I have been a community volunteer for over 16 years, starting as a committee member for Lostock Gralam Community Centre. Since then, I've volunteered for Independent Advocacy, Home Start, and I'm a founding member of Cheshire Anti-Incinerator Network (CHAIN).
 
From my own experiences, I fully appreciate the efforts taken by Grozone volunteers to achieve the results that have been achieved - don't take my word for it, just look at our wonderful garden!
 
From my own experience with anxiety and depression, I understand how challenging it can be just to leave the security and comfort of home, and enter into the world of the uncertain and the anxiety causing. I take my hat off to each and every one. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THANKS AGAIN!
 
Because of you amazing people, I have the best job in the world! I love my job, and I love you, too, honestly, and from the bottom of my heart!
 
Julie Green
Peer Mentor

1-7 June 2015 is Volunteers' Week

Another enjoyable day with Pete. Lou and the two Sarah's worked together stripping off the bark from more posts, and, plain to hear, putting the World to rights. The rest of us worked with Pete first to mark out where the insets on the posts are needed to take the cross timbers that will support the floor of the Ramp. This entailed using a tape-measure, string , straight edges and levels to ensure the resulting slopes and position of landings will meet the specifications for wheel-chair users. We then finished the day sawing the horizontal cuts for the insets using a clever method Pete devised to ensure each cut was 1 " deep and exactly aligned to the ones on opposite posts. Next time there will be some careful chiseling needed. Seemingly not much to show for the day but progress it was, and our diligence will pay off in the future.