My social anxiety really changed when I started volunteering with So-Fly after six months of taking part in the sessions. I volunteered because I wanted to help train young people and it was a great feeling.
After six months volunteering, the So-Fly team had obviously seen the positive change in me because they then offered me a job and I've been working for them since October on Sanctuary Housing's sports programme called Love Sport.
Working on the programme has changed me as a person and let me do things I couldn't before. I have gained confidence and the ability to engage with and speak to the young people about things that concern them. I feel that by working with young people I can help make them happy, even if it is playing football for an hour or just talking to them about their lives.
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