The DBS checks have been completed and I start my volunteering - nominal 2 days per week - at the local technical college providing classroom support to the teaching professionals on a BTEC National Diploma in Engineering course next week.
This will allow me to spend one day per week on one of the homeless related volunteering opportunities, thus splitting my time 50/50 on volunteering and personal enjoyment/duties.
To say that I am looking forward to it would be an understatement.