STAFF at Swindon's Nationwide Building Society are being given the chance to get into voluntary work.

Local agency Swindon Volunteers marked the United Nations International Year of Volunteers by presenting Nationwide with a orange and blue ribbon the symbol for the special year.

Sarah Codd, of Swindon Volunteers, said: "We want to make people in Swindon aware that volunteering is an international activity and one that is valued at the highest level."

Swindon Volunteers offer advice and information to volunteers and to organisations that involve volunteers in their work.

They also work with organisations across the town to promote volunteering.