{"id":2278,"date":"2026-03-02T15:56:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T15:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/helgatoddfoundation.org\/?page_id=2278"},"modified":"2026-03-02T15:56:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T15:56:26","slug":"get-involved-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/helgatoddfoundation.org\/?page_id=2278","title":{"rendered":"Get Involved"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-77138778 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image alignleft uagb-block-b20fbfe6 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-left\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helgatoddfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/get-involved-banner-1024x251.png ,https:\/\/helgatoddfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/get-involved-banner-scaled.png 780w, 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in a new setting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3b5b32d85cf54f1e9eff59730ff98085\">Why did they apply?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-cf9c03db wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helgatoddfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/why-apply-1-1-1-1024x682.png ,https:\/\/helgatoddfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/why-apply-1-1-1.png 780w, https:\/\/helgatoddfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/why-apply-1-1-1.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/helgatoddfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/why-apply-1-1-1-1024x682.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-281\" width=\"749\" height=\"499\" title=\"why-apply-1-1 (1)\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div 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srcset=\"https:\/\/helgatoddfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/what-they-said-afterwards-1024x682-1.png ,https:\/\/helgatoddfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/what-they-said-afterwards-1024x682-1.png 780w, https:\/\/helgatoddfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/what-they-said-afterwards-1024x682-1.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/helgatoddfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/what-they-said-afterwards-1024x682-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-285\" width=\"724\" height=\"482\" title=\"what-they-said-afterwards-1024x682\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-fa1d21627a596e76faa02ae51d9976c8\">Some of our volunteers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SIMON&nbsp; is a retired maths teacher and deputy head from Ely Cambridgeshire, and also had three years teaching abroad in Peru. He joined our CPD1 project in New Delhi.<br>PETER, retired. worked in a sixth form college in Leicester in charge of CPD,&nbsp; so was \u201dpretty reasonable on teaching and learning\u201d, the focus of the Helga Todd CPD1 course in New Delhi. He did two years in the Ministry of Education in Ethiopia with VSO.&nbsp; He also worked on the Helga Todd Early Years Mohali course.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-414b7865 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helgatoddfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSCN2075-1024x768-1.jpg ,https:\/\/helgatoddfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSCN2075-1024x768-1.jpg 780w, https:\/\/helgatoddfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSCN2075-1024x768-1.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/helgatoddfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DSCN2075-1024x768-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-286\" width=\"844\" height=\"633\" title=\"DSCN2075-1024x768\" loading=\"lazy\" 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