and how busy they've been. and it's just been so rewarding to know that you can help somebody that needs your help. most volunteering has been channelled through the nhs volunteer responders programme, set up at the start of the pandemic. today's figures show it's had 436,000 recruits, who've carried out 1.9 million tasks. that includes 14,500 lifts to and from hospitals, and more than 800,000 check in and chats on people who are lonely or isolated. hundreds of volunteers will today be at twickenham rugby stadium in london. a separate report from the london school of economics has found the volunteers get a real boost to their sense of well—being, equivalent to receiving a bonus of £1,800. duncan kennedy, bbc news. it's the worst massacre in black american history, yet the slaughter of up to 300 black