Amersham & Chalfont's Together November December 2023

COMMUNITY NEWS
Volunteering is
good for the soul
The end of the year is fast approaching, and
New Year Resolutions are being prepared,
Chalfont St Peter Councillor Karen Dickson
makes a plea for more residents to engage in
their communities.
With national government and local councils
cutting services to save money, more and more
community responsibilities are falling on the
shoulders of the residents themselves, who
need help, especially if they still want regular
events in their diaries.
Age Concern GX Plus volunteers
enjoy, and find a way to contribute to its
success? Be it a two-hour time slot, once a
year, an annual £20 donation to the Christmas
Light Fund, organising a small Spring litter pick
with your street or your friendship group, every
tiny offer of help goes towards sharing the load
and keeping our communities alive.
The huge annual September Gerrards Cross
Jumble Sale runs like a finely tuned machine,
but with a large number of their volunteers
well over 80, having helped run the sale for
more than 40 years, in some cases. Younger
volunteers are desperately needed to keep this
institution alive.
Friends volunteering at Feast of St Peter
Besides, it is very rewarding to invest in and
help build the community you wish to live in. If
you doubt that, just ask anybody who already
already volunteers!
Get in contact with Karen and she can point
in the right volunteering position. kzdickson@
thechalfonts.co.uk
Jumble Sale volunteers
Across our communities, community libraries,
the guides, the scouts, youth centres, the
British Legion flag hangers, litter pickers etc…
all depend on the goodwill of volunteers, and
without new volunteers stepping forward, they
will fold. Remembrance Day parades, annual
Feast Days and Christmas Fairs - all run by local
volunteers. Even the Christmas street lights
are probably paid for, and hung, by volunteer
members of your community.
As a new year approaches, perhaps consider
something in your village or town that you
Volunteers marshalling the road at CSP’s Remembrance Day
Parade
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