Volunteers

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

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

Garden Buddies volunteers assisting community members to maintain their garden

Volunteers urgently needed in Towcester

Library staff and volunteers stood in front of the boxes of books ready to be put on shelves.

Revamped library to reopen after five years to give community 'lifeline'

Forterra-158 - Volunteers from Forterra's Desford Factory

Forterra’s Desford team helps nurture woodland habitats

Ranvir Singh volunteering for the Canal & River Trust as the charity calls for more people to get involved

Call for volunteers in Northamptonshire to help wildlife by keeping canals alive

RNLI rescue dog after 14ft fall into river

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

Injured man rescued from snow-covered mountain

Dramatic moment injured man is rescued from snow-covered mountain

Aircraft evacuation trials are taking place at Cranfield University

Volunteers needed for aircraft evacuation trials: Step into a plane of the futur...

Animals In Need is holding a volunteer day this weekend

Animals In Need appealing for volunteers to join the team

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

CHIP volunteers will make getting advice easier to access

Citizens Advice West Northamptonshire and Cherwell revamps services for quicker,...

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Christmas Elf Door Hunt returns to Beckets park in Northampton: Volunteers share...

The Guardians team

'Amazing' volunteers hailed for rescuing person in River Nene on Saturday night

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

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

Schoolreaders volunteers reading with children in schools

Volunteers needed to listen to children read in Northamptonshire schools

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

‘Seeds of Change’ has been launched by HMPPS as part of a new recruitment drive that encourages people to combine their passion with their career for something more fulfilling

Community Payback roles are open to outdoorsy and garden-loving people

Ready, aim. ...

Explorer Scouts are growing in Northampton

Baby Loss Awareness Week ribbons pictured.

Mother who lost daughter organises ribbon display to support bereaved parents

Volunteer driver Ann with one of our many passengers

Volunteering: A Lifeline for Our Community's Wellbeing

Sue Hamilton, NCFWI Media member, with Stefano De Leo, Retail Director, and Specsavers staff.

Northants County Federation of WI's equip volunteers with high-vis jackets

David Smith and Terry Atkinson, members of the Rotary Club of Northampton Becket, began driving a used NHS ambulance to the border between Poland and Ukraine on August 4.

Volunteers praised for delivering donations to Ukraine – despite day two hurdle

FestiVol 2023

Interested in volunteering? Get ready for this year's FestiVol!
Come along to a free event at Workbridge on Saturday 7 September to find out about the benefits of volunteering, while soaking up a Carnival atmosphere.
Bobbie Kelly

Theresa Smith pictured.

Retired nurse to host free life-saving CPR and defibrillator training event

A Sue Ryder volunteer photographing products for the charity's ebay site

Sue Ryden on the hunt for Ebay volunteers

The big Bronze Age boat launch at Stanwick Lakes

Log boats make a splash again after 3,000 years for heritage project finale

Volunteers create replica Bronze Age boats at Stanwick Lakes

Programme revealed for celebratory Big Bronze Age Boat Build launch at Stanwick ...

DWSM - 00014 - The team at Bertone Gardens during the litter picking

Northampton homebuilder’s employees rally together to ramp up volunteering

Ron Little

Local lifesaving charity shines a light on the variety of volunteer opportunitie...

Supergran Mary Lamb to 'climb' the Three Peaks with her assistance dog Sheldon.

UK’s first female wheelchair user to ‘climb’ the Three Peaks

Two ICVs in the door of a custody cell

Volunteers praised for overseeing police custody

RNLI rescue dog after 14ft fall into river

Watch: Moment RNLI rescue dog after 14ft fall into river

Calling music lovers - Greenbelt needs you!

volunteer and child

Volunteers needed to listen to children read in primary schools

Brett Baxter and University of Northampton students

New research to help strengthen our understanding of stroke recovery

People around a computer screen.

Research will help understand people in the cyber sector who are neurodiverse

The rescue of Ben Longton, 18, in snowy conditions on Scafell Pike, by Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team.

Watch dramatic rescue as boy falls down waterfall in freak blizzard

Rob Doolan at ALSO

Free tickets for volunteers who help build three-day summer festival

Natures Embrace

Northamptonshire artists unveil collaborative project at Mill Park Reserve

(L to R) Lynn Hart, Hazel Barker, Carol Dunkley, Sandra Searle and Stuart Martin beside the knitted tank.

Watch: We knitted a life-sized tank to commemorate D-Day

Cynthia Spencer Hospice Volunteers Thank You Event

Hospice volunteers celebrated at thank you event

Historic steam engines will transport paying passengers along a section of restored railway near Northampton for the first time in 50 years

All aboard! First paying passengers on Northampton train line in 50 years

Volunteer to become a Luton Rising Festival Maker

Here's how you can volunteer to help at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in Luton

Events coordinator Alison McClean described an “essential” piece of equipment she takes along to litter picks, which she has named the ‘Womble flask’. This enables those in attendance to “enjoy sharing stories and having a laugh over a cuppa”.

Tidy Our Town: Womble describes group as lifeline for friendships and wellbeing

Animals In Need has animals of all shapes and sizes!

Meet some of the animals you could be helping by volunteering at Animals In Need

Oleh presenting to Cllr Tarbun the twinning acceptance signed by the Mayor of Zhydachiv

Towcester twins with Ukraine city in 'emotional moment'

The group of volunteers from Young Healthwatch with hospital staff

Shaping the future of young people's care at NGH

Haircuts 4 Homeless Northampton was first established in September 2021, when founder Lace Brown was inspired by other branches across the country that she had seen online.

Volunteers giving haircuts to the homeless continue to make ‘massive difference’

These are the nation’s top 20 unsung heroes

Weston Favell Food Bank fundraiser, Julie Parsons.

Do something different this Christmas with food bank’s reverse advent calendar

Volunteers share pumpkin recipes with Larder customers

Spare pumpkins from popular Northamptonshire patch set to be donated to Hope Cen...