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The power of giving

“Voluntary work saved my life. It gave me something to do that was meaningful at a time when I was despairing. I rediscovered happiness and had an outlet for my obsessive compulsive tendencies – I will reach that piece of litter that is eluding me!”
Ruth Lawton volunteer ranger at RSPB Sandwell Valley, West Midlands, UK

Giving is good for us. We

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