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Life can surprise you – at any age. Just take it from these women

Best friends Dorothy Proietti and Gill Mattock volunteered together when they retired

Dog lover Karen Hardcastle trains puppies to help deaf people

As we move through midlife and beyond, many women find themselves asking, ‘What now?’. I see many women who feel lost and worthless after their kids have left home. They suddenly find themselves drift

Words can be all-powerful, as these three couples discovered. They reveal the romantic and unusual ways books brought them together…

Volunteer week starts on 2 June so Yours spoke to three women who have transformed their own lives through the healing power of giving