前にもちらっと説明したんだけど、Citizens Adviceは消費者相談センターみたいなところで、離婚とか子育て問題とか、借金とか、アパートの賃貸問題とか、社会保障の問題とか、そういういろんな生活問題に、アドバイザーが一緒になって解決策を見つけたりするサービスをするところです。
私は主に事務仕事のお手伝いだったんだけど、いつしかポスターとかチラシ制作担当になり、今年は年次報告書のデザイン・レイアウトで締めくくりました。チラシとかも、印刷屋さんから上がってきたやつを見ると結構達成感があったけど、さすがに年次報告書はちょっと厚めの紙に印刷されて冊子になった姿で出来上がったの見たらちょっと感動した（笑）
I started volunteering at Citizens Advice back in February of 2017, right after I moved to England. I was going there every Thursday, but last Thursday was my last day.
As I mentioned it before, Citizens Advice is a charity organization that provides free and confidential non-legal advice to people in wide variety of problems from welfare to debt to divorce to traffic tickets, etc., etc. There is a national, sort of "corporate" umbrella organization, and local offices are run by franchisees, like Citizens Advice East Herts where I volunteered.
I originally started as an admin assistant, but somehow quickly became a poster/flyer maker. I had never done any graphic design of any sort before but I really enjoyed designing posters and flyers. This year, I had a task to design and layout the Annual Report, which was distributed at the Annual General Meeting a couple of weeks ago.
It was always fun to see the final posters and flyers especially when they were professionally printed on a fancy glossy paper, but the Annual Report, printed on a slightly thicker paper and in a booklet format, was a bit special. I just can't stop looking at it. This whole experience of designing posters and leaflets really got me interested in graphic design. Desktop publishing for my next career?!
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