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Volunteer medics from 207 Field Hospital have been conducting their final pre-deployment assessment before they take over the British military hospital at Camp Bastion for the winter period.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Glasgow Caledonian University Vision Sciences students to volunteer on South Africa’s ‘train of hope’
More recruits urged to sign-up
The graves of Capt Clay and Sjt Morton identified and rededicated more than a century after their deaths
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Several government departments are starting a new initiative today to make it easier for veterans to secure employment in the Civil Service.
Government to publish improved guidance to make it easier for people to organise voluntary events in their communities
The Lord Ferrers Awards celebrates volunteers in policing.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has recognised Dr Muhammad Amjad Saqib, of Pakistan as the 31st Commonwealth Point of Light in honour of his exceptional voluntary service creating Pakistan’s largest micro-finance organisation that is benefiting hundreds of thousands of disadvantaged...
BT and KPMG today joined the government in encouraging professionals to use their skills to support charities and voluntary groups.
A new volunteering scheme will help young people work in start-up enterprises and companies in fast growing economies like Bangladesh, Nigeria and Tanzania.
Government ambition to find cure for dementia by 2025 boosted by large rise in people volunteering to take part in research studies.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
The Points of Light award recognises outstanding individuals - people who are making a change in their community and inspiring others.
£2.7 million is to be invested in communities across the country, the Minister for Sport and Civil Society Tracey Crouch announced today.
The Government will help coordinate a major volunteering push to help support people through the COVID-19 outbreak.
Volunteer Scottish Army medics who have recently been deployed to Afghanistan treating wounded soldiers and civilians there were honoured by Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex yesterday for their important role in the conflict.
More than 30 NHS staff from across the UK will depart for Sierra Leone to join Britain’s fight against Ebola.
Employment Tribunal decision.
Honorary Consuls and Consular Agents from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua meet in Masaya, Nicaragua
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson condemns the murder of seven members of the Syrian Civil Defence, otherwise known as the White Helmets, in Sarmin, Idlib.
Frontline health and care staff will be able to access support from the hundreds of thousands of NHS volunteer responders, Minister for Care Helen Whately announced today.
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