News you can trust since 1858
Register
BREAKING

Volunteers

Our Reach Out volunteer and client on one of their weekly visits.

Reach Out to help a socially isolated elderly person in your area

A St John Ambulance volunteer at a fireworks display

Remember, remember first aid in November

A St John Ambulance volunteer at a fireworks display

Remember, remember first aid in November

“We wouldn’t be able to deliver these sessions without Community Action Dacorum” The Box Moor Trust

Making a difference in Dacorum

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

Organisations in Dacorum are seeking support. Image submitted.

Volunteers called on to help drive the community spirit in Dacorum

l-r volunteers Karen and Hilary

Volunteers urgently needed to help out at hospice charity hub in Berkhamsted

Views of the Rectory Lane Cemetery where wildlife and the community thrive

“Excellence does not do them justice”: Berkhamsted’s Rectory Lane Cemetery comme...

Louis the Jack Russell with his owner after being rescued

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

Firefighters stock image

Report highlights record number of fires across Hertfordshire last summer

'Let's celebrate Volunteer Week together' is the message from CAD

Let's celebrate volunteer's week together says Community Action Dacorum
Join us outside the Support4Dacorum Roundhouse and get ready for an exciting celebration

“Volunteers' Week serves as a reminder that everyone has the power to make a difference”

Volunteers' Week 2023: Community Action Dacorum to celebrate and inspire

Volunteering after your retirement in Dacorum: Why it's a win-win for all

Volunteering after retirement in Dacorum: It's a win-win for all

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

Volunteers hard at work on Dunstable Downs

Whipsnade’s famous White Lion landmark gets a clean-up thanks to volunteers

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

Children auditioning for The Wiz

Budding stars audition for Wizard of Oz inspired production coming to Waterside

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

Volunteers collecting for the Great Daffodil Appeal 2018. The person donating is Miriam Strong. Photo from Ben Gold

Charity launches urgent plea for end-of-life support event

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

NHS re-launches volunteer service for lonely and isolated patients

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

Shining a light on Trussell Trust’s Food Bank Friends as a part of National World’s partnership with the charity.

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

Pictured: Mayor of Dacorum and Ed

Mayor of Dacorum honours Citizens Advice volunteers at showcase awards event

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

Dolphins spotted swimming alongside RNLI rescue boat

The community came together to create the model.

Berkhamsted church reconstructed out of clay

The BDCC is asking for residents to help.

Volunteers needed to help Dacorum students prepare for their future careers

Volunteer Jon Andrews (left) with Polish helper Artur Blaziak, surrounded by donations at the Monks Buttery pub in Kings Langley.

Amazing response to appeal in Hemel Hemsptead to help Ukrainian refugees

Volunteers, including Leader of Hertfordshire County Council, Richard Roberts, sorting through donations at the temporary donation sorting centre

Over 150 donation boxes delivered to Afghan families in Hertfordshire

Some of the messages on the loom

Berkhamsted residents come together to create historic work of art

1st Potten End Brownies

Dacorum litter-picking heroes collect over 500 bags of rubbish

Barrie is promoting the charity’s first national collection since the pandemic began at Tesco stores nationwide, including the Hemel Hempstead store

Heroes honoured at Hemel Hempstead Tesco Extra this Armed Forces Day

Lea next to the grave she adopted of two little girls, photo on the right is after she spent some time working on it

Volunteers help transform Berkhamsted's Rectory Lane Cemetery

Ann volunteers at Grove House with her Pets as Therapy dog, Kaspar

Rennie Grove says a big thank you to all its volunteers this Volunteers' Week
Volunteers invited to a Zoom call to thank them for their hard work helping the hospice

Foodbank

Volunteers needed to help keep community foodbank running in Hemel Hempstead

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

Age UK Hertfordshire have re-imagined and redesigned the work they do in order to continue helping older people during lockdown

Age UK Hertfordshire continues to support Dacorum's older people during lockdown

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...

Flooding in Long Marston

Charity volunteers support emergency workers who responded to flooding incident ...

Sikh communities and a football team came together to feed stranded Dover lorry ...

"Once they are lost, they are lost forever"

More than 600 miles of Hertfordshire paths could be lost

David Lloyd, Hertfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner

Hertfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner supports scheme to find ex offenders...

Volunteer David Davies

Volunteers help clean up Dacorum's streets and parks for Great British September...

Kate Robertson and Mary Richardson, Hospice at home nurses, say thank you

Dacorum hospice pays tribute to volunteers ahead of Volunteers’ Week