young people. Although these factors are unavoidable, it is important for young people to maintain a balanced life of work, leisure and rest to sidestep this stress. Moving away from home may be extremely overwhelming by the demands, however careful planning can be implemented to lower stress.