
“Well, we are volunteers of America, Volunteers of America” (Jefferson Airplane 1969) I guess that Stockport is close enough! Notwithstanding geographical inaccuracy, this is indeed about volunteering. As you may have picked up, I now spend a fair chunk of my time, in the provision of voluntary services. I am pleased to repot that this is of my own volition, rather than a legal requirement! I have mentioned many (if not all!) of these activities before, but I just wanted to take the opportunity of providing a little further elaboration. The trigger for this post has been 2 recent events. More will follow, but for now: Today marked my 90th attendance at Bramhall parkrun, for the purpose of providing voluntary services; and Quite recently, I was presented with this at Walthew House: Parkrun You may have heard of parkrun (and yes – a lowercase “p” is the correct branding!). ...