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A St John Ambulance volunteer at a fireworks display

Remember, remember first aid in November

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

A guide dog puppy

Summer drop in volunteer numbers means guide dog pups need homes in Daventry

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

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

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

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

British National dies in Ukraine, Foreign Office confirms

British National dies in Ukraine, Foreign Office confirms

 A British National has died in Ukraine amid ongoing conflict in the region

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

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

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

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

Families can help make a difference in Daventry.

Volunteers invited to community clean up

The winning scarecrow exhibit from the last festival.

Fun and music at Crick Scarecrow Festival

All ages are invited to help clean up Daventry.

Roll up sleeves and clean up Daventry
Cleaning up Daneholme Avenue

Rotary help spread smiles across the globe.

Rotary Club celebrates record year in Daventry

Volunteers are needed to sit on Independent Appeal Panels. (File picture).

Volunteers being sought for independent panels on school admissions appeals

Northampton and Lamport Railway.

All aboard as Santa swaps sleigh for steam train on historic Northampton railway

Can you help pick up litter?

Volunteers needed for last community clear-up of year in Daventry

The mass vaccination hub at Moulton Park Industrial Estate

Urgent appeal for volunteer stewards at NHS coronavirus vaccination centres in N...

Cleaning up the streets of Daventry.

Communities unite to rid Daventry of litter after coronavirus restrictions eased

Letitia Hayward from Loddington near Kettering

Woman urges others to volunteer for air ambulance service after horror crash wit...

Seasonal scenes lift the library.

Cheerful art project brightens Long Buckby Library

You could be paid £4,500 to contract Covid as part of a new research project (Photo: Shutterstock)

You could be paid £4,500 to contract Covid as part of a new research project

The new study will be conducted on over 800 participants (Photo: Jane Barlow - Pool/Getty Images)

A trial to confirm if Covid vaccine types can be mixed is underway - what we kno...

Library picture: Getty Images

Help debunk Covid conspiracies in Northamptonshire...and get a grant of up to £5...

Sikh communities and a football team came together to feed stranded Dover lorry ...

Library picture

Nearly 500 miles of Northamptonshire paths could be lost, warns charity

A volunteer in-store during last years Tesco Food Collection

Volunteers needed in Northamptonshire for Christmas food collection at Tesco sup...

Thousands from Northamptonshire have joined the NHS Covid-19 vaccine registry to help vital research. Photo: Getty Images

3,000 volunteers from Northamptonshire sign up for fight to find coronavirus vac...

A community larder volunteer providing a truly rural twist to delivering food as the Union Jack flies high in Cosgrove

Volunteers deliver more than 17,000 food boxes to isolated people in need across...

EMAS volunteers have worked hard throughout the pandemic.

Volunteers keep ambulance stations across Northamptonshire stocked up with PPE d...
The community first responders were tasked with replenishing 140 ambulances every two days

Northampton & Lamport Railway is a mecca for rail enthusaists and run entirely by volunteers

Northamptonshire's heritage railway is back on track to reopen on August 2

(L-R) Lilly Marabel from Northants RAYNET, Northamptonshire 4x4 Response chairman Gordon Brown, Tyler Bennett from the Red Cross and Robert Symes from Northamptonshire 4x4 Response

'We just want to make sure no one is forgotten about': Northamptonshire 4x4 Resp...

These volunteers have been going over and above in their efforts to support where it is needed."

Northamptonshire's emergency volunteers step up to drive ambulance and deliver v...

This charity is looking for volunteers to befriend the elderly over the phone

Scrubs Up for Northants NHS

Volunteers are sewing scrubs for Northamptonshire's NHS heroes - here's how you ...

Could you volunteer?

Could you join an army of volunteers to help the NHS in Northamptonshire?

Could you volunteer to help? (Photo: Shutterstock)

The government wants 250,000 volunteers to help the NHS and the vulnerable - her...

As cases of coronavirus in the UK continue to rise, it is heartwarming to see communities coming together to look out for their most vulnerable members (Photo: Shutterstock)

Communities are forming ‘mutual aid groups’ to help people in need during the co...

People in China are abandoning their pets over coronavirus fears

More volunteer drivers are needed in Northamptonshire. Photo: East Midlands Ambulance Service.

Ambulance service looking for volunteer drivers in Northants to take patients to...