More volunteers are needed to protect the canal network which has been "battered" by storms and floods, a charity has said.

Volunteers involved in a wide range of conservation programmes are being heralded as key to ensuring plans to place North Yorkshire at the forefront of the fight against climate change become a ...

A volunteering programme is looking for new members to support arts and heritage events in their region. Hull and East Yorkshire HEY! is known for its blue-coated volunteers, who greeted visitors to ...

Community groups across Yorkshire which have received The King's Award for Voluntary Service have shared their thanks for the volunteers who support them. Thirsk and Sowerby Harriers (TaSH), Friends ...

An 83-year-old who has voluntarily provided more than 600 hours of care to bereaved prisoners is among those from East ...

Yorkshire Cancer Research is celebrating its volunteers to mark Volunteers Week (June 2 - 6). Over the past year, volunteers at the charity have contributed 27,000 hours to help fund research and ...

There can be few activities more soothing for the soul than a trip down one of Yorkshire’s waterways on a canal boat. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, you can get access to ...

Employees from Yorkshire chemistry company Lubrizol put their backs into weeding for the day as they worked with a charity helping conserve a Huddersfield river for all to enjoy. Did you know with a ...

Rescuers from North Yorkshire were among more than 100 volunteers who spent 36 hours saving cavers stranded underground. The rescue of three men began on Thursday at around 9pm, and only finished at ...

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