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Local charity, volunteering, fundraising and community achievement stories from Local Gazette town editions across Britain.

36 recent reports · 27 town editions

Supplied profile artwork showing sprinter David Morgan-Harrison with medalsDoncaster Gazette · 12 Oct 2026Doncaster school fundraiser launched ahead of athlete visit in NovemberHoly Family Catholic Primary School's appeal has a £1,000 target ahead of a planned visit by sprinter David Morgan-Harrison on 19 November.Read on Doncaster Gazette →
Delegates attending a previous Sleep for All conferenceDoncaster GazetteSleep Charity brings two-day Sleep for All conference back to Doncaster12 Oct 2026Members of a shared reading group seated together in a libraryHinckley GazetteHinckley reading group celebrates volunteer awards finalist recognition8 Oct 2026A pupil shows muddy hands while gardening in a photograph promoting Veolia OrchardSolihull GazetteFree fruit trees and strawberry plants offered to Solihull schools and community groups8 Oct 2026Great Barr Girlguiding units seek adult volunteers to keep groups runningBirmingham GazetteGreat Barr Girlguiding units seek adult volunteers to keep groups running7 Oct 2026Leeds GazetteEarly-release prisoners 'desperate', warns charity6 Oct 2026Liverpool GazetteCharity celebrating Mandela's legacy marks decade of work5 Oct 2026
Middlesbrough GazetteVolunteer mentors wanted to support young people in Middlesbrough1 Oct 2026Shrewsbury GazetteFood waste charity gets grant for rising costs1 Oct 2026Wolverhampton GazetteFind out about volunteering at city fair30 Sept 2026Newcastle-under-Lyme GazetteMayor takes fundraising efforts to new heights29 Sept 2026David McTeague, a Hachette employee and Chapter One reading volunteerDoncaster GazetteDoncaster pupil's reading confidence grows with workplace volunteer29 Sept 2026Mango, a Huddersfield dog recovering from emergency spinal surgeryWakefield GazetteHuddersfield couple raise funds for dog Mango after spinal surgery28 Sept 2026Poster for the Nostalgia 50's Night Singalong at All Saints' Church, WribbenhallKidderminster Gazette1950s singalong evening to raise funds for Wribbenhall church28 Sept 2026Stafford Diamonds crowned champions at charity walking netball tournamentStafford GazetteStafford Diamonds crowned champions at charity walking netball tournament28 Sept 2026
Nuneaton GazetteNuneaton charity secures £35,000 to widen access to performing arts25 Sept 2026Rotherham GazetteThefts leave hospice charity staff 'deflated'25 Sept 2026Wolverhampton GazetteAdult Education to host Community Support Fair24 Sept 2026Wolverhampton GazetteMayor's charity fundraising hands out £40,000 to good causes22 Sept 2026Stoke-on-Trent GazetteHomeless charity benefits from £22k veteran funds17 Sept 2026Stone GazetteVolunteers wanted to help uncover and record Stone churchyard headstones17 Sept 2026
Hinckley GazetteAnnual awards will honour volunteers who are ‘Making a Difference’16 Sept 2026David and Lilian with Shaftesbury support workers Bright and Chiamaka at Ginger Music in GatesheadGateshead GazetteGateshead singers with disabilities record new charity song16 Sept 2026
Loughborough GazetteResidents attend first Charnwood Community Health and Wellbeing event15 Sept 2026Winners at the BBC CWR Make a Difference Awards 2026 in Coventry and WarwickshireCoventry GazetteCoventry and Warwickshire community heroes honoured at BBC awards14 Sept 2026Wolverhampton GazetteP3 Charity Relocates Wolves Support Hub to Strengthen Homeless Support14 Sept 2026Wigan GazetteWigan 10K raises over £2,000 for Wigan Athletic Community Trust!10 Sept 2026Shrewsbury GazetteNeon Rave Run set to raise funds for Shrewsbury Town Foundation3 Sept 2026Grantham Disabled Children Society to host black tie fundraising ballGrantham GazetteGrantham Disabled Children Society to host black tie fundraising ball3 Sept 2026Burton GazetteGREYHOUND TRUST BECOME CLUB CHARITY PARTNER2 Sept 2026Ludlow GazetteMayor of Ludlow Announces Charity Reception and Front‑Row Concert Experience30 Aug 2026Barnsley GazetteNominate your community champion for a Penistone Volunteer Award30 Aug 2026Dudley GazetteCharity boxing showdown raises almost £28K28 Aug 2026West Bromwich GazetteVolunteers help bring Sandwell’s history to life at local archives28 Aug 2026Wakefield GazetteMayor of Wakefield abseiling for charity25 Aug 2026Comedian Russ Lee on stage ahead of his Cure Leukaemia fundraising show in BawtryDoncaster GazetteComedian Russ Lee to return to stage for Bawtry leukaemia fundraiser25 Aug 2026

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