Why volunteer? Some thoughts ahead of the Swansea IPC Athletics European Championships
The IPC Athletics European Championships will be held in Swansea this August. The South Wales Evening Post asked me to put some thoughts together on 'volunteering'. Here is what I wrote for them . . . Robert Lloyd is a media consultant based in Carmarthen and Llanelli. He is a former editor of the Carmarthen Journal and Llanelli Star and former deputy editor of the South Wales Evening Post. Why volunteer? If you have to ask yourself the question, then volunteering may not be for you. The simple answer is that the cost (in time, money and effort) is easily outweighed by the benefit (the feel-good factor of ‘putting something back’ into society, opportunities for new friendships and some life-changing and hugely memorable experiences). Some people ‘get it’. Some don’t. If you get it, you’ll know what I mean. Volunteering is now part of my DNA – whether it is helping the Llanelli Talking Newspaper for the Blind, doing meals on wheels, driving the Friday night Gateway C...