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Postcards From Midlife

A guide to volunteering roles in midlife; how to find the one right one for you

Postcards From Midlife

Lorraine Candy & Trish Halpin

Menopause, Culture, Nutrition, 579985, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Mental Health, Women, Midlife Women, Midlife, Relationships, Kids & Family, Health, Perimenopause, Lifestyle

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

If you've decided to put your life skills to use as a volunteer but don't know where and when to start then this will be helpful. Trish and Lorraine explain how they became volunteers in the education sector and they explore organisations looking for support right now. If an empty nest has cleared a space in your diary or you want to learn new skills, meet people and relish a new sense of purpose then listen in.

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Helen Louise, colleague at Astre Brombra. And if like me, you need to fill up those

0:04.0

cupboards again, we've got loads of rollbacks on big brand household essentials. That's right, Helen

0:08.5

Louise. Like this 24 pack of Cushel's Simply Soft toilet roll from £11.98 to £8 £8 £3.65

0:16.0

£5 £0.Koll £0. £3.25 £0. £3.000 £2 £2 £2 £3.29 to £2.48. I need to stock up now. That's good on his value.

0:23.1

That's Asda price.

0:24.6

Selected stores subject to availability may exclude Asda Express and small stores.

0:28.4

See asda.com slash small stores.

0:32.1

Time for a commercial message from Zoe, the gut health scientists.

0:36.4

Now Lorraine, I feel it is time for listeners to get an

0:38.7

update on a Project Gladiator, which is your plan to get your fitness mojo back, which we've mentioned

0:45.0

on a few of our earlier episodes. Yes, well, it's all on track, Trish. There's lots of swimming,

0:49.4

jogging, resistance training, and I'm even improving my diet too. Well that is what I wanted to mention.

0:55.3

I think you'd enjoy boosting your gut health with some science-based supplements.

0:59.3

I think you'd like Zoe's daily 30.

1:02.1

It's a whole food supplement from the gut health scientist Zoe

1:05.3

and it means you're adding 30 hand-picked plants to your daily diet.

1:09.8

You can sprinkle it on your food and it tastes

1:12.2

delicious and adds a satisfying crunch to egg, salad, humus and pasta. I know many Zohyd members

1:18.4

love it on avocado and toast as well, which is one of your favourite Breckis pre-workout, isn't

1:23.5

it, Lorraine? It is. It sounds right up my street, Trish. Eating 30 plants a week is the more

1:28.6

up-to-date advice than eating five fruit and veg per day, isn't it? Variety on your plate is key,

1:34.0

especially in midlife when we do need to look after our health, and I'm in favour of a scientific

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