Volunteers

NHS volunteering

'Clarion call' for volunteering to be at heart of NHS services

Kibworth Harcourt Post Mill

Mills Now & Then: National Mills Weekend to focus on mill histories

Run by the Housing Developmental Foundation, known as SAKAN, the programme has developed a housing support model that brings together 313 nonprofit organisations and 1.4 million volunteers

Ad Feature Saudi housing scheme helps millions in effort to tackle homes crisis

Jim Dickson MP alongside Dartford chair Steve Irving

MP hails impact grant funding has had on girls' football development

Workington welcomed local MP Josh MacAlister to their clash with Hyde United

MP hails volunteer impact after spending day at local football club

Volunteers, staff and supporters of Home-Start Wessex

Life-changing Volunteers and Fantastic Fundraisers Celebrated

Children and Young People Club of the Year/Overall Club of the Year winners Newbury Velo

British Cycling Award winners left speechless after national win

Austin Bell being awarded the Brian Cossavella Trophy

British Cycling award winner 'flattered' by national recognition

Community volunteer overwhelmed after British Cycling Awards victory

Beth Shriever with her British Cycling Award

British Cycling Awards crown winners

Shriever, Morris and Cundy winners at British Cycling Awards

Tony Lee is the 'star' of this year's foodbank Christmas campaign - but you have to find him first!

Coventry Foodbank user-come-volunteer turns Where's Wally?

Epping Eagles Explorers At Oeschinensee, Switzerland.

How Volunteers in Essex Are Changing Young Lives

Cancer Research UK

Cancer Research UK to close nearly 200 shops

Samaritans are closing branches amid challenging times

Samaritans charity to close half of branches amid challenging times

A general view as Zoe Aldcroft of England lifts the Women's Rugby World Cup trophy following the Women's Rugby World Cup 2025 Final match between Canada and England at Allianz Stadium on September 27, 2025 in London, England.

Rugby World Cup marks most-watched women's rugby union tournament ever

A digger scooping up wet wipes from the river foreshore in west London. Congealed rubbish equivalent to around five million wet wipes has been cleared from the banks of the River Thames as a major project to remove the so-called "wet wipe island" reaches completion

Wet wipe island: This is grossest image of the UK you will see all day
Completely gross and utterly avoidable - this staggering mess is created by humans flushing the equivalent of 5,000,000 wet wipes.
Nancy Fielder

England and Nottingham Forest legend Stuart Pearce

Stuart Pearce visits non-league football club to promote volunteering

Honda Volunteer of the Year award winners with Rob Udwin (Immediate Past President RFU) & Alex Payne (MC)

Rugby volunteers honoured at national awards

Lake Windermere has shockingly high levels of pollution

Volunteers find 'really concerning' pollution level at Lake Windermere

Cambridge City's recently held community festival

Non-league club hail the success of community festival

Local rugby volunteer 'honoured' by national award recognition

Becky Scanlon-Brown (middle-right) of Minchinhampton RFC was honoured in the ‘Game for All’ category at the Honda Volunteer of the Year Awards

Local rugby volunteer 'overwhelmed' after national award win

Poppy Appeal poppy

Volunteers needed across Essex to help the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal

Heath fritillary butterflies mating on cotton grass on the Holnicote estate on Exmoor

Butterfly almost extinct in 1980s is now rising in huge numbers

The Sue Ryder Hedge End shop, Northam Road, is among a number of premises in Southampton that have recently transferred from Revitalise Respite Care.

Sue Ryder launches new charity shops across Southampton

Volunteers at Dogs Trust Basildon

'I'm grateful to do something positive' - Meet the dog lover who is making a dif...

Volunteer Angela Coveney-Griffiths and Murphy, the one-and-a-half-year-old Akita Cross

This Volunteers’ Week, Dogs Trust Salisbury celebrates hard-working volunteers a...
Dogs Trust Salisbury is marking Volunteers’ Week (2 - 8 June) by celebrating the incredible impact of its volunteers, and appealing for others to get involved.
Ellie King

Volunteer Canine Assistant Gail Austen with Latte the 11-week-old Cane Corso puppy

This Volunteers’ Week, Dogs Trust Canterbury celebrates hard-working volunteers ...

• Schoolreaders is a national charity providing free one-to-one reading support in primary schools, helping children develop vital literacy skills to improve education, confidence, and life chances.

Charity calls for volunteers to change a child’s life through the power of readi...

St John Ambulance has issued an appeal for new Healthcare Professional Volunteers in Cornwall

St John Ambulance appeal for Healthcare Professional Volunteers in Cornwall

New documentary explains how old Christmas trees are helping to protect the coast

Sand, Sea, Xmas Trees: How old festive saplings guard against floods

Crusaders Explorers

Chief Scout celebrates Cotswold Vale Scouts

8th Ashford Scouts

Chief Scout celebrates Ashford Scouts

Medway Towns Scouts

Chief Scout celebrates Medway Towns Scouts

Worthgate Canterbury Scouts

Chief Scout celebrates Worthgate Canterbury Scouts

Today (April 22) marks the 55th anniversary of Earth Day, celebrated around the world under the theme “Our Power, Our Planet.”

World celebrates Earth Day

New report highlights challenges in volunteering

Volunteer shortage needs less burden, more reward, study finds

Laura Carter presents Braemar Community Limited Volunteers with their award

Heritage Heroes 2024: Celebrating the volunteers who keep our history alive

Forterra-158 - Volunteers from Forterra's Desford Factory

Forterra’s Desford team helps nurture woodland habitats

RNLI rescue dog after 14ft fall into river

Caught on Camera: Dog rescued by RNLI after falling 14ft into river

Canal & River Trust volunteers

Call for volunteers to help wildlife by keeping canals alive

Injured man rescued from snow-covered mountain

Dramatic moment injured man is rescued from snow-covered mountain

Paying respects at the Gynn Square memorial service to officers who died in the 1983 rescue mission at Blackpool.|Lucinda Herbert, Blackpool Gazette

Video: Police sea tragedy remembered as memorial goes ahead in snow

Dad makes teddies with medical devices to help sick youngsters

The drive has raised over £15 million to support children from some of the poorest parts of the UK

Over 300,000 disadvantaged UK children will open gifts on December 25

Chris Packham is well-known for his strong opinions on wildlife and the environment.

TV star Chris Packham and Caroline Lucas quit RSPCA amid allegations

Foodbank Manager Dee Ward helps supervise the Open Day.

Foodie star partners with foodbank to help tackle poverty

Hundreds of homeless people will be fed at a Christmas party being held at Birmingham’s New Street train station to “lift spirits”. (Photo: Midland Langar Seva Society/@MidlandLangar on X)

Homeless to be fed at train station on Christmas Eve - how to donate

Volunteers collecting food donations

No shame in visiting your local food bank this winter

Ryan Kobayashi (background) was found dead 13 days into the search for his missing daughter.

Father of woman who vanished in LA takes own life during search

Some of the juniors ready for their tournament

Hailsham Tennis Club hosts junior tournament

Dramatic footage shows the terrifying moment huge waves crashed into a yacht- seconds before rescue.

Terrifying moment yacht gets slammed by huge waves in dramatic rescue

Joanne Jones, who was reported missing on Monday, October 21, was captured in dashcam images walking along Graigwen Road toward Ynysybwl around 10.05am on the day of her disappearance.

Body found in search for missing woman last seen smiling

A lost dog has been reunited with his owner - after she caused the motorway to temporarily shut down 8 TIMES!!!

Lost dog shuts M25 eight times - watch beloved pet get rescued

Watch as War Horse memorial gets purple poppy coat to remember fallen service animals

Watch as War Horse statue gets draped in beautiful purple poppy coat

Video grab from heartbreaking footage showing 'waterfalls' of 3,000 bits of rubbish including drinks cans and Santa hats left by people on Mount Snowdon.

'Waterfall' of rubbish cascades down Mt Snowdon in heartbreaking video

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