31 Mar 2010 - 1 Apr 2010

Working Street, Cardiff (near St David's Hall) Wednesday March 31 11 am - 3 pm

Cruse Bereavement Care is a registered charity who help and support those persons who have suffered a bereavement

Children and Families:

Barnarods Young Parent’s Group Facilitator

Key activities are: To participate in the planning of the group meetings

Elderly:

Volunteer helpers/group co-ordinators for Contact the Elderly

The increasing number of older people in their 70's, 80's and 90's who have become isolated in their own homes as well as volunteers who discover a little of their time goes a long way to change lives - including their own

Can I make a difference?

Yes. Volunteering is so much a part of society that it is often easier to describe the difference that volunteers make by imagining a society where no-one volunteered:

social and leisure activities would be significantly affected as there would be no rugby matches, sporting events or athletics, no Formula One motor racing or Olympic Games without the input of volunteer coaches, organisers and marshals
there would be no music events, pop concerts, festivals, Urdd or National Eisteddfodau without volunteer fundraisers, organisers or St John's Ambulance volunteers
there would be little medical research or advice and support to people with specific problems
people would die without the Samaritans, the lifeboat service, cave and mountain rescue teams and the British Red Cross
our health service would be significantly impoverished without the donations from volunteer-organised activities, such as tea shops and library trolleys, hospital radio and community volunteers to help discharged patients or those coming into hospital
the criminal justice system would break down without lay magistrates, witness support and victim support volunteers
much of the landscape, wildlife and areas of natural beauty would suffer neglect
many older, disabled and vulnerable people would be isolated and lonely.

As a volunteer you can really have an impact on peoples' lives and the community around you, as well as making your own life more fulfilled and rewarding.