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| Relationships from volunteering: share your photos and stories | Relationships from volunteering: share your photos and stories |
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| “It’s the biggest dating agency in London” – one volunteer’s take on meeting people through their voluntary work at St John Ambulance. | “It’s the biggest dating agency in London” – one volunteer’s take on meeting people through their voluntary work at St John Ambulance. |
| Whether you’ve met a good friend, a partner, or someone who has had a profound effect on you, we want to see your photos and hear your stories of the relationships you’ve built as a volunteer across the world. | Whether you’ve met a good friend, a partner, or someone who has had a profound effect on you, we want to see your photos and hear your stories of the relationships you’ve built as a volunteer across the world. |
| We often hear about the challenging work volunteers take on, and their expanding role in frontline services, but we want to mark the positive personal impact volunteering can have by bringing people together and creating lasting bonds. | We often hear about the challenging work volunteers take on, and their expanding role in frontline services, but we want to mark the positive personal impact volunteering can have by bringing people together and creating lasting bonds. |
| Have you made friends through voluntary work? Did you meet your partner while volunteering? Was it a common interest in a cause that led to your friendship? Did sharing challenging experiences help you form a bond with another volunteer? Was meeting people your aim when you started volunteering or was it a happy coincidence? Did you meet someone you otherwise might not have crossed paths with? | |
| We’ll be using your images for a gallery and the best stories for a feature to mark Volunteering Week. | We’ll be using your images for a gallery and the best stories for a feature to mark Volunteering Week. |
| You can share your photos and experiences by clicking on the blue ‘Contribute’ button on this article. You can also use the GuardianWitness smartphone app or the Guardian app and search for ‘GuardianWitness assignments.’ If you’d like to share your photo via Instagram, you can do so by using #GuardianWitness | You can share your photos and experiences by clicking on the blue ‘Contribute’ button on this article. You can also use the GuardianWitness smartphone app or the Guardian app and search for ‘GuardianWitness assignments.’ If you’d like to share your photo via Instagram, you can do so by using #GuardianWitness |