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“Hi! I'm Toni, and this is the book I wish someone had handed me twenty years ago, back when"volunteering" meant a rigid rota, a painted park bench, and guilt if you couldn't make it.
Do Volunteer is the opposite of that. It's for anyone who wants to give back but feels too busy, unsure, or underqualified to start. An hour here. An afternoon there. A specific skill, offered when and where it's actually needed.
You might not save the world, but you'll make it a bit better, and help yourself along the way too."
Publishing January 2027
Pre-order links for UK and US shops are below
After two decades working in the charity and public sectors, I've found the secret to effective sustainable volunteering, and it's not what you think.
In the book, you'll discover:
I'm a community builder and founder of The Social Society, a national volunteer and events company that makes giving back simple, local and fun. With more than 20 years' experience inthe charity and public sectors, I've worked with businesses and organisations, including 1%for the Planet, to make their volunteering initiatives more effective and sustainable.
In 2019, I founded The Social Society to challenge the old idea of volunteering as something dusty, dutiful, or done with a broom. My approach is rooted in connection: real people,showing up in real life and online, doing good together and making an actual impact.
Alongside running impact-based festivals, workshops and volunteering programmes, I spend my time by the sea. You'll find me walking the East Sussex coast in all weathers, hosting conversations that spark new ideas, or swapping strategic plans for impromptu dips in the sea (the colder the better). I believe kindness and humour are as vital to community-building as any business plan, and my work is living proof of that.
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