Sue Fortescue - Testimonial

When I retired from SWIFT in November 2006 I wanted to spend some of my free time helping a charity. I contacted the UFB and Katrien Goossens was very happy to accept my offer of help. I enjoy the work very much. It is very varied and the UFB team are very enthusiastic and dynamic. I am amazed that such a small team accomplishes so much !

My main task is to help implement a new software program to help with the administration. For this I enlisted the support of a SWIFT colleague, Travis Dobias, who is an expert in this domain. Together we conducted a needs analysis amongst UFB staff, and also surveyed available programs. We are now conducting a pilot project, using Salesforce.com and will evaluate the results at the end of the year. However I also help with other tasks.

In December I sold Christmas cards at SWIFT. At Easter I sold Easter eggs and fluffy toys at SWIFT and Alcatel. (The task of packaging the delicious chocolate eggs added inches to my waistline !) In June the UFB hosted the United Way Regional Meeting and I helped to coordinate the arrangements for participants from Russia, Poland, Hungary, Belarus, the USA etc … In addition I help when necessary with processing the bank statements, updating the database, and other admin tasks.

 In short the work is very varied and always interesting. I strongly encourage others who are interested in volunteering to contact UFB ( 02 655 4933).