Hi, we are Community Hours

The Core

The core of our program is to match the youth to volunteering opportunities. Via our web portal, volunteers can search, select and book to volunteer at organisations which speak to them. Community Hours does the rest – we manage the booking, verify the hours, provide data to parents and teachers, and provide the learners with a digital recording and reporting mechanism. Volunteers that are registered with us are able to log all of their hours online and print certificates detailing the hours that they volunteered.

The Advantages

Volunteers are offered a range of volunteering opportunities. Everything is online – no more community service cards that get lost, no more fudging the system. Reporting to schools is tailor-made to facilitate each school’s specific needs.

Communication is key

Communication is key to ensure that volunteering stays top of mind. We send out Ready, Steady, Volunteer – our weekly e-newsletter featuring exciting volunteering opportunities to all teens, their parents and registered volunteers on our platform.

Karen

Karen is a change maker with a passion for the youth, active citizenship, and community building. She is an experienced marketer and brand builder, adept at networking and collaboration. Karen co-founded Community Hours in 2014 and conceptualised, operationalised and grew the platform from 752 learners. Karen is a graduate of the Gordon Institute of Business Science Social Entrepreneurship Program, and co host of Podcast Series – Society’s Super Heroes.

Craig

Craig is a chartered accountant and holds a BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. He is a passionate about helping those in need, having been involved in numerous NPOs since a young age and having served on numerous boards and governing bodies of these institutions. Craig’s mission is to make a positive impact in everything he does.

Sarah

Sarah has spent a lifetime working with people. Her passion is to find ways to make a difference, and make it meaningful. A travel story teller on radio, an inveterate traveller and a deeply committed “up-lifter” of people and causes, Sarah has found her equilibrium designing and implementing projects which make the world in which we live a better place than it was yesterday. From Fine Arts to Feeding schemes, from paw prints to plausible implementation, Sarah is driven by sustainable volunteering.

Marina

Co-founder of Community Hours, Marina is an attorney specializing in Sectional Title Law, Director at BBM Law, co-author of the best-selling book De “mist”ifing Sectional Title, qualified Fellow of the Association of Arbitrators, board member of St Andrew’s School for Girls, and board member of the Community Scheme Ombud.

Simply complete the online registration process

Simply complete the online registration page. Your information is private and confidential and must be approved by your parent / guardian.

Complete your hours

All your hard work spent at the organisation will be logged and recorded. Get to work and embrace the opportunity to give your time, knowledge and energy. It is compulsory to complete a certain number of hours per year, so decide right now to do the best job you can on your own terms.

Process and aims

You make the choice. The decision about which type of organisation appeals to you is in your hands.

Become a leader

Leaders become leaders by serving others and by understanding the needs of the less fortunate. By using your time and knowledge in such a constructive way, you are effectively sharpening your leadership skills for your future.

Hi, we are Community Hours

The Core

The Advantages

Communication is key

Karen

Craig

Sarah

Marina

Simply complete the online registration process

Complete your hours

Process and aims

Become a leader

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