# Volunteering mural appears in Shoreditch

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/08/17/volunteering-mural-appears-shoreditch/
- Published: 2018-08-17T08:00:18+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**A mural encouraging people to volunteer in their communities and signposting them
to the NCVO has appeared in London’s Shoreditch.**

 

Professional graffiti and street artists [Graffiti Life](https://graffitilife.co.uk/)
collaborated with papercut artist [Poppy Chancellor](http://poppyspapercuts.com/)
to create the artwork, which has been on Ebor Street in Shoreditch for almost a 
fortnight, and is scheduled to remain until 19 August.

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> How awesome is this! A mural to celebrate volunteering [#DoItForOthers](https://twitter.com/hashtag/DoItForOthers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)*
> Mural artists [@Graffiti_Life](https://twitter.com/Graffiti_Life?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)&
> papercut artist [@PoppyChancellor](https://twitter.com/PoppyChancellor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw).
> See it on Ebor St, opposite Shoreditch House til Aug 19. [https://t.co/8XcZSeucEl](https://t.co/8XcZSeucEl)
> [pic.twitter.com/aAvzp1UET6](https://t.co/aAvzp1UET6)
> — Vision for Volunteering (@VisionForVol) [August 14, 2018](https://twitter.com/VisionForVol/status/1029409847891116032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 

Poppy Chancellor created the papercut design of a group of women giving each other
piggybacks around the slogan “Do It For Others” , which was then transformed into
the wall painting with a call to action encouraging people to find volunteering 
opportunities through NCVO.

 

Graffiti Life came up with the idea for the mural to try and encourage people to
give volunteering a try after hearing that people are often put off because think
they don’t have enough time to commit or make a worthwhile difference, or because
they think it is too time-consuming or not particularly fun. It wanted to create
a mural that challenged that and depicted volunteering as a fun and rewarding experience
that can strengthen community relationships. 

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