Our local air ambulance charity has always benefitted greatly from the support of many volunteers and has over 700 fantastic helpers located across the county, every one of them an integral part of the life-saving service.
Devon Air Ambulance volunteers give their time and expertise helping with many things, from looking after their 4,000 red collection boxes, speaking at public...
The National Trust in North Devon is calling for helpers to plant 11,000 trees at Woolacombe and Combe Martin to help fight climate change, increase biodiversity and prevent flooding.
The National Trust has tree planting days planned across North Devon. On the weekend of the 19-20 February, 10am-3pm at Woolacombe (near Marine Drive) they are hoping to plant 8,000 trees (as part of a...
FoodCycle , the charity that aims to make food poverty, loneliness and food waste a thing of the past for every community, is in urgent need of volunteers. This month, FoodCycle will invest in a national recruitment campaign to try to entice more people to join them.
While volunteer roles are open to anyone who has some time to spare, the current drive will particularly target...
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...
