Why we should all volunteer

Sure, volunteering is great for your community and makes the world a better place; but could it actually make a positive impact on your life, too?
Whether you want to improve your CV with new skills, meet new people or just feel good about yourself, volunteering opportunities could change your life for the better.


Build your confidence
Many volunteers encounter a variety of new challenges when they begin giving time in their communities. Sharing new experiences with new people, they can learn new skills that can give them confidence to face challenges in other areas of their lives

Introduce you to new friends
There’s no better place to meet likeminded individuals than through volunteering for a campaign or cause you believe in. Working together to bring about a change is a great way to bond with others and become part of a community that can stay in touch long after your work is done. Plus, you could meet people from a diverse range of backgrounds – people you may never come across in your daily life.


Create more fun in your life
Many volunteers are surprised at how much fun it can be to help others. Not every volunteer experience is the same, but by finding an opportunity that matches your interests, you have a good chance of having fun while giving time.


Improve your health
There is evidence that volunteering can improve your health. In “The Healing Power of Doing Good”, writer Allan Luks found medical and scientific documentation supporting the health benefits of volunteering, such as:

1. a heightened sense of well-being
2. an improvement in insomnia
3. a stronger immune system
4. speedier recovery from surgery

Boost your career options
Volunteering can bring you into contact with all kinds of professionals and people from every walk of life. In fact, the networking opportunities it can provide are among the least publicised but most exciting benefits of all. A good network can guide your career pathway right through life and help you take giant steps towards your ideal job.
Up to 60% of job vacancies are not advertised and end up being filled internally or through external networking.

Building your business
Volunteerism is one of the easiest and effective ways to show that your company is committed to communities, that it plans to be around a long time, and that the philanthropic attitude is more than just the willingness to write a check... that it means personal involvement from the top down.

Why be a Volunteer?

It’s not for the money, it’s not for fame and it’s not for any personal gain.
It's for love of fellow man, It’s just to lend a helping hand.
It’s just to give the tithe of self.
That’s something you can’t buy with wealth.
It’s not the medals worn with pride.
It's just for that feeling deep inside.
It’s that reward down in your heart.
It’s the feeling that you’ve been a part.
Of helping others far and near,That makes you a VOLUNTEER.