The Importance of Volunteering

Barry's story is a lovely example of one of the true sources of happiness and meaning in life, which is to help others. I think it links to something in my mind that I hear in the news a lot at the moment about how many people have sort of dropped out of the working economy in the UK. Do you think that is actually a danger because it goes against all of what both of you just talking about this sense of community belonging? A sense of community belonged as Mark says absolutely critical working from home does. They do run the risk of undermining their social capital and the social element or our well being as Mark also alluded to so that's a real risk. But it also