As schools break up across Devon for the summer, many young people will be looking at ways to fill their time. With results from the government commissioned Community Life Survey indicating that 29% of 16 to 24 year olds took part in formal volunteering, and 25% in informal volunteering, activities between 2021 and 2022, a high number of young people may choose to spend summer making a...
=Plymouth volunteers were recently recognised in SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity’s annual award nominations. SSAFA’s Sir James Gildea Awards were created to recognise volunteers and employees for their exceptional contribution and commitment to SSAFA’s activities and values.
SSAFA Plymouth’s Chair, Colin Stockman, was presented with the prestigious Prince Michael of Kent Award for...
A Devon-wide health and wellbeing charity, based near Exeter, is seeking support from businesses and volunteers in the ‘final push’ for a new venture that will offer free workshops to people of all ages to teach them how to prepare nutritious meals from scratch with simple, affordable ingredients - at a time when cooking healthily, cost-effectively and sustainably has never been more important...
Castle Books in Totnes, Devon, has launched a £135,000 crowd-funding campaign to acquire its premises at 4 Castle Street and secure the future of its community bookshop and outreach programmes.
With the building up for sale, and the shop’s lease coming to an end, the future of the historic and much-loved shop is in jeopardy. Now Castle Books’ dedicated team of volunteers are calling...
The National Trust’s A la Ronde, in Exmouth, Devon is hosting a volunteer recruitment day on Thursday 13 July, 10.30am-1.00pm.
Budding volunteers are invited to come along to A la Ronde to chat with staff and volunteers and learn about the multiple ways to get involved with the National Trust’s team.
There are many great ways to volunteer at A la Ronde, whether it is re-...
Volunteers have begun transforming a community shelter in Exmouth, that was frequently targeted by vandals, into an art attraction.
The new mural, designed by young local artist Madeleine Dainton, depicts pond life, from fish to dragonflies, in bold and bright colours. Volunteers of all skill level are encouraged to join in with the painting, taking place every Tuesday from 2.30pm-4....
Four volunteers from Devon who care for war heroes’ graves have received a prestigious award from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC).
Owen Chidgey, Steven Drake, Andy Howlett and Darren Howlett, who all volunteer for the CWGC, were each given a Spotlight Award and received a letter of congratulation from CWGC’s Director General, Claire Horton.
The National Trust, who care for Agatha Christie’s holiday home Greenway near Brixham, are hosting two drop-in afternoons as they hunt for new volunteers to help look after two country houses.
Come along and discover what being a National Trust volunteer looks like on Saturday 1 April at Coleton Fishacre and Sunday 2 April at Greenway, between 2.30pm and 4.30pm.
A pilot study by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy, funded thanks to generosity of players of People’s Postcode Lottery, has seen littering reduced by an average of 40% at hotspots when colourful signs are erected to tell the public about volunteer’s clean-up efforts.
The study was carried out ahead of this year’s Great British Spring Clean, the country’s biggest mass-action...
Green-fingered volunteers and staff from leading building materials supplier, Aggregate Industries, have planted more than a thousand trees on the site of one of its Devon quarries.
A group of 35 volunteers made up of local residents, members of local environmental group the Uffculme Green Team and staff joined forces at the weekend to plant around 1,100 trees at Hillhead Quarry in...
