A Dartmoor woodland has been given a tidy-up thanks to a team of dedicated and enthusiastic volunteers. Working with Dartmoor National Park’s Rangers Ella Briens and Ethan Parsons and Dartmoor Headwaters Project Officer Kerry Smith, the group spent a Sunday morning removing tree guards from a native woodland in the Dean Burn valley near Buckfastleigh. Seventeen volunteers joined Ella, Ethan...
The UK’s largest nature conservation charity, the RSPB, is looking for volunteers across Devon, especially in the Plymouth area, that have a few hours to spare each month to help their cause.
As a vital fundraiser for the charity, pin badge collection volunteers play an important role in placing and checking on charity pin badge boxes in places like cafés, garden centres and shops in...
Kind-hearted Plymouth people are being urged to sign up to join an army of volunteers needed to collect food for charities feeding people in their community this Christmas.
The Trussell Trust, which provides emergency food parcels to people in crisis, and FareShare, which provides food to thousands of frontline charities and community groups, are seeking volunteers to help during...
Greendale vaccination centre volunteer Ian Aspinall has clocked up more than 100 shifts supporting the vaccine programme over the last five months. A retired police officer, he’s often there several days a week.
Ian said: “You meet some lovely people in what is hopefully a once in a lifetime occurrence. My parents endured the privations of World War Two and it was described as their...
Passionate volunteers in Newton Abbot are being asked to come forward to help form a new fundraising group to support Alzheimer’s Research UK.
The UK’s leading dementia research charity is looking for people with a range of skills to help set up a group, which will aim to raise vital funds and awareness in Newton Abbot and the surrounding area.
LOVE LIVE music? Love the 80s? Then why not volunteer at Let’s Rock Exeter retro festival this summer and enjoy the event for free?
By signing up to do a four-hour shift with festival charity partner Child Bereavement UK, ticket scanning and selling wristbands and raffle tickets on the day, you’ll not only be helping a great cause, you’ll also be able to enjoy the festival free of...
Tesco is partnering with Help for Heroes to help raise vital funds for veterans wounded or injured in the line of duty - and Plymouth volunteers are needed.
With the Tesco Superstore hosting a collection in Transit Way as part of the first national event of its type this year, Tesco and the charity have launched an urgent appeal for people to volunteer a couple of hours in store to...
The St Marychurch & District Community Partnership are about to embark on the renovation and repair of an age-old structure on Babbacombe Downs which has become the target of vandalism and misuse by disrespectful individuals. The shelter on Babbacombe Downs has provided local people and countless numbers of tourists, an opportunity to sit down and take in the fantastic views of the sea...
If you care about the fair and humane treatment of prisoners, why not consider joining the Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Channings Wood?
In every prison there is an Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) made up of volunteers drawn from the local community who are appointed to check on conditions in custody. They are independent of the Prison Service and are responsible for monitoring and...
The research team at University Hospitals Plymouth are asking for volunteers to take part in a new COVID-19 vaccine study, which will involve participants receiving a COVID-19 vaccination.
If you are aged over 30 and in relatively good health, and have yet to receive a COVID-19 vaccination, the research team would like to invite you to sign up to take part. Anyone who is interested...
