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Injured man rescued from snow-covered mountain

Dramatic moment injured man is rescued from snow-covered mountain

Brew Monday is about more than just tea’ says Bedford Samaritans

‘Brew Monday is about more than just tea,’ says Bedford Samaritans

Airplane passenger safety trials are taking place at Cranfield University

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

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

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 shows the moment when a War Horse statue was covered in a crocheted coat of 4,000 purple poppies - to honour the fallen service animals for Remembrance Day.

Lucinda Herbert

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

Bedford’s Food etc. receives MERKUR Community funding to support local cooking workshops.

Bedford’s Food etc. receives MERKUR Community funding to support local cooking w...

Kayakers join in last year's Rivercare Clean Up.

Weekend ‘Rivercare’ event in Bedford axed due to river level concerns

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

Kayakers join in last year's Rivercare Clean Up

Join Bedford's Rivercare Clean Up and make a positive impact on our environment

Just some of the animals on the site. Picture: Wayne Eckersley

Volunteers needed as animal sanctuary moves to Luton

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

Alliance Consulting team and a few of their volunteers

Alliance Consulting 2nd annual fundraiser: £2k raised for Mental Health UK

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

Independent Monitoring Boards

Volunteers wanted for independent monitoring board at Yarl's Wood Immigration Re...

(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

From left to right: Sue Ryder's Chief Finance Officer Kirsten Stevens, Sue Ryder St John’s Hospice

Bedford community fundraising group celebrated at national charity awards

A similar Tiny Forest planted in Central Beds

Volunteers plant tiny forest in Flitwick to help people get close to nature

A total of 5,000 trees are to planted across Bedford Borough

Here's how you could get your hands on free trees

Here’s how you can get involved

Olga Norford

These are the nation’s top 20 unsung heroes

A St John Ambulance volunteer at a fireworks display

Remember, remember first aid in November

Volunteers are being invited to join a litter picking event along Bedford's riverbank. Picture: Bedford Borough Council

Help clean up Bedford riverside in litter picking event

The new RSPCA shop in Kempston

New RSPCA shop to open in Kempston this weekend

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

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 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

Luton DART

Your chance to try out Luton DART for free as it holds passenger trials

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

A huge 12 foot whale has been found washed up on the banks of a British river.

Chelsie Sewell

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

Two British men who volunteered in Ukraine go missing

The ancient tree in Pulloxhill (Picture courtesy of Malcolm Tattersall)

Volunteers who tidied up tree where John Bunyan preached burn it down

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

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