I’ve reached the summit. Or rather a summit. The top of a greasy pole (albeit a fairly small one). I’ve become chair of a Health and Wellbeing Board sub-committee on mental health. You could spin it pretty well on a CV (if I was writing
A recurring thought over the last year has been the question of whether the work I do locally, on a voluntary basis, has any significant impact. In my reflections on that, I have tried to be even handed and note that while there are problems
I spend about three and a half days a week doing voluntary or unpaid work. A couple of things recently (writing an article and attending an event) have prompted me to consider how volunteers are used and how to get more out of them. However,
Resources, everyone seems agreed, will be tight whoever wins the election. So we need to make the most of all the resources we’ve got. Volunteers are one such source, so how can we make the most of them? Volunteering is estimated to provide about £50bn