Volunteers

New documentary explains how old Christmas trees are helping to protect the coast

Sand, Sea, Xmas Trees: How old festive saplings guard against floods

Flashback to 2024: volunteers who planted 500 saplings for a new community woodland at Kirby Fields in Melton

New sculpture to be unveiled at Kirby Fields woodland

Melton Borough Council leader, Councillor Pip Allnatt, pictured at the volunteers event with members of the Bottesford Community Hub

Melton volunteers event celebrates ‘the backbone of our community’

Forterra-158 - Volunteers from Forterra's Desford Factory

Forterra’s Desford team helps nurture woodland habitats

The new bird hide provided in Melton Country Park

New bird hide provided in Melton Country Park

RNLI rescue dog after 14ft fall into river

Caught on Camera: Dog rescued by RNLI after falling 14ft into river

Some of the volunteers who help Melton Girlguides

Volunteers sought to help Melton Girlguides

Injured man rescued from snow-covered mountain

Dramatic moment injured man is rescued from snow-covered mountain

The flooded Ashby Carington Cricket Club pavilion

Village cricket club launches appeal after major flood damage

Paying respects at the Gynn Square memorial service to officers who died in the 1983 rescue mission at Blackpool.|Lucinda Herbert, Blackpool Gazette

Video: Police sea tragedy remembered as memorial goes ahead in snow

Dad makes teddies with medical devices to help sick youngsters

Heartwarming video shows how a dad makes imitation medical devices for teddy bears, to give out to sick children over Christmas.

Lucinda Herbert

The drive has raised over £15 million to support children from some of the poorest parts of the UK

Over 300,000 disadvantaged UK children will open gifts on December 25

Some of the volunteers who helped with the Christmas hamper appeal in Melton last year organised by Helping the Isolated

Community Christmas hamper appeal off and running

The Dove Cottage Day Hospice tearoom which has been closed down

Angry volunteers in tears over hospice tearoom closure

Dramatic footage shows the terrifying moment huge waves crashed into a yacht- seconds before rescue.

Terrifying moment yacht gets slammed by huge waves in dramatic rescue

A lost dog has been reunited with his owner - after she caused the motorway to temporarily shut down 8 TIMES!!!

Lost dog shuts M25 eight times - watch beloved pet get rescued

Watch as War Horse memorial gets purple poppy coat to remember fallen service animals

Watch as War Horse statue gets draped in beautiful purple poppy coat

Video grab from heartbreaking footage showing 'waterfalls' of 3,000 bits of rubbish including drinks cans and Santa hats left by people on Mount Snowdon.

'Waterfall' of rubbish cascades down Mt Snowdon in heartbreaking video

‘Seeds of Change’ has been launched by HMPPS as part of a new recruitment drive that encourages people to combine their passion with their career for something more fulfilling

Community Payback roles are open to outdoorsy and garden-loving people

Volunteers are needed for Melton's Poppy Appeal, which is launched this month

Volunteers needed for this year's Melton Poppy Appeal

The volunteers provided by WellChild and British Gas, pictured outside the Hayden family home at Asfordby

Volunteers transform garden for severely disabled boy

The rowing boats for hire on the River Eye in Wilton Park, Melton

Rowing boats launched on Melton river

Some of the rowing boats being taken out on the River Eye at Melton - the launch of the service has now been delayed by another vandal attack

Boat hire launch delayed after another attack by 'mindless' vandals

Supergran Mary Lamb to 'climb' the Three Peaks with her assistance dog Sheldon.

UK’s first female wheelchair user to ‘climb’ the Three Peaks

Volunteers are being sought to look after Melton Mowbray Railway Station

Volunteers sought to look after Melton railway station

RNLI rescue dog after 14ft fall into river

Watch: Moment RNLI rescue dog after 14ft fall into river

Three Shires tows Earwig on the Grantham CanalPhoto: Hugh Crawford

Canal society's season is underway with work projects and boat trips

The rescue of Ben Longton, 18, in snowy conditions on Scafell Pike, by Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team.

Watch dramatic rescue as boy falls down waterfall in freak blizzard

Watch the dramatic mountain rescue mission to save a young man - who was close to death - after he plunged down a freezing waterfall during a freak blizzard.

Lucinda Herbert

(L to R) Lynn Hart, Hazel Barker, Carol Dunkley, Sandra Searle and Stuart Martin beside the knitted tank.

Watch: We knitted a life-sized tank to commemorate D-Day

MOWS volunteers lay the path to the River Eye at the new rowing boat hire base in Wilton Park, Melton

Work advances on new boat hire base at Melton park

A guest is supported by one of the team members at Dove Cottage Day Hospice at Stathern

Hospice appeals for new volunteers and trustees

FOMCP show off their 6 new bat boxes

Poor weather won't beat The Friends of Melton Country Park

Attendees and volunteers enjoy their Christmas party at the Melton's Pepper's - A Safe Place centre with Jenny Hendry (second from right)

Plenty of Christmas cheer at Melton wellbeing centre

These are the nation’s top 20 unsung heroes

Some of the volunteers who helped distribute 137 food hampers to struggling Melton people last Christmas

Melton Christmas food appeal launched for those who are struggling

A St John Ambulance volunteer at a fireworks display

Remember, remember first aid in November

Melton's Poppy Appeal is short of volunteers

Volunteers desperately needed for Melton's Poppy Appeal

Volunteers are sought by Melton Child Contact Centre

Volunteers sought to help local children affected by family breakdowns

Jenny Hendry, manager at Pepper's - A Safe Place

Volunteers sought by Melton wellbeing centre

MOWS volunteers aboard their dredging boat Mole in the River Eye

Work progresses to set up boat hire and boating trip station on Melton river

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

A seven-week-old guide dog puppy running through a field - 20 Melton homes are needed for guide dog pups

Can you provide a home for a guide dog pup?

The new mapping exhibition at Melton Carnegie Museum showing changes in the town over 200 years

Fascinating maps exhibition charts changes in Melton over the last 200 years

Jerry Filor (left) with the renamed and redecorated replica canal barge in Heritage Gardens and (right) Melton In Bloom volunteers plant the gardens

Tribute to the late Queen added to Melton's Heritage Gardens

Melton’s Heritage Gardens now contain a special tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II.

Nick Rennie

Friends of Melton Country Park volunteers adding their willow dragonfly sculptures to the bird hide

More than 20 volunteers join forces to spruce up Melton Country Park

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

Latest news from the Royal British Legion

New organiser and volunteers sought for Melton Poppy Appeal

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

Frends of Melton Country Park volunteers preparing the Royal Bed for wild flower seed sowing

Volunteers working hard to spruce up Melton Country Park

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

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