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We share good new stories about Southwark volunteers and organisational projects which feature volunteers. We also promote these in our quarterly Volunteering in Southwark ebulletin's and on our website.
 
Please check out our current good news stories here.​
 
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Please note: We ask for these details so that we can process your volunteer story. We will save and store these details on our Airtable CRM database (which is based in the US), in order to share your story on our website and social media platforms. If you would like to be removed from our database at any time, please email: [email protected]. Read our full Data Protection policy here.

Published: 5th February, 2021

Updated: 3rd March, 2021

Author: Jo Palmer

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