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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...

A St John Ambulance volunteer on duty at a firework celebration.

Remember, remember first aid in November - St John Ambulance warning ahead of fe...

Tesco is calling on Northampton volunteers to take part in the UK’s biggest food donation drive

National food collection calls for Northampton volunteers to support charities

Volunteers from IHWO and Friends of Eastfield Park receiving their awards from the Mayor & Mayoress

Celebrating Northampton’s blooming floral success

Planet Patrol's Free Wildlife walk partnered with the Wildlife Trust BCN

Take part in a guided Wildlife Walk with The Wildlife Trust BCN around Nene Wetl...

BN - SGB-8621 Matt and Mollie from Barratt Homes presenting a cheque to Zoe Reynolds

Family support charity receives £1,500 donation from house builder

The Lord-Lieutenant of Northamptonshire visited the home of The McCarthy-Dixon Foundation to present the six awards. Photo: Kirsty Edmonds.

Volunteers, described as ‘backbone’ of their charity, receive prestigious awards

Guide dog Jessie, funded by the Northampton Guide Dogs group.

Fundraising group reaches £13,000 milestone for sight loss charity Guide Dogs

Loch Ness Monster 2023: Volunteers wanted for biggest ‘monster hunt’ in 50 years - how to apply

Volunteers wanted for biggest Loch Ness Monster hunt in 50 years

Louis the Jack Russell with his owner after being rescued

Dog rescued after falling down one of UK’s biggest waterfalls

Some of the Northamptonshire Search and Rescue team.

Northamptonshire Search and Rescue team to run half marathon in September

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UK’s largest health research programme opens 15 new locations in July

Ann and Mandy from Jam-Helping Out delivering donated plants.

The Spring Charity's 'Greening Day of Action'!

Brixworth Wombles and Co-op colleagues join forces for local litter pick

Volunteers from Co-op and Brixworth Wombles carry out “clean sweep”

Racing greyhound Pablo The Pup trained by Heather Dimmock plays a key role in raising funds for retired greyhounds

Towcester volunteers organise Derby fundraiser in support of retired greyhounds
Volunteers at Towcester Racecourse will be raising funds for three Greyhound Board of Great Britain homing centres when the StarSports English Greyhound Derby resumes on Saturday.

People of all ages take on a variety of roles at Greenbelt Festival.

Opportunities galore for volunteering at summer music fest in Northamptonshire

Anne Ford

Volunteers at mental health charity clock up 14,000 hours of service in a year

Volunteers Respond to St. Christopher's Appeal LtoR: Dorothy Faulkner, Anne Moore, James Moore, Juliet Seward.

Volunteers respond to appeal by Northampton's St Christopher's Care Home

Kelly's Heroes Volunteers

Mental health and suicide prevention charity to celebrate Volunteers Week

PD Arnie has graduated as a police dog despite harsh conditions in his early life

Puppy graduates as police dog after being found during raid

Volunteers Week

Northamptonshire-based suicide prevention charity celebrates Volunteers Week

St Katherine's Gardens has been given a stunning makeover by volunteers as part of The Big Help Out

Neglected town centre beauty spot is given new lease of life

Residents at St. Christopher's Care Home enjoy their Coronation Day Afternoon Tea

Care home celebrates Coronation with performance by specially-formed choir

Foster carer Elaine loves caring for Casper but hopes he finds his forever home soon

Towcester dog lover steps in to foster dogs as record numbers flood into charity

Metropolitan Police officers march along The Mall in London as they head to their positions for of the coronation processions of King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

Coronation: Street safety volunteers arrested over rape alarm concerns

Sally Field pictured with the late Paul O’Grady

Britain's oldest dog walker crowned coronation champion by RSPCA

Britain's oldest RSPCA volunteer is still taking dogs for walks, aged 104 and has been given a special coronation award by the charity. 

Volunteers in Kings Cliffe wash up after an earlier community event

Northamptonshire comes together to support community as part of The Big Help Out

The cast for the highly anticipated Hunger Games prequel film The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has been revealed. (Credit: Getty Images)

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - full cast

A wild rabbit, one of the many species recorded during PTES’ Living with Mammals survey.

Keen wildlife watchers are needed for the 2023 ‘Living with Mammals’ survey

Thousands of volunteers are needed to offer their helping hands over the course of King Charles III’s coronation celebrations - Credit: Getty Images

King Charles III coronation looking for thousands of volunteers

Great Doddington Club has re-opened after volunteers and villagers rallied together.

Volunteers in Great Doddington save beloved club from closure

The NHS has re-launched its Check in and Chat service for isolated patients

NHS re-launches volunteer service for lonely and isolated patients

British National dies in Ukraine, Foreign Office confirms

British National dies in Ukraine, Foreign Office confirms

Dozens of bags of litter were collected by volunteers at Sixfields over the weekend.

Volunteers collect 60 bags of rubbish as part of Green Football Weekend

The Pavilion at Beckets Park has been left to deteriorate for six years.

Volunteers fear that council plans to tear down historical Beckets Park Pavilion

The Pavilion at Beckets Park has been left to deteriorate for six years.

Park volunteers ‘fed up’ with council’s inaction over future of pavilion

Northampton & Lamport Railway runs historic steam and diesel trains on the former Northampton-Market Harborough line

Volunteers' fund-raiser to fix bridge on old Northampton-Harborough train line

A dead 12ft whale was washed up on the banks of a British river last week.

Huge dead whale found washed up British river bank

Andrew Bagshaw, 48, and Christopher Parry, 28, have gone missing in Donetsk, Ukraine.

Two British men who volunteered in Ukraine go missing

A walrus called Thor was spotted having a rest at Scarborough Harbour ahead of the New Year

Walrus pays a visit to Scarborough harbour en route to the Arctic

Meet some of the volunteers at Trussell Trust food banks in the UK

April Jones went missing in October 2012 - her body was never found.

Mystery of April Jones as Channel 4 documentary revisits murder

Crates of food at a Trussell Trust food bank (Photo: Trussell Trust)

Trussell Trust foodbanks need people to donate these items

The charity hopes to help families in Northampton.

Charity launches cost-of-living crisis appeal to help families this winter

Flossie, pictured here with new owner Vicki, has been named the world’s oldest cat by the Guiness Book of World Records.

UK cat Flossie officially named world’s oldest moggie

Lindsey Stockton (far right, holding framed document) with food bank colleagues

National World campaign: A day in the life of a Trussell Trust worker

Crates of food at a Trussell Trust food bank (Photo: Trussell Trust)

National World launch Trussell Trust winter fundraiser

EasyJet is bringing its Fearless Flyer course back to Gatwick Airport on Sunday, November 27, to help nervous flyers take control and overcome their fears. Picture by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA/AFP via Getty Images

Passenger dies during flight between Cyprus and London

Sonia Byrne sang on the track and starred in the video

‘You’re the jab that I want’ - mental health charity creates video for flu jab

One of the volunteer drivers for TADD

Volunteer drivers wanted to join travel service in town

Dolphins spotted in UK waters as pod swim happily alongside RNLI boat - watch video taken of sighting

Dolphins spotted swimming alongside RNLI rescue boat

Santa Special events are always popular.

Full steam ahead of Northampton railway’s Santa Specials this Christmas

The Doddridge Centre in Northampton.

Northampton community wardrobe launched to help those struggling to buy clothes

Can you give a loving home to a guide dog puppy for the first year of their life?

Can you give a home to one of these adorable guide dog puppies in Northampton?