Maggie first applied to be a volunteer with Blackpool Council Adults Volunteers Team in 2009, in her own words “I like socialising and mixing with all different people and I like a challenge. Because of...
Posted 07 Jun 2018
More people volunteer in Bradford than anywhere else in Yorkshire. Apart from being the Curry Capital and first UNESCO City Of Film, why is Bradford such a hotspot of volunteering? It is down to a...
Posted 07 Jun 2018
I first found out about the work of Contact the Elderly in 1965 from New Society magazine. The magazine ran an article about Contact the Elderly’s founder, Trevor Lyttleton, explaining how he and his friends...
Posted 07 Jun 2018
Sports clubs and groups attract more volunteers than any other sector: over 6 million people give up their time, skills and enthusiasm to help others get active. Without volunteers, most sport and physical activity would...
Posted 06 Jun 2018
I have now been playing and coaching for 20 years and was lucky enough to be a member of Great Britain’s women’s team from 1998-2008, playing at world championships, European championships and the Sydney 2000...
Posted 06 Jun 2018
Why did you join the LFC Foundation/Liverpool John Moores University Volunteering programme? Volunteering is a passion and something I’ve done for a long time. I started volunteering at home in Basingstoke, Hampshire to support the...
Posted 06 Jun 2018
City Year UK is a youth social action charity which challenges 18 to 25-year-olds to tackle educational inequality through a year of full-time voluntary service. As mentors, tutors and role models in schools, they support...
Posted 05 Jun 2018
Hi my name is Ella, I’m 11 years old, and I am an #iwill Ambassador. I’ve been an #iwill Ambassador since November 2017, and my role with the #iwill campaign is to share my voice...
Posted 05 Jun 2018
Most people expect that when you become a parent for the first time a few things have to slide. Sleep, sanity and a variety of extracurricular activities are often the first to go… I’ve volunteered...
Posted 04 Jun 2018
King College Hospital 700 volunteers are remarkable individuals, from our youngest, who is 16, to our oldest who is 88. They perform acts of kindness each and every day across our hospitals. Our volunteers would...
Posted 04 Jun 2018
