To make sure we’re doing our job, every year we ask the people who volunteer with us to tell us what it’s done for them. Every year, we’re delighted with the responses we get.

We want to make sure you get as much out of volunteering as you put into it.

With most of us leading super busy lives, the idea of volunteering – giving your time and energy to a cause without financial reward – may seem an impossible task.

We hear a lot about kindness and the power of being kind. This may be in part because of the current political, economic and environmental climate.

Volunteer roles include activities such as befriending, helping at events, driving

We all have ways of distracting ourselves and leaving the present moment, whether by reaching for our phones, switching on the television or through a myriad of other ways.

As well as helping others, volunteering has been shown to improve volunteers' wellbeing too.