Join 8-I 8 Uur Overwerken voor het Goede Doel
8 hours overtime in a good cause
8 Überstunden für einen guten Zweck
שעות נוספות למטרה טובה
8 horas extra para un buen fin
٨ ساعات من الوقت الاضافى من أجل العمل الخيرى
8 ore di straordinario per una buona causa
8 heures supplémentaires pour la bonne cause
8 horas extras por uma boa causa

Info

8 Hours Overtime In A Good Cause is an international event in which young creatives (as in the young at heart and creative, flexible thinkers) donate time and energy to help out charities or NGO’s by solving a problem or meeting a challenge within the communication field. In eight hours time teams in cities around the world consisting of  five members and an experienced mentor work for a single cause. All you need is a fitting location, food, drinks and an internet connection so creatives can put their talents to their best use!

Feel inspired? Donate your creativity, gain experience and expand your network! Organize 8 hours overtime in a good cause in your city for the next edition on the 22th of march 2013.

What do you need: 
* An inspiring location ( an empty church or under the shadow of a tree?).
* Great food (home-cooked or take out?).
* Global or local charities with a challenge you can meet
* Young creatives ( co-workers, friends and family or the cool designer you always wanted to work with).
* A solid internet connection, power and such.
* Enthusiastic textwriters, photographers or videographers who can document the evening and share it with the world.

Join 2013 edition!

Eight Hours Overtime In A Good Cause is a great opportunity to show your skills, meet new people and work together with other creative minds.

Join, and make this event happen in your city!

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Results

2012

The supported charities:

Rio de Janeiro Frente Humana de Intervenções Organizadas, SINAL do VALE
Lisbon Corações com Coroa
San Francisco InSTEDD
New York Jerry, the DIY Server
Portalegre
Berlin Boa Nnipa, Seepferdchen Kinderkunstwerkstatt, erziehungsweise, Lets do it world Berlin
Münster FSV-Münster, VSE Münster
Den Haag Oxfam Novib, WSPA, Nudge, Humanity House, Stichting No Guts No Glory
Groningen Ambiance, Wil de Orka, Hardloopcentrum, EducAided, Save the Native Forest
Apeldoorn BE-COME, Gigant, META Challenge, Reumapatiëntenvereniging Apeldoorn, Vlinderkind
Arnhem Roses for Children, HoudiniBeweging, Bhutan, LGBTsupports
Tilburg Stop Aids Now, Stichting Tess, Stichting Stadsbomen, Best Buddies, Super Youth, Wikiwijk
Utrecht UAF, BYE Foundation, KerkinActie, Proruil
Amsterdam BeeSupport!
Amersfoort Disability studies, Stadsboerderij de Vosheuvel, Stichting kinderzorg Utrecht, Moessie de moestuin coach, Ravelijn
Rotterdam Groene Loper, Hospice de 4 Vogels, Enviu, Wijkorganisatie Feyenoord


Flickr for photos.
Two cool animations too cool not to show.
What you can do with eight hours and 5 creatives!
Amigos de Potos (Groningen):

EBAN project from Boa Nnipa (Berlin):

2011

Berlin 2011 worked for Heroes and ICJA
Madrid 2011 worked for APOYAR
London 2011 worked for Unity Express and Engineers without Borders UK
Cairo 2011 worked for Bayan and Paradise

To give you an idea about the result, here are some results from earlier editions.


In Groningen in 2007 a tiny charity called Rahan Yam-Tel joined. They didn’t have any visual identity nor written communication about their goals etc. The team of 6 creatives took the challenge and designed a logo, website, stationary and wrote all text in two languages for their site and fundraising letter. The result still stands after four years.


A couple of years earlier Bartiméus set a challenge, they had rented airtime for a radiocommercial for the saturday after 8uo. And a team led by Renger Koning met that challenge and produced a professional commercial that was used for the campain. Check out the Bartimeus Commercial.

organisations that have been helped in the past are: the Dutch chapter of Médecins Sans Frontières, Greenpeace (the team helped out with a campain that was still in development back then about e-waste) and local subsidiaries of the International Red Cross for example in Apeldoorn in 2011. A more complete list can be found on the Dutch website.

The 2011 cities:

Berlin

Sedus location at
Reinhardtstraße 29
Space for 5 teams
City coordinator: Frauke Lehberger
The site for the local initiative is on Facebook.

Cairo
City coordinator: Nihal Saad

London
Sedus location at
157A St. John Street
Space for 4 teams
City coordinator: Liza Groeneveld
Signup for London using this form.

Madrid
Sedus location at
José Ortega y Gasset, 33
Space for 3 team
City coordinator: Pedro Amann