‘Fire and rescue service volunteering is about keeping communities safe’
'I wanted to make a change knowing older people suffer from loneliness'
'The Red Cross helped me at a time of crisis. I'm proud to sign up with them'
Charities responded swiftly to Grenfell. But there are lessons to learn
Lotifa Begum
May 2018
Faith-based groups 'increasingly stepping in to plug gaps in NHS'
More than 3,500 churches and 200,000 volunteers are helping overstretched NHS, says study
Tell us about the volunteering you do
In celebration of Volunteers’ week and the work they do we’d like to hear your stories and experiences
To beat loneliness, we must connect. Charities can show how
Laura Alcock-Ferguson
Voluntary organisations are at the heart of local communities. It’s up to us to help build social connections
March 2018
I volunteer to help vulnerable people the jobcentre lets down
Charlotte Hughes
A broken universal credit system means local volunteers hand out food parcels and give advice to those with nowhere to turn
February 2018
As robots take our jobs, we need something else. I know what that is
George Monbiot
It’s untenable to let salaried work define us. In the future, what we do for society unpaid should be at least as important, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
January 2018
The NHS is in crisis. But it's not up to volunteers to rescue it
Dan Corry
Being a volunteer can transform your life – but not enough people know that yet
Mandy James
December 2017
Charity leadership
Voluntary sector professionals recognised in 2018 New Year honours
'It’s almost embarrassing how grateful people are': Christmas Day volunteers
How an army of volunteers could help win the fight for the NHS
'Everyone finished and took a lot of pride': prisoners on the parkrun
November 2017
Being diagnosed with terminal cancer has inspired me to run marathons
The political crisis in Northern Ireland is bad for charities. Why don't we protest?
Nigel McKinney
October 2017
'Mum wasn’t treated like a prisoner, but like a human being'
Visiting Mum project helps reduce distress caused to children and their mothers by incarceration, but funding has run out
August 2017
Carrots and communism: the allotments plotting a food revolution
Heading on holiday? Spare a thought for lonely older people left behind
