Why Volunteer with FUSHIA?
Why Volunteer
Volunteering is good for you and helps others too!
Improve your health
- Research shows that volunteering can improve your health, it can help lower blood pressure, improve immune function and speed up recovery time after surgery.
Improve your well-being
- It can help build confidence and boost self-esteem.
- It can help create a balance in your life
Improve your employability
- Employers are 73% more likely to employ a candidate with volunteering experience over one without.
- Volunteering is something to add to your CV
- It can be useful for networking and gaining a reference.
- It shows you can function in a work environment and that you care about your community.
- If you have been out of the work force while raising a family, caring responsibilities or took a leave due to illness or bereavement, volunteering is a way back into the work place.
Inform your career choice
- Volunteering gives you the opportunity to get experience in an area you'd like to work in.
Improve your skills
- Volunteering can help you learn new skills and use and develop existing ones.
Improve your social life
- You can meet new people and make new friends.
- Volunteering can give you chance to meet people you may not normally come across.
- It can get you out of the house.
- Volunteering can improve your interpersonal skills.
- It can help you feel more connected to the community
Make a difference
- You can make a difference to people's lives.
- Helping others can be very rewarding.
Have fun
- Volunteering can be both fun and fulfilling.
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