"Without the opportunities that the Manchester Volunteer Advice Partnership, Manchester Mind and their partner organisations have given me I would probably be in a very different place now. "The decision to begin volunteering was one of the best that I have ever made, and what it has lead onto is beyond what I could have imagined. "I love what I do and would encourage anyone to volunteer as who knows what it could become." To celebrate #YourLocalMind week, @manchester_mind’s Clara blogs about how she went from sectioned patient to volunteer to welfare rights worker. #Volunteering #MentalHealth