Volunteering/Activities The following are some of the things I am interested and/or involved in. Rospa Advanced Drivers                         Institute of Advanced Motorists            'Advanced driving' refers to improving your driving skills beyond the standard DSA test to become a more skilful and progressive driver.  There are two major organisations offering free help in preparing for an advanced driving test, which leads to substantial insurance savings, in the UK.  Rospa Advanced Drivers is one of these bodies.  Advanced driving is based on the principles of car control used by police drivers and detailed in the 'bible' of advanced driving, Roadcraft:     National Blood Service I've been a blood donor since I was 19.  It doesn't really hurt!   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.  I was a volunteer and also the male Coordinator of the organisation during my second year in Oxford, and found the opportunity to develop listening skills and to train other volunteers very rewarding.  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).  Samaritans Samaritans provide confidential listening and emotional support 24 hours a day by telephone and by email. Last updated 17 May 2008 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))