Volunteers

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

Two other sites in Central Beds are planned

Olga Norford

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

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

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

Just Stop Oil protesters have been found guilty after shocking footage showed the moment they attempted to glue themselves to the track at the British GP.

Will Millar

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

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

The Biggleswade engagement event. Image: CBC.

Central Beds Council wants you to sign up as a 'waste reduction volunteer'

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

Dolphins spotted swimming alongside RNLI rescue boat

River Great Ouse

Why has Bedford's River Great Ouse suddenly become polluted?

Cats Protection are appealing for a home for sweet Felix.

Appeal for home for Felix

Left to Right - Ukrainian Guest Tatiana Trotsenko, Adviser Monika Syrek and a Coordinator Zofia Brady.

Volunteers needed for new forum supporting Ukrainian refugees in Bedford

SMART Prebend Centre

Volunteers needed as Prebend Centre reopens in Bedford

Help is needed either on the frontline or behind the scenes

Clare Turner

Can you give Poppy a home?

Can you give a home to this Bedford cat with an ear for classical music?

Volunteer Sarah at em’s Bistro, Emmaus Village Carlton

Homelessness charity Emmaus Village Carlton needs volunteers for em's Bistro

The team on the streets of Ampthill for Earth Day

Volunteers from SodaStream clean the streets of Ampthill for Earth Day

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...

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

Operation Christmas Child (C) Esther Jolliffe (Jersey Road PR)

Bedfordshire opens drop off sites for Christmas shoebox project

"Once they are lost, they are lost forever"

More than 100 miles of Bedford paths could be lost

Liz Searle, HM Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire Mr Robert Voss CBE, and HM Lord-Lieutenant of Bedfordshire, Mrs Helen Nellis

HM Lord-Lieutenant of Bedfordshire presents The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Serv...

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust says Thank You to all of its volunteers

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust pays tribute to its volunteers