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Why volunteer?

Find out how volunteering brings health benefits to both the volunteer and the people they support.

How to volunteer

Are you interested in voluntary work but not sure how to get started? Find out about the different options.

"Being a mentor was an amazing experience"

Karen talks about her experience of being a mentor, and how volunteering has benefited her life.

Anam Ahmed

Student volunteering: Anam's story

Anam is doing her A-levels and hopes to go to medical school. She describes her work as a hospital volunteer.

Volunteers: NHS heroes

There are thousands of volunteers in the NHS. Find out how they make a difference.

'I had breast cancer and then cervical cancer'

Juanita explains the impact of cancer on her life, and how charity work helps others and brings her happiness.

'Volunteers help the staff and patients'

Karl Fieldsend, 44, started volunteering when he was off work due to ill health.

‘I was a nurse in 1948’

Candy Baker, 77, who was a nurse in 1948, has volunteered in the NHS for most of her life.

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Giving for mental wellbeing

Giving to other people can take many forms: charity work, volunteering or simple kindness. However you do it, it can be good for mental wellbeing

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Caring, working and studying

Advice on how to combine a job or a course with looking after a friend or relative who is ill or disabled.

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