What has volunteering got to offer?
Governance:
People volunteer for many different reasons - 8 they could be:
- Structure to your day
- ‘Work’ experience
- Recognition that you have something to offer others
- The chance to acquire new skills
- A reference
- The chance to change your status from ‘helped’ to ‘helper’
- An awareness of the difficulties other people face
- A break from the past
- Helping yourself by helping others
- Social contact – meeting new people
- Involvement in the community
- A challenge
- A chance to make a commitment and take responsibility for yourself
