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Wolverhampton Gazette · 5 Nov 2026Gatis Community Space shortlisted for national family arts awardThe Wolverhampton venue’s #LoveTheReans Festive Lightwalk and Panto is in the running for a Fantastic for Families Award.Read on Wolverhampton Gazette →
Cannock GazetteCannock Chase Volunteers Fair, Team Leader Job and School Sessions27 Oct 2026Stafford GazetteRAF Museum Seeks Volunteers to Pack 50,000 Objects from Stafford27 Oct 2026Stone GazetteStone Royal British Legion seeks members and volunteers for Poppy Appeal23 Oct 2026The Mayor of Solihull holds a poppy wreath alongside community representativesSolihull GazetteSolihull’s Shall We Talk volunteers to support 2026 Poppy Appeal22 Oct 2026A volunteer working on timber for MAIN’s new outdoor play areaMiddlesbrough GazetteMayor to open new adventure playground at Middlesbrough charity MAIN21 Oct 2026Stoke-on-Trent GazettePotters Patch Hanley Thrives with School and Community Support21 Oct 2026
Chesterfield GazetteChesterfield Community Groups: Apply for Warm Spaces Grants16 Oct 2026The publicly advertised exterior of The Lotus support centre in BarnsleyBarnsley GazetteBarnsley charity launches £20,000 appeal to keep The Lotus support centre open16 Oct 2026Supplied profile artwork showing sprinter David Morgan-Harrison with medalsDoncaster GazetteDoncaster school fundraiser launched ahead of athlete visit in November12 Oct 2026Delegates 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 2026

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