“The reason for volunteering was to provide support to the organisation and learn. Plus, in my case offer my experience such as admin support. Also, it was a great opportunity to meet new people make friends, and offer something back to the community. I had always suffered from a lack of confidence in learning new things and meeting new people.  So, this was a great way for me to push myself and become more confident in this area.”

“I have gained an awful lot from working with SECH. I often appear to be a happy jolly person but inside I lack confidence and often have fears of rejection. I was very nervous about joining SECH… due to my own fears and very nearly walked away. However, I walked in and immediately everyone I met was wonderful, kind, and welcoming which made me feel so much better. I was shown how to do things and there was always someone close by asking, if I was ok, and supporting me. I never felt awkward asking silly questions or even good ones!

As time went on, I was given more things to get involved in, if I wished to. This was so important to have that little push as I was nervous to put myself forward. 

I realise now that I can be of some value to the team, and it has helped me to become a much happier person in myself. They will never realise just how important this is to me.The positive feelings I got made me a bit emotional as at last I had found a team that I enjoyed working with.  I can never thank them enough.”