Is volunteering good for you?
Just a quickie - we've had loads of you writing in recently about the virtues of volunteering, and how it isn't just reserved for the privileged few (or the over-50s). It's really highlighted how many of you volunteer, and how much you get out of the experience. For example, Catherine Lough makes a great case for working in an Oxfam shop, and points out that "many teenagers freely give up their spare time to help without any extra incentives". Similarly, Emma Smith says that volunteering has encouraged her "to question my life in the UK and see the world from entirely different perspectives".
Charlotte Stemmer has written in to tell us about her search for voluntary work, whilst Hollie McNish looks at whether volunteering really is only for those who can afford it: "We should admit that [overseas gap years] are an expensive way to volunteer, and are about the experience and the place as much as the work itself." And Ruth Webb echoes her point, arguing that all kinds of vountary work should be made available to the underprivileged.
Read their views and add your own comments >>
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