RYEDALE Voluntary Action is challenging readers to mark Make A Difference Day on Saturday. This highlights how people can make a positive difference to their community.

Here are three ways to help others:

1 Volunteer for Ryedale Car Scheme helping people with transport problems to get out and about. You decide the times you carry out journeys and your costs are covered.

2 Befriend someone who is ill, disabled or lonely. Do you have the time to have a coffee and a chat?

3 Tell your family and friends that Ryedale Voluntary Action has hundreds of vacancies for volunteers. Explain that volunteering helps to improve job prospects, gives the retired a new role and extends social horizons.

Will you make a difference? Contact Ryedale Voluntary Action on 01653 600120 to find out more.

Kate Holmes,

Development Worker,

Ryedale Council for Voluntary Action,

Wentworth Street,

Malton.

Updated: 10:34 Friday, October 26, 2001