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Many
people are interested in alternative lifestyles and ways of working. For
some this might mean looking for a commercial organisation with strong
ethical principles. For others it might mean abandoning the world of conventional
jobs and living as part of a commune. Whatever ‘alternative ways of working’
means to you, you will still need to clarify your goals, weigh up the
issues and plan ahead.
The resources in this page should help you to do so, though you may
also find relevant material in the resource pages on Self Employment
and Gap Year opportunities.
Most of the sites below are, by their nature, very diverse in content
and scope. Please bear in mind that a site listed under one sub-heading
may also have material relevant to another section.
General sites & information
- ‘Alternative Work Styles including Self Employment’ and 'Voluntary
Sector Briefing'- AGCAS booklets (from Careers Service)
- The
Ethical Junction is a gateway to the ethical sector for people
in the UK and Ireland, giving a focal point for a broad range of ethical
issues and trading. Intended primarily to assist consumers of products
and services it nevertheless offers many contacts useful for those
seeking jobs with organisations committed to sustainable living in
sectors as diverse as manufacturing, investment and entertainment
- United
Nations & United
Nations Association of GB & Ire
- Equality
and Human Rights Commission
- ‘How To Find
Your Mission In Life’ - section within ‘What Color Is Your Parachute?’
(the leading job hunting book in the USA for the last 25 years) explores
ways of relating religious faith to the job hunt. A reference copy
of this book is held by the Careers library.
Alternative work / lifestyle networks
- Working
Families offers advice the full range of flexible working arrangements,
including part time work, job sharing, flexible working hours, term
time working, career breaks, sabbaticals and working from home
- Fellowship
for Intentional Community promotes ecovillages, cohousing, residential
land trusts, communes, student co-ops, urban housing cooperatives
and other related projects and dreams
- UK
Co-operative movement
- LETS
- Local Exchange Trading Schemes - are local community-based mutual
aid networks in which people exchange all kinds of goods and services
with one another, without the need for money
- Anglican
Religious Communities - lists various religious communities that
are part of the Church of England in UK and overseas
Business Ethics
Charity Recruitment Agencies
- VolResource
information for voluntary and community organisations
Other Voluntary and community
initiatives
- Kingston University Students
Union links students with projects in the local community
- Kingston
Volunteer Centre, 50 Canbury Park Road, Kingston, email volunteering@kvc.org.uk
has details of many organisations wanting volunteers.
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