There are plenty of reasons to go MADD this weekend.

The national volunteering charity Community Service Volunteers (CSV) is holding its annual nationwide Make A Difference Day (MADD), set to involve hundreds of people across Oxfordshire.

The aim of the day is to introduce people to volunteering and get them involved in their communities.

Wheatley Scout Group will be taking part in a Jailathon at Oxford Prison to raise funds for Bicester-based Marie Curie Cancer Care as part of the event.

The young inmates will be behind bars from 8pm on Saturday to 8am on Sunday. And they will have to serve an extra hour because of the clocks going back.

Scout leader Judy Charlton said: "We're treated as prisoners from the moment we enter. We're searched and given a number which we have to memorise for the roll call."

She said the event showed the Scouts' commitment to working for charity and the local community.

The Prince's Trust is cleaning up the church yard of St Mary and St John Church in Cowley Road, Oxford, as part of its commitment to volunteering. The work, which will take three weeks, is part of a 12-week programme of work in east Oxford involving 16 to 25-year-olds.

Team leader Kevin Albin said: "It's overgrown. We're trying to clear the entire area to make it a safer place for people to use. It's being done in partnership with Oxford police and the church.

"They're saying 'let's encourage more people to use it. Let's make it nice and safe'."

MADD gets thousands of volunteers involved in activities throughout the UK to improve communities.

Now in its sixth year, it is the country's biggest single volunteering day.

Last year, more than 25,000 people took part.