IT'S such an honour to say thank-you to the tens of thousands of people in the UK who took part in this year's CSV Make A Difference Day at the end of October.
Although we are still doing the number crunching, it looks like we've beaten the 70,000 who took past last year to strengthen communities and share their skills and passions to benefit others.
Activities were both large and small, from litter-picking parks, rivers and streets and talking about sexual health to young people in Wales through to the world's biggest magic show and packing shoe boxes filled with presents for children.
Elsewhere, more than 100 MPs and MSPs showed support, many inspiring volunteers in their own constituencies or volunteering at local charity shops.
If you've caught the volunteering bug and want to continue benefiting others, then there are lots of other ideas for people of all ages to volunteer all year round at www.csv.org.uk/difference.
Pete Waterman
CSV Make A Difference Day
Pentonville Road
London