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CHANGE THE WORLD IN JUST YOUR PYJAMAS!

Under 30 minutes

All the action, all the fun – in under 30 minutes. It doesn’t get any easier than this to participate in a few mini moments of goodness!

Tutor For Good – Tutoring Struggling Students

  • Time taken:
    Upto 30 minutes to virtually interact with students seeking help with maths and algebra education
  • Impact:
    Helps to inform minds and change lives
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    No pyjamas, just day clothes

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Country, Do Good, E-Mentoring, North America, People, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Sports & Education, Under 30 minutes, United States

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Bao – The East African Board Game

  • Time taken:
    Minutes to as long as you want
  • Impact:
    Helps to empower the people of Malawi
  • Cost:
    Noting
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, Africa, By Category, By Time, Computer & Internet, Country, Do Good, Human Welfare, Malawi, Play Games that Donate to Charity for Free, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 30 minutes

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Phylo – Analysing DNA Sequences

  • Time taken:
    Upto 30 minutes to play a game of matching colours that represent nucleotides
  • Impact:
    Potential to impact on medical science
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Computer & Internet, Do Good, Play Games & Contribute to Research Projects, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Science & Research, Under 30 minutes

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Forecasting Ace – Predicting the Future

  • Time taken:
    Upto 30 minutes to answer questions on potential future world events
  • Impact:
    Potential to improve the allocation of resources in areas of science, health and economy related areas
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Do Good, Donate Your Knowledge / Expertise, People, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Science & Research, Under 30 minutes

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Science Buddies – Fostering Enthusiasm for Science

  • Time taken:
    Varies, but majority of tasks take less than 30 minutes
  • Impact:
    Helps students from all walks of life to build their literacy in science and technology
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    Day clothes or pyjamas

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Do Good, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Science & Research, Under 30 minutes

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Little Hugs – Little Blankets for Little People

  • Time taken:
    30 minutes to knit a small square to be made into a larger blanket
  • Impact:
    Provides comfort to parents of very sick children
  • Cost:
    Knitting materials and postage costs
  • Pyjama Rating:
    Day clothes or pyjamas

Categories: Actions, Blankets, Quilts and Afghans, By Category, By Time, Country, Crafts, Do Good, Europe, Human Welfare, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 30 minutes, United Kingdom

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Verbling – Help People Learn a New Language

  • Time taken:
    Upto 30 minutes to participate in a language learning chat session
  • Impact:
    Helps people to learn a new language and prevent misunderstandings
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    Day clothes or pyjamas (but be careful with the pjs - it's a video environment you're participating in)

Categories: Actions, Arts & Culture, Be a Translator, By Category, By Time, Do Good, People, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 30 minutes

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Amara – Translating Videos for Deaf & Hard of Hearing

  • Time taken:
    Upto 30 minutes to caption / translate a video, but it depends on length of video
  • Impact:
    Enables the deaf and hard of hearing to access videos
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, Be a Translator, By Time, Do Good, People, Quickies!, Under 30 minutes

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Visit Woods – Woodland Reviewer

  • Time taken:
    Upto 30 minutes to share information about a UK woodland you're familiar with
  • Impact:
    Potential to inspire others to visit woodland areas and experience nature
  • Cost:
    No costs if you're just submitting info online. Possible travelling costs if you're making a special journey to a woodland area
  • Pyjama Rating:
    Day clothes

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Country, Environment, Europe, Green, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 30 minutes, United Kingdom

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Help – Sharing Wisdom

  • Time taken:
    Upto 30 minutes to shere your knowledge
  • Impact:
    Helps to make a difference for individuals
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, By Time, Do Good, Donate Your Knowledge / Expertise, People, Quickies!, Under 30 minutes

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Free Cakes for Kids – Making Birthdays Special

  • Time taken:
    30 minutes in total to make a cake - the oven does the rest!
  • Impact:
    Brightens up a needy child's birthday in the UK
  • Cost:
    Baking materials
  • Pyjama Rating:
    Day clothes

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Country, Do Good, Europe, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous, Offline, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 30 minutes, United Kingdom

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Read This To Me – Reading Service for the Blind

  • Time taken:
    5 - 30 minutes to read aloud a faxed copy of a document
  • Impact:
    Enables blind or visually impaired people know what a document says
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    Day clothes or PJs

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Canada, Country, Do Good, Human Welfare, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous, North America, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 30 minutes, United States

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Phrase Detectives – Puzzling with a Purpose

  • Time taken:
    From a couple of minutes to how ever long you've got
  • Impact:
    Helps computers improve text summarisation and search engine indexing
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Computer & Internet, Do Good, Play Games & Contribute to Research Projects, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Science & Research, Uncategorized, Under 30 minutes

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RSPCA – Give Animals A Voice

  • Time taken:
    15 - 30 minutes to participate in various online campaigns
  • Impact:
    Helps the fight against animal cruelty in the UK
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    100% full-on pyjama zone

Categories: Actions, Advocacy, Animal Rights, Animal Welfare, By Category, By Time, Country, Europe, Miscellaneous, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 30 minutes, United Kingdom

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Slavery Map – Ending Slavery

  • Time taken:
    10 - 30 minutes to report a case of slavery
  • Impact:
    Creates awareness about modern day slavery in a bid to end the practice
  • Cost:
    Nothing
  • Pyjama Rating:
    Day clothes or PJs

Categories: Actions, By Category, By Time, Do Good, Donate Your Knowledge / Expertise, Human Welfare, People, Popular Causes, Quickies!, Under 30 minutes

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