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Improve Your Well-being!!

Feeling depressed?
Are you totally stressed out?
Feeling lonely?
Lost your sense of direction?
Need to lose weight or get fit?
….We may have the solution for you!

Did you know that volunteering is linked to…..
......reducing depression,
......combating stress AND
......improving health & fitness?!!!

Volunteering can:

Help you lose weight and get fit
Make you feel less stressed
Improve your health (volunteers find they smoke and drink less)
Build your self-esteem
Help you make new friends
Give you valuable work experience
Help you get through a difficult period in life

Anyone can be a volunteer - whether you can spare one day a year or an hour a week - it really doesn't matter.

You could get fit working on an environmental project or cycling for disabled people. You could develop your hobbies by gardening or doing photography. You could share time with your family by helping out at a farm or fundraising for your favourite charity. You could obtain new skills by doing marketing for a local theatre or becoming a tour guide.

There are hundreds of volunteering opportunities available, so there is bound to be something to suit you! To find out how to make a positive change to your life, call:
Tel: 0115 934 8428 www.nottinghamcvs.co.uk/volunteer