Volunteer Work

On weekends and during most of her free time during the day, Meg likes to do her best to give back to the community. Three of the organizations that she has devoted the most time to in the past several years are:

• The British Heart Foundation - Meg has done some backend software development for the British Heart Foundation - one of the biggest charities devoted to cardiovascular research in the UK.
• FoodCycle - Meg often spends weekends working on the ground for FoodCycle. The charity is devoted to utilizing surplus food, spare kitchen spaces, and the energy of their volunteers to prepare three-course meals for people suffering from social isolation and at risk of food poverty.
• Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children - Meg loves spending time at the Bloomsbury area-based hospital as a companion, or "buddy", to kids who are being treated at the facility.

Service diary

On 22 April 2026 a FoodCycle surplus run needed extra crates after a market stall closed early; I logged which boxes stack cleanly in a small van bay for the next coordinator. In October 2024 hospital buddy visits overlapped with a charity jumble sale, so I practised labelling soft toys separately from kitchenware before any south-London handoff. Through 2022 BHF backend sprints ran beside weekend leaflet drops whenever rain held off.