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Communities Minister sees how some of the £10 million of government funding for voluntary youth groups nationwide is being spent.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
The Lord Ferrers Awards recognise the outstanding contribution of special constables, police support volunteers and volunteer police cadets.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Volunteer British doctors, nurses and midwives will train more than 13,000 health workers to provide life-saving care for millions of the world’s poorest people
RAF firefighters who helped fight off a Taliban attack on Camp Bastion in Helmand province have received their Afghanistan Operational Service Medals during a ceremony at the Palace of Westminster.
Supporting operations is all in a long day's work for MOD civilians who like their desks a little nearer to the action. Report by Ian Carr.
Sharp rise in volunteering reverses the steady decline seen since 2005.
Celebrating the work of a volunteer at Dstl.
A group of 12 young volunteers from the UK visited the British Ambassador at her residence prior to starting their 10 week stay in Guatemala where they will be working on several projects to help eradicate the culture of violence.
Answers to frequently asked questions.
"These Games have yet again shown that Britain is a great volunteering nation."
An extra 184 personnel have been made available to support the Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust from 4 January, taking the total number to 313.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The Warrior Games, an annual event hosted by the US Olympic Committee (USOC), start next week and will see wounded, injured and sick Service…
A former Mujahidin fighter, now a senior non-commissioned officer in the Afghan National Army (ANA), is bringing medical care to remote villages in central Helmand with the help of ISAF forces.
More than 100,000 young people have received support from initiatives funded by 18 specialist units set up to tackle serious violence.
More than 50 NHS volunteers from the UK are now going through rigorous training as they prepare to deploy to West Africa to help communities affected by Ebola.
The Prime Minister launches International Citizen Service, a new Government volunteering scheme to help young adults across the UK the opportunity to travel to developing countries to join the fight against poverty.
British medics are being thanked for their work to defeat the disease in Sierra Leone.
In the searing heat of the Californian desert, which best mimics the conditions faced by Royal Marines in Afghanistan, medics have been putting their battlefield casualty skills to the test.
National Archives mark the 75th anniversary of outbreak of the war in 1936.
A small team of military personnel will tonight carry the Flame in the final leg of the London 2012 Paralympic Games Torch Relay. Report by Lorraine McBride.
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