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This from Liz Blunt, Senior Fundraising Engagement Manager – South Central (Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Dorset, South Wiltshire and Channel Islands).
To celebrate Volunteers’ Week from 1st to 7th June, here at Young Lives vs Cancer (formally CLIC Sargent) we want to take the opportunity to say a huge thank you to all of our incredible volunteers who help us on the Isle of Wight
We are lucky to have an amazing team of passionate volunteers who have created a real sense of community and champion the charity.
Crucial to our work and mission
Volunteers are crucial to our work and mission to help families find the strength to face everything cancer throws at them.
We’ve been there before. We’ll face it all, together.
Benefits of volunteering felt by everyone
Volunteers make Young Lives vs Cancer who we are. The benefits of volunteering are felt by everyone from the volunteers themselves, to our staff teams and most importantly the children and young people we support.
Whether that’s volunteers in our shops, with office, warehouse or remote teams, volunteers with our Social Care teams, in our Home from Homes and our fundraising volunteers. We wouldn’t be Young Lives vs Cancer without every single one of them stepping up and joining the team.
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give”
Often a volunteer come to us after a personal experience of cancer in their family, but many also give their time to meet new people, develop their skills or simply because they want to make a real difference.
A famous quote states:
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
Find out more
We are always looking for more volunteers. If any readers would like to find out more, they can do so by visiting our Website.
Thank you to each and every one of our volunteers and to the people from the Isle of Wight for continuing to support Young Lives vs Cancer.
Image: © Young Lives Versus Cancer
