General Article The psychological benefits of volunteering

Topic Selected: Being an Active Citizen Book Volume: 453

By Sarah Cramoysan

A personal perspective

When I gave birth to my twins some 25 years ago, I told my husband ‘I want at least a year off before I think about going back to work’, and somehow that one year stretched into three. Then my third child arrived and the ‘going back to work’ in any serious capacity was put on permanent hold as I made the most of being a stay-at-home mum. Having had problems conceiving and the twins being born as the result of IVF treatment, I was happy to be able to f...

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