I am in the fortunate position of being in the Royal Air Force at the moment and as such am unable to volunteer my services to the ATC, thanks for the idea though. Within the RAF we do have both flying and gliding clubs with considerably lower running costs and cheaper flying so I am going to go for the gliding option with a view to powered flying in the future. I just need to organise a nice hobby for the rest of the family to do whilst I'm out!!!
Thanks for all the ideas and opinions
Blot Bang Rub!!