{"id":6455,"date":"2013-10-24T08:38:46","date_gmt":"2013-10-24T12:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/?p=6455"},"modified":"2013-10-24T08:46:47","modified_gmt":"2013-10-24T12:46:47","slug":"fire-tea-wishes-and-other-things-a-volunteer-needs-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-dock.org\/blog\/2013\/fire-tea-wishes-and-other-things-a-volunteer-needs-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire! Tea! Wishes! And other things a volunteer needs to know"},"content":{"rendered":"

Volunteers make the world go round… Well that’s certainly true in Dock-World at any rate!<\/p>\n

\"8512170633_f15a5209b5_z\"<\/a>The Dock is now the profoundly proud, grateful and slightly surprised owner of a team of more than thirty fantastic volunteers who give from a couple of hours to a day per week – doing everything from coffee to dishes to cleaning to chatting, and a million other jobs in between. \u00a0They’re as enthusiastic about cleaning out Kate and Leo’s fish tank, as talking up Belfast to a tourist, or advising a customer on which Suki Tea to try. \u00a0They are awesome.<\/p>\n

So last Saturday we closed the doors for one day only (the sad little faces of denied customers pressing their noses against the glass were heartbreaking – but they SHOULD’VE READ THE BLOG!) to hold a Volunteer Training Day – which was also a great excuse to all get to know each other and enjoy a bit of craic.<\/p>\n

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We were trained in Fire Safety by Robert – as you can see, Tegan is now a force to be reckoned with when brandishing a fire extinguisher. \u00a0Hopefully any future fire drill in The Dock won’t look like this:<\/p>\n