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  “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!).   These are series of weekly, timed 5k events, in which participants are encouraged to