Sir – We were recently in Lichfield and while looking at the lovely old town, we noticed a shop window which had been used to display requests for volunteers.

There were many different groups looking for help, some most interesting. I work as a volunteer in the West Wing at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, and know that it is very difficult to find more helpers.

Perhaps an empty shop window could be used to help everyone, either in the city centre, the outlying smaller towns or the shops in the suburbs could be put to good use. A volunteer would obviously update the window, so the cost would be very small.

S. Dodsworth (Mrs), Botley, Oxford