National Volunteer Week is here to shine a light on the people of the Highlands who give their time up for others.
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Among those celebrating are Primary Ethics teachers and others who work behind the scenes to deliver ethics classes to primary school kids.
Offered in many schools as a secular alternative to Special Religious Education classes, the Primary Ethics curriculum helps children learn to think through and debate ethical issues, while respecting the views of others.
Anne Mackay is the ethics coordinator at Exeter Public School, and started the program there with some friends.
"When my daughter first started at Exeter Public School, I wanted to enrol her in Primary Ethics but it wasn't offered at the school at that time. The parents realised that the only way we were going to get ethics classes was to make it happen ourselves," she said.
"So, two friends and I signed up as volunteers. They both trained as ethics teachers, and I took on the coordinator role at our school."
Tina McLaren of Bundanoon reports a similar situation when her son started kindergarten at Bundanoon Public School. With the support of the school principal, Tina started up the ethics program at the school. She also attended the training workshops, becoming its first ethics teacher.
"It's a very rewarding experience because I see my son and peers discuss important, tricky ethical issues," she said.
Tina also loves the effect it has had on her own life, connecting her more to the local community.
"It's a lovely basis of commonality to get to know people.
"For example, we have retirees volunteering. They have no kids at the school, and normally I wouldn't meet them."