Positive impacts from volunteering journeys - make a difference to your life whilst helping others

“Hi, my name is Jack and I have been volunteering for Glamorgan Voluntary Services (GVS) for about 6 months. For a number of reasons, I found myself out of work and volunteering whilst looking for a job really helped give me more structure and motivation.

“I help GVS with their social media and in doing that I help promote other third sector organisations and charities find further volunteers that are really needed.

For me, what I get out of volunteering is contributing to my local community and feeling like I’m making a meaningful positive contribution to society, even if it’s only in a small way. 

“But it also helped me personally and eventually I found a job within the third sector and I know for a fact that volunteering for GVS impressed the employers for a multitude of reasons. 

“So overall it’s been a great experience for lots of different reasons and I would definitely consider volunteering.”  

Thinking of volunteering? 

Please see GVS’ website and see a range of volunteering opportunities https://www.gvs.wales/volunteering or e-mail: volunteering@gvs.wales for further information.