{"id":2044,"date":"2015-06-04T13:43:08","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T12:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.org.uk\/2015\/06\/04\/volunteersweek-introducing-nita\/"},"modified":"2018-09-14T14:53:25","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T13:53:25","slug":"volunteersweek-introducing-nita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.org.uk\/2015\/06\/04\/volunteersweek-introducing-nita\/","title":{"rendered":"#VolunteersWeek &#8211; Introducing Nita"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Nita was runner up in the Going The Extra Mile award for volunteers across the heritage sector who have gone the extra mile, as the London Volunteers in Museum Awards in 2012.<\/b> <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Nita has volunteered<br \/>\nsince the museum re-opening in 2010. She decided to start volunteering after<br \/>\nshe retired from teaching. \u201cIt\u2019s the worst<br \/>\nthing I ever did, retiring! I enjoy being with people and doing things. I can\u2019t<br \/>\nthink of anything worse than having nothing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nita regularly gives talks and tours to visitors. \u201cIf you do something voluntarily, you do it as an interest, instead of<br \/>\n<i>having <\/i>to do it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her favourite aspect of volunteering is meeting people, \u201cI have a gift of the gab and enjoy being with people. I love history, I research lots of things at home, like Nina Salaman, Disraeli or the history of Jews in England. Most of it is in my memory now and I can talk about it to visitors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jewishmuseum.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tumblr_inline_npf4844yWa1rivt1t_540.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Nita has always loved explaining history.\u00a0\u201cAs<br \/>\na teacher when I took children on holiday I did guided tours instead of the<br \/>\nofficial tour guide! I look forward to it here. The atmosphere is special and I<br \/>\nlike giving talks. When you take time<br \/>\nto explain things to people you get a good response \u2013 nobody says, \u2018No thanks, I don\u2019t want anything explained.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her favourite object is the Venetian Ark in the Judaism Gallery. \u201cIt\u2019s a<br \/>\nbeautiful and interesting object. I once met the people who owned the castle<br \/>\nwhere it was found when they came to visit it at the museum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nTop tips for being a volunteer: \u201cYou&#8217;ve\u00a0got to be friendly but not pushy. If you\u2019re going to talk to people, learn as<br \/>\nmuch as you can. I&rsquo;ve never stopped learning. Got my passion for learning from<br \/>\nmy grandmother who took an economic degree while running a restaurant.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve<br \/>\nlearnt a lot volunteering, I\u2019ve spoken to Disraeli\u2019s family and learnt things<br \/>\nabout him I didn\u2019t have in my file.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nita was runner up in the Going The Extra Mile award for volunteers across the heritage sector who have gone the extra mile, as the London Volunteers in Museum Awards in 2012. Nita has volunteered since the museum re-opening in 2010. 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