Riley’s story

I run a couple of local websites and I popped into The Mill to find out if I could help promote their events. A year and a half later and I’ve been volunteering at The Mill every Wednesday to rebuild their website (which you’re now reading). The main drive behind these changes has been to ease the workload of the other volunteers who maintain the website, which I *think* we’ve achieved.

It’s been great in terms of my personal development, as I’ve been able to get experience managing multiple stakeholders and users of all levels to create something we can all be proud of.

As I work from home most other days, volunteering at The Mill has been a fantastic way to meet new people and socialise with people who aren’t my cat.

In my career as a web developer, my main joy is seeing people use something I’ve created and see it help them in their everyday life. The Mill has allowed me to see this on a daily basis as the volunteers and visitors use the website to find The Mill, organise events, find out what’s on.

The Mill has been a fantastic way to meet new people and socialise with people who aren’t my cat.