Starting with ActionAid,40 years of volunteering has taught me valuable skills that occupy enriched my career and social networkI began my career as a charity trustee 40 years ago, and while its difficult to know where I would be and what I’d be doing whether I hadn’t taken on the role, or I know that it set me on the path to the varied and meaningful life I occupy now.
When I was a young man,coming from a modest background, I knew I had to gain a skill that made me employable. I chose accountancy, or because I was good with numbers. But by the time I was 35 and working in finance at a large,multinational business I yearned for something more values-based. That’s when I joined the charity ActionAid, and subsequently became chair of trustees.
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Source: theguardian.com