You can have an update from me - lost my original account, but I think it's fairly obvious from my name who I am! Well, the voluntary work I did paid off - my PhD supervisor hired me as a postdoc on a 6 month project, which turned into 9 months. 1 month after that finished, I was offered a 3 year postdoc at another university, where I've now been for nearly 18 months.
Hope someone else has a positive update?