At the Community shop in Abingdon today there were a number of organisations looking for volunteers.

Didcot Railway Centre, for example, always need volunteers, whether as engine drivers, guards, signalmen, ticket office, making the teas, or, in this day and age, to help write and review policies that keep us all safe. So there are lots of opportunities.

I know OCVA already as I went to their offices near the police station in Oxford a few weeks back on behalf of something I’m involved with. They support voluntary organisations and try to match volunteers with organisations and help give lots of advice.

The Nasio Trust were also there. I remember buying a small rubber brick from them about ten years ago. The brick was a nice to have little toy but the money from such small bricks helped to finance the building of an orphanage for children orphaned by H.I.V. Since then the Nasio Trust have carried on doing lots of projects that not only aim to help over there but also motivate young people over here, giving them a new perspective on life.