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Positive stories, useful developments and people making a difference in volunteers.
UK volunteers help build a new living map of the nation's seaweed
Thousands of sightings collected through citizen science are powering an interactive map that helps researchers understand how coastal ecosystems are changing.
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Bury riding centre marks 60 years of helping people through horses
The volunteer-run Margaret Haes Riding Centre has celebrated six decades of equestrian activities supporting children and adults with disabilities and other challenges.
Ramsgate fishing community raises more than £6,500 for RNLI as 79 children take to the water
A record 79 children joined Ramsgate’s junior fishing competition, while organisers Dawn and Jason Parrott received surprise community-service awards from the High Sheriff of Kent.
Devon opens nominations to celebrate the volunteers who keep grassroots activity moving
The Active Devon Volunteer Awards are inviting nominations for unpaid coaches, organisers, young leaders and teams helping people across Devon stay active and connected.
Volunteers are feeding and supporting firefighters during major wildfire responses
A Cambridgeshire-based charity has been sending volunteer teams to provide hot food, drinks and welfare support to firefighters tackling major wildfires around the country.
Volunteers collect more than 100,000 seagrass seeds to restore the Solent
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust volunteers have collected more than 100,000 seagrass seeds for a long-term restoration project in the Solent.
Maritime volunteers join River Tyne clean-up after plastic pellet spill
Volunteer crews have joined a multi-agency clean-up on the River Tyne, using boats and local knowledge to help recover plastic pellets from the water.
Volunteers are steadily transforming Fulford Cemetery in York
Residents, community groups and local workers have been giving their time to improve Fulford Cemetery, with regular volunteering sessions continuing at the site.
Worcestershire rescue volunteers get new medical kit and extra training
Severn Area Rescue Association has upgraded its medical equipment and expanded its volunteer team with support from a county public-health grant.
Hundreds of thousands of Fleadh visitors backed by a volunteer-powered medical hub in Belfast
Volunteers, clinicians and emergency responders worked together at a central medical hub during Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Belfast, supporting one of the city’s biggest ever public events.