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A St John Ambulance volunteer at a fireworks display

Remember, remember first aid in November

Grant Cullen, Worksop RBL branch secretary and poppy appeal organiser pictured with Madelaine Richardson and David Scott.

Volunteers needed to help with Worksop Poppy Appeal

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

Louis the Jack Russell with his owner after being rescued

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

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

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

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

 A British National has died in Ukraine amid ongoing conflict in the region

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

The Treswell Bird Ringing Group on site monitoring the birds and celebrating their 50th anniversary

Retford Bird Ringing programme celebrates its 50th anniversary

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

Representatives at the British Museum

Top award for Bassetlaw Museum in recognition of Pilgrim Fathers project

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

Youngsters are invited to take part in the Worksop College Junior Parkrun

Young runners are invited to join in with the Worksop College Junior Parkrun

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

Dolphins spotted swimming alongside RNLI rescue boat

Bassetlaw Support Group hosts social meet-ups for Ukrainian refugees and their sponsors.

Volunteers pull together to support Ukrainian refugees in Worksop

Macular Society group members

Bassetlaw sight loss support group returns for vital face to face meetings
A Retford-based support group for people with sight loss is calling for volunteers as it prepares to meet in person for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic began.

Worksop Remembrance Day parade 2019

Worksop Royal British Legion invites public to Poppy Appeal thank you event

Clumber Park

Get active with free events at Clumber Park

Some of the team at Worksop including volunteers Joe Creagh, Dale Welsh and Steve Harding, shop manager Hazel Studley, volunteering manager Elizabeth Dyet and warehouse supervisor Wayne Smith.

Worksop charity shop appeals for volunteers this Christmas

Schoolreaders volunteer Mavis with a primary school pupil.

Urgent appeal for school reader volunteers in Worksop primary schools

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...

Volunteers are supporting the NHS and patients at vaccination sites across the country. (Photo: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Nottinghamshire County Council chairman praises vaccination support volunteers w...

Around 300 volunteers from all walks of life have been part of the vaccination efforts so far.

Praise for Covid-19 vaccine volunteers across Nottinghamshire

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...

Maria Leone with some of the scrubs she has made as part of the Doncaster an Bassetlaw For The Love of Scrubs group

Volunteers kitting out Doncaster's health workers with scrubs

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

More than 600,000 sign up to help NHS

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

The Mencap shop is in the Priory Centre

Mencap is looking for volunteers for its Worksop store

One year old Marshall Tyrell makes progress on his 1 mile walk in aid of JOEL.

19-month-old '˜rainbow baby' Marshall steps out on sponsored walk for Worksop ch...

Volunteers with the new defibrillator in West Stockwith

Volunteers install second defibrillator in West Stockwith

Mike Hibbert; Stuart Bond; Laura Cope; Grant Barton; and Chris Hare of S2S prepare for the 2017 Charity Golf Day at Lindrick Golf Club.

Charity golf day for Cash for Kids was a big success

Rebecca Brookes and Ryan Newton

Gainsborough: NHS staff have been given an award for going above and beyond the ...

Worksop: Celebrations as girlguiding volunteers are honoured for their services

NSPCC Buddy scheme at Beardall Fields Primary School Hucknall

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

Gainsborough: Volunteers are needed at the Pillared House Lunch Club

West Lindsey District Councillor Matthew Boles joins the volunteers offering information at the Volunteer Information Fair at Marshalls Yard Gainsborough.

Gainsborough: Information fair for future volunteers