Every year many pets are left alone and abandoned. Rescue centres work hard to help these animals giving them somewhere to sleep and food. Some of these animals have been badly treated and neglected. Why not during your lifetime adopt one of these animals. Find out where your nearest rescue centre is and have a look. If you have some spare time why not see what you could do to help the centre either in voluntary work or fundraising to help out. Rescue centres can be home to many animals from cats and dogs to rabbits, guinea pigs and rodents. So whatever pet you’re looking, you may be able to help one of these animals to find a loving home…

Why not raise money for charity along with your friends and family for this one. In groups of 3 with at least one male, make sure there is at least two teams for there to be some competition! Get someone not in one of the teams to pick a destination, both teams need to be blindfolded and taken to the destination. When they arrive they need to make their own way back home without spending any money, so make sure they are in a different town to where they started with a fair distance to travel!

 Sponsorship could be raised as to which team gets back first or for each individual person to complete the challenge. Pick a charity the money will go to and they may be able to issue you with letters of authorisation so that while on your travels you could also raise money for charity at the same time, you could even dress up! Don’t forget to take some money with you just incase you can’t get back, and check in every few hours with people not in the teams so they can check where you are and that you are safe. At the end, there would be good cause for celebration!

Another alternative to this, is you could be sponsored to see how far you can get without spending any money, it had been known that some people have managed to get abroad without spending a penny!

Such a worthy thing to do in your lifetime if you’re able to.

Just walk into a drop in centre when there is a blood run or you could book an appointment in advance online.

A voluntary exercise for those of you that believe homosexual people should be allowed to also give blood – instead of refusing to give blood yourself, why not go into the centre, donate blood and tell them that you are doing it for all those that cannot.

Probably number 1 on my bucket list! There are lots of groups where people can volunteer with children with disabilities such as after school clubs, weekends (either one to one with a child or as a group), or during holidays.

This volunteering could include assisting with art and craft activities, baking or inventing games for the children to play, or it could include helping them on outings such as swimming, surfing, going to the park or zoo and teaching them how to care for ponys. You will end up enjoying the day as much as the child/ children you are supporting!

If you are interested in helping you could search online for volunteering opportunities in your area or contact your local council or district government.