Volunteering/Activities The following are some of the things I am interested and/or involved in. Rospa Advanced Drivers                         Institute of Advanced Motorists            See my advanced driving page. National Blood Service Samaritans Samaritans provide confidential listening and emotional support 24 hours a day by telephone, email and text.  There are more than 200 branches throughout the country running several training courses a year.  Aside from working on the phones and text/email, there are opportunities in fundraising, outreach, schools and prison support as well as in training and mentoring new volunteers. Oxford Nightline Oxford Nightline is a student run listening, information and support service for students in Oxford.  Training in listening skills is run each term, and there is more information on the site.  Other universities usually have Nightlines too - see National Nightline's website.  If you are thinking of becoming a Nightline volunteer, I would recommend investigating what your Nightline's policy on dealing with obscene and abusive callers is (see further details here).  Modern capitalism, organising the reduction of all social life to a spectacle, cannot offer any other spectacle than that of our own alienation.  (Kotanyi Vaneigem, International Socialism No. 6 (1961))