Eastern Chatter Issue 5 Summer 2016 | Page 25

Radio 1 and 1Xtra have come together to create a new campaign for volunteering. The campaign will last one year and will try to motivate young listeners to pledge 1,000,000 hours of their time to good causes for the next 12 months.

It started on December 1st 2015 and will carry on throughout 2016.

The radio stations are going to advertise all things voluntary to try and show young people the benefits of helping out, both to themselves, and the people they are helping.

There are so many things you can volunteer to do whether it is simply helping your neighbour, carrying shopping for elderly people, walking some of your neighbour’s dogs or even helping out at your local charity shop.

There are literally millions of things you could do!

Get involved at bbc.co.uk

#1millionhours

By Charlotte Nicholls