Society & Culture

volunteer work

Society & Culture

Posted by: Hilary

20th Feb 2012 01:37am

I am interested in learning about what volunteer work people do, how they got started in it, what it involves and what they like about it or not like about it?

liz
  • 1st Apr 2012 12:03pm

Hello Robyn, thanks for the encouragement. Yes we are Christians and would do more if we had better health. I should mention that my darling husband also volunteers as a Driver mentor for young people who don't have access to a car, to help them get the 120 hours they need before they get a licence. Its a scheme run through the local council who supply the car and fuel but all the mentors are volunteers who have done a course first. My husband also volunteers as a guinea pig in various medical areas and has just done a big study at the Austin hospital on pre-Alzheimers. He hasn't got it but its in his family and they want to record brain changes from normal to dementia. He has also trialed various diabetes drugs over the years. We like to help where we can.


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