Article: Making of a volunteer.

Byline: KARIN MOCHAN

More than 185,000 charities in England and Wales rely on 22 million volunteers to function. Karin Mochan finds out why people work for nothing when she meets three London-based workers

THE Oxfam shop is a familiar sight along the high street and, with 850 outlets nationwide manned by 22,000 volunteers each week, the charity raised [pounds sterling]11 million last financial year selling donated items and fair trade goods.

Its 40 specialist bookstores make Oxfam the UK's major retailer in second-hand books, among them the Strutton Ground bookshop in Victoria which is staffed by eight or nine volunteers.

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