My daughter (18) volunteers (off her own bat) at a mental home in Northampton. She has been doing some occupational therapy with the patients and when she has gone she has really loved it. The reason I have said when she has gone is because the person that seems to try and coordinate the volunteers is absolutely Useless. I can't believe that it is because he is snoewd under with volunteers to coordinate either. When she first went along everybody was thrilled as they had plenty of young patients that would be able to relate to Emily. They said they had never had a young person volunteer before:-\. However for the second time she has gone along following a message on the answer machine to meet with the guy and to be shown the elderly patient ward and he hasn't turned up. I am so cross about it I am going to have to call him tomorrow and give him some home truths. He is doing a great job of making sure that he never gets any volunteers return never mind young volunteers. I have told her to stick it - but she refuses as she doesn't want to let people down.
