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Volunteering and helping others

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Volunteering means giving your time to work for good causes without being paid. It is a valued part of community life in the UK. Volunteering is not about working only for high wages or avoiding community activity; the whole point is that it is unpaid and aimed at helping others.

Volunteering benefits the community, but it can also help the volunteer. People who volunteer often make new friends, practise their English and gain useful skills and experience for work. There are many ways to volunteer, for example helping at a charity, supporting a hospital, or joining a local environmental project. For the test, remember that volunteering is unpaid work for good causes, and that helping at a charity or joining an environmental project are good examples.

Memory tip: Volunteering = unpaid work for good causes; it helps the community and the volunteer.

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  1. 1. What does volunteering mean?

    • Working for good causes without being paid
    • Avoiding all community activity
    • Working only for high wages
    • A type of court hearing

    Correct answer: Working for good causes without being paid

    Volunteering is unpaid work for good causes that benefits the community.

  2. 2. Select TWO ways a person can volunteer to help their community.

    • Helping at a charity
    • Ignoring neighbours
    • Joining a local environmental project
    • Refusing to pay tax

    Correct answer: Helping at a charity and Joining a local environmental project

    Helping at a charity and joining an environmental project are ways to volunteer.

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