Volunteers

Matt Vickers MP and Michelle Hardy at Home-Start Teesside’s charity shop and office

Stockton MP applauds “incredible” work of Home-Start Teesside

Barratt Homes volunteers give Souter Lighthouse a refresh to help raise money for Billy's Lifeline

Local volunteers give the iconic Souter Lighthouse a refresh during fundraising ...

Schoolreaders volunteers reading with children

Volunteers Needed to Listen to Children Read in Hartlepool Schools

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

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

RNLI rescue dog after 14ft fall into river

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

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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

(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

Tahir Selby with Kathrine Batty at St Aidan's Church receiving the rice meals.

Mosque serves up more than 25,000 free meals for community

These are the nation’s top 20 unsung heroes

There is a fresh recruitment drive to sign up new volunteers from across the North East.

CHILDLINE: Volunteers from across the North East needed to support the Schools S...

St Hilda's Church, on Hartlepool's Headland, has received £70,000 in National Lottery funding.

Church receives £70,000 of lottery funding

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

Angela Arnold, Beverley Kingsley, Trevor Sherwood, Dawn Thorpe, Sammie Hodgman, Kristina Thorpe and Keith Embleton have supported the Hartlepool Mail Keep Talking campaign.

Join Hartlepool Mail campaign to help more people access mental health support

Kerry staff members transformed Eskdale Academy's gardens.

Volunteers help transform Hartlepool school’s gardens

The gardens of a Harltepool school are blooming after workers put in hours of volunteering.

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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

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

Left to right: John Barnes, Hartlepool runner Keith Hutchinson and Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson. Picture: Ash Foster/PFC Trust

Sporting greats attend £120,000 charity ball

The Big Help Out aims to raise awareness of volunteering throughout the UK, while also providing opportunities for people to experience volunteering, lend a hand and make a real difference in their communities.

CHILDLINE: Big Help Out initiative to raise awareness of volunteering - the life...

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

The NHS has re-launched its Check in and Chat service for isolated patients

NHS re-launches volunteer service for lonely and isolated patients

A Street Angel out in Hartlepool town centre.

Street Angels appealing for new volunteers

British National dies in Ukraine, Foreign Office confirms

British National dies in Ukraine, Foreign Office confirms

Just Stop Oil protesters guilty of conspiring to cause public nuisance at Silverstone British GP

Just Stop Oil guilty over British GP track invasion - watch protest

Just Stop Oil protesters have been found guilty after shocking footage showed the moment they attempted to glue themselves to the track at the British GP.

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A dead 12ft whale was washed up on the banks of a British river last week.

Huge dead whale found washed up British river bank

Andrew Bagshaw, 48, and Christopher Parry, 28, have gone missing in Donetsk, Ukraine.

Two British men who volunteered in Ukraine go missing

A walrus called Thor was spotted having a rest at Scarborough Harbour ahead of the New Year

Walrus pays a visit to Scarborough harbour en route to the Arctic

Meet some of the volunteers at Trussell Trust food banks in the UK

April Jones went missing in October 2012 - her body was never found.

Mystery of April Jones as Channel 4 documentary revisits murder

Crates of food at a Trussell Trust food bank (Photo: Trussell Trust)

Trussell Trust foodbanks need people to donate these items

Flossie, pictured here with new owner Vicki, has been named the world’s oldest cat by the Guiness Book of World Records.

UK cat Flossie officially named world’s oldest moggie

Lindsey Stockton (far right, holding framed document) with food bank colleagues

National World campaign: A day in the life of a Trussell Trust worker

Crates of food at a Trussell Trust food bank (Photo: Trussell Trust)

National World launch Trussell Trust winter fundraiser

EasyJet is bringing its Fearless Flyer course back to Gatwick Airport on Sunday, November 27, to help nervous flyers take control and overcome their fears. Picture by PATRICIA DE MELO MOREIRA/AFP via Getty Images

Passenger dies during flight between Cyprus and London

Hartlepool RNLI mascot 'Stormy Stan' at Middleton Grange Shopping Centre with fundraisers. From left to right: Colin and Kath Bird, Beryl Sherry, Anne Wray and Malcolm Cook.

Hartlepool shoppers support RNLI in community fundraiser

Dolphins spotted in UK waters as pod swim happily alongside RNLI boat - watch video taken of sighting

Dolphins spotted swimming alongside RNLI rescue boat

High Tunstall College of Science pupil Alfie Smith sits in a "wide wheel" wheelchair that allows him full access to the Beech at Seaton Carew to complete his GCSE course work.

Return of wheelchair access scheme helps Hartlepool youngster with GCSE studies

The Big League CIC representatives outside the Salaam Community Centre, in Murray Street (left to right) Sheila Hope, Ian Cawley and refugee support project coordinator Fiona Cook.

Could you share your skills with refugee support centre?

Cllr Sue Little outside outside the new home of the wheelchairs.

Wheelchair users to enjoy Hartlepool beaches again as hire scheme returns

Trevor Sherwood and Angela Arnold of LilyAnne's Coffee Bar with one of the QR cards at Hartlepool marina. Picture by FRANk REID

Volunteers spread messages of hope across the town

Volunteers (left to right) Andrew Craig, Thelma Adams and Andrew Frost outside All Saints Church, Stranton. Picture by FRANK REID

Project to retune Hartlepool church's bells begins

The consultation will try to find ways on how best to support organisations in the town who welcome refugees from Ukraine. From left to right: Sheila Hope, Ian Cowley and Fiona Cook at the Salaam Community Centre.

Volunteers invited to consultation as Ukrainian refugees arrive in Hartlepool

Veterans are applauded as they parade through the centre of Hartlepool on Remembrance Sunday.

Watch as Hartlepool shows its appreciation during Remembrance Sunday parade

Paddy Brown with young helpers, nine-year-old twins Liam and Shaun Horton, planting the field of crosses in Victory Square, Hartlepool, on Saturday.

Volunteers plant field of poppies around war memorial

Mascots H’Angus and Alice Mouse with, from left, Pools manager Dave Challiner, and Alice House fundraisers Janice Forbes and Julie Hildreth

Hartlepool United aim to net cash for town's Alice House Hospice

Dedicated poppy volunteer, the late Ian Cameron.

Legacy of late Hartlepool Poppy Appeal leader lives on

Volunteer members of Hartlepool's new FoodCycle project which is held weekly at Owton Manor.

New project aims to nourish community

RNLI volunteers in Hartlepool were called out to assist the stricken 80 ton fishing vessel which had suffered a mechanical failure. Photo: RNLI/Tom Collins.

Hartlepool RNLI volunteers tow 80 ton fishing boat to safety

The manager of the PDSA store in Peterlee, Susan Curry, is appealing for more clothes and furniture.

Animal charity shop's appeal to help sick and injured pets

Hartlepool Coastguard volunteers were called to Blast Beach in Seaham after receiving reports that possible ordnance had been discovered. Photos: Hartlepool Coastguard.

Coastguard teams called to a Seaham beach after possible ordnance was discovered

The NHS is calling for more steward volunteers to help at vaccination centres across the North East.

Calls for more volunteers to help across Covid vaccination centres

Volunteers from Hartlepool RNLI were called out to assist with a sailor who was suffering from breathing difficulties on a cargo ship. Photo: Hartlepool RNLI/Robbie Maiden.

Hartlepool RNLI assist a sailor suffering from breathing difficulties