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Waimi, Mbetmi and Yimi with Coun Jason Zadrozny (left, council leader), Theresa Hodgkinson (council chief executive) and Coun Dale Grounds (council chairman). Photo: Submitted

Hucknall triplets honoured with special award from Ashfield Council

A St John Ambulance volunteer at a fireworks display

Remember, remember first aid in November

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

At least 20 homes are needed for guide dog puppies in Nottingham, with Guide Dogs covering all the costs involved. (Photo by: Guide Dogs)

Summer ‘drop’ in volunteer numbers, means guide dog pups need homes

Louis the Jack Russell with his owner after being rescued

Dog rescued after falling down one of UK’s biggest waterfalls

Trainee guide dog Ned at Guide Dogs' Nottingham office.

Guide Dogs training centre in Nottingham to open its doors for doggy tea party

Fundraisers Les Pert and his wife Joyce are two of LNAA’s volunteering stalwarts.

A big thank you to all the Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance volunteers

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

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

The Hunger Games prequel, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, will star Rachel Zegler as Lucy Gray Baird - the new Katniss Everdeen - see the full cast list

Nottingham City Council's food project with FareShare has been nominated for a national award

Nottingham food project nominated for national award

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

Kevin's Kingdom is opened at Stonebridge City Farm.

Kevin's Kingdom opens at Stonebridge City Farm in time for cold weather hit

The NHS has re-launched its Check in and Chat service for isolated patients

NHS re-launches volunteer service for lonely and isolated patients

Scouting is so much more than badges and knot tying.

Thought about becoming a Scout Volunteer?

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

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

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

easyJet issued a statement as a passenger dies en-route to the UK - “Staff did all possible”.

Fun at a Scouts camp.

Scouting in Ashfield in appeal for more volunteers

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

Dolphins spotted swimming alongside RNLI rescue boat

Guide Dogs is looking for more sighted guide volunteers in Hucknall and Bulwell. Photo: John Angerson

Guide Dogs charity needs sighted guide volunteers across Hucknall and Bulwell

Council volunteers will be used to help increase vaccine uptake in areas in like Hucknall

Volunteers to help encourage vaccinations in low uptake in areas like Hucknall

Coun Ethan Radford regularly joins volunteers helping keep the River Leen clean

Volunteers needed to help keep Bulwell rivers and streams flowing cleanly

Vintage bus rides will be available throughout the weekend

All aboard for a free day out at Hucknall heritage vehicle centre this weekend

More volunteer carer homes are still needed for trainee guide dogs

Big response to plea for people to care for guide dogs - but more still needed

Would you like to take care of a guide dog?

Volunteers urgently needed in Hucknall and Bulwell to care for guide dogs

Volunteer Samantha Houghton.

Caring Nottinghamshire woman reveals how volunteering is helping to make a diffe...

Trials for a new vaccine will be taking place in Nottingham.

Volunteers needed in Nottinghamshire to help research into new Covid-19 vaccine

A native water vole.

Volunteers in Nottinghamshire needed to help save endangered water voles

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 ...

Rotarians packing boxes ready for distribution to food banks. Photo by Alyce Henson.

Rotary's plea for East Midlands volunteers to help communities during Covid-19 c...

This charity is looking for volunteers to befriend the elderly over the phone

More than 600,000 sign up to help NHS
No fewer than 660,680 people have signed up as volunteers to help the NHS throughout the coronavirus pandemic.

Could you volunteer to help? (Photo: Shutterstock)

The government wants 250,000 volunteers to help the NHS and the vulnerable - her...

As cases of coronavirus in the UK continue to rise, it is heartwarming to see communities coming together to look out for their most vulnerable members (Photo: Shutterstock)

Communities are forming ‘mutual aid groups’ to help people in need during the co...

People in China are abandoning their pets over coronavirus fears

READER LETTER: Potholes - Volunteers fixing roads

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Speed watch scheme needs volunteers

A group of volunteers have cleaned up and restored a Huthwaite beauty spot.

Volunteers help to clean up beauty spot

The Battle of Hatfield Society with their banner outside Cuckney St Mary's Church.

Battlefield bones quest starts at Cuckney

Call for volunteers to step back in time

l Volunteers from the Daffodil café at King's Mill Hospital recently presented a cheque to Trust CEO Karen Fisher, donating a staggering £30,000 to the hospital's dementia care appeal.

Volunteers at Daffodil Cafe raise £32,000 for dementia appeal

NSPCC Buddy scheme at Beardall Fields Primary School Hucknall

Buddy is helping keep kids safe from abuse thanks to the NSPCC and Childline