1st June 2022
Meet the Volunteer: Zaneta Gibowicz
During Volunteers Week, we are celebrating the contribution of our wonderful volunteers. Today we bring you Zaneta’s story.
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Originally from north east Poland, Zaneta came to the UK 17 years ago to seek a new life with her husband and daughter. She has been volunteering at the Sherwood shop since November last year.
Zaneta – who works three shifts a week in a newspaper distribution centre in Nottingham – wanted to volunteer somewhere where she would meet people and could practice her English. She has retail experience from her home village in Poland where she owned and ran a general store.
She said: “I thought it was time to do something different and I chose the shop because in Poland I had my own shop. I like speaking with different people and it helps me to improve my English.
“It’s good experience and I like the people I’m working with. They’re really friendly.”
As well as volunteering at the shop and working at the distribution centre, Zaneta helps out at a Polish school which her daughters attend on Saturdays.