Did you know that 10 million people put in 90 million hours of voluntary work a week? That over 22 million people are involved in volunteering each year? In monetary terms alone this is worth something like £40 billion a year not to mention the new skills volunteers pick up, the help they give other people, and the sense of worth they get from doing it.

You can get information on volunteering opportunities in your area from:

• your local volunteer bureau
• the Dorset For You website

or from the National Council for Volunteering's website.

• Dorset Country Cars

  Dorset Country Cars is a non-profit making voluntary car scheme that operates in many rural parts of the county where there are insufficient or no public transport services.

• Dorset Library Service

  Volunteers help Dorset Libraries to deliver their Home Library Service to readers who are housebound. Dorset Library Service works in partnership with the WRVS, who co-ordinate the delivery of books to readers' homes, free of charge, by their local members.

• Dorset Record Office

  The Dorset Record Office preserves and makes available to the public the archives and records of the history of Dorset.

• Dorset Youth and Community Service

  Dorset Youth and Community Service is keen to hear from adults (18+) who are interested in helping young people make the transition from adolescence to adulthood.

• Parish Transport Representatives

  The Passenger Transport Section at County Hall in Dorchester holds a database of all the town and parish transport representatives in Dorset.

• Partnership Organisations

  Streetwise

• School Governors

  Are you interested in becoming a Governor?

• Volunteer Reading Help

  Volunteer Reading Help has been recruiting volunteers from the local community to help children read for 17 years.

• Third Sector Development Officer
  Name: Becky Forrester
  Email: r.forrester@dorsetcc.gov.uk
  Tel: 01305 224821
  Fax: 01305 224886
  Mobile: 07792 642023
  Full details for Becky Forrester