Volunteers

Richard Marlton with Jack, both members of the hospice's volunteering team.

Richard and his therapy dog Jack bring comfort to hospice patients

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

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

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

Volunteers can help with everything from sorting and preparing stock, to merchandising and sales.

Sue Ryder launches New Year appeal for charity shop volunteers to come forward t...

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

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

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

Volunteers at post

Sandy Town Council calls on residents to volunteer for Remembrance Day

Schoolreaders volunteers reading with children in schools

Volunteers needed to listen to children read in Bedfordshire 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

Volunteers and emergency responders are out in force. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Volunteers continue supporting communities affected by floods as rain rages on

Apple Day. Image supplied by Fairfield Parish Council.

Volunteers urgently needed to help with Fairfield's Apple Day

One of the rare hazel dormice released in the county. Picture: Clare Pengelly

Watch as rare dormice reintroduced in Bedfordshire woodland

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

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

RNLI rescue dog after 14ft fall into river

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

This June some of the country’s best-known charities are coming together once again to encourage people to try out volunteering and make a difference in their local communities.

Age UK Biggleswade: Lend a hand. Make a change

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

(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

Biggleswade's U8 squad at a recent festival with coach Laura Critchlow.

Biggleswade - a rugby club for all

VBDS Veg Box packing day

Veg box donation scheme gets almost £10k of Lottery cash to help people in need

These are the nation’s top 20 unsung heroes

Come and share the Christmas joy at Fairfield's Christmas lights switch-on and carol service in Urban Park

All the fun of the fair at Fairfield's Christmas lights switch-on

A St John Ambulance volunteer at a fireworks display

Remember, remember first aid in November

The community garden scheme has been growing in Biggleswade

Volunteers creating new community garden for Biggleswade

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

Sign up to help out in Sandy

Sign up to help out in Sandy

Louis the Jack Russell with his owner after being rescued

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

The Age UK shop in Biggleswade. The charity is taking part in The Big Help Out, a voluntary initiative to celebrate the Coronation and encourage volunteers

Age UK Biggleswade celebrated the Coronation by supporting The Big Help Out

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 hard at work on Dunstable Downs

Whipsnade’s famous White Lion landmark gets a clean-up thanks to volunteers

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 OGrady

Britain's oldest dog walker crowned coronation champion by RSPCA

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

The Clifton beacon

Royal beacon ready to light up for King Charles' coronation celebrations

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

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

NHS re-launches volunteer service for lonely and isolated patients

Biggleswade's new Willow shop will be the charity's sixth retail outlet

Volunteers needed for new charity shop in Biggleswade

British National dies in Ukraine, Foreign Office confirms

British National dies in Ukraine, Foreign Office confirms

Just Stop Oil protesters guilty of conspiring to cause public nuisance at Silverstone British GP

Just Stop Oil guilty over British GP track invasion - watch protest

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

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