Dan graduated from National Citizen Service in 2013. Since the latter part of 2015, he has been working in the Points of Light team in Cabinet Office. Points of Light is the Prime Minister's programme celebrating the work of volunteers across the UK.
Dan Grishin says National Citizen Service has given him the confidence to make a difference to his own life and the lives of others - and it's already taken him to No. 10!
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