​We might be able to spot the volunteers in charity shops, planning fundraisers or organising a local clean-up.  But there are also the volunteer firefighters and first aiders, literacy mentors and sports coaches, solicitors and gardeners, befrienders and drivers, receptionists and dog-fosterers, and knitters and tea-makers.

Activism is volunteering. Being on a charity board is volunteering. Going to the supermarket for your neighbour is volunteering.

Volunteer roles are broad and diverse. They can be done alone or as part of a group, informally or with structure, they can include skills from your day job or involve trying something new.

And that’s why there is a volunteer role for everyone.