Volunteering News & Updates
Hundreds of young people have been gaining hands-on experience of healthcare while helping to improve the experience of patients at hospitals across Sandwell and West Birmingham.
- 11th August 2026
A team of Mills & Reeve volunteers swapped the city for the countryside as part of the law firm’s long-term biodiversity partnership with Small Woods Association.
- 6th August 2026
Nuneaton station has been given a summer makeover with a new collection of vibrant floral displays, thanks to London Northwestern Railway (LNR) volunteers.
A new polytunnel has been installed at Moseley Hall Hospital to help provide space for patients, staff and visitors to enjoy the outdoors and grow plants and vegetables on site.
- 10th July 2026
The region's biggest fundraising drive to attract millions of pounds into a wide variety of nature projects has been launched.
The Canal and River Trust is continuing its programme of weed removal along the Bradley Arm Canal.
- 11th June 2026
Applications are now open to join the Chelmsley Wood Neighbourhood Board with space for up to ten volunteers who can help transform the local community.
A mobility charity operating in Birmingham is encouraging people to step up and be a trustee during this National Volunteers’ Week.
A charity team that has been helping to boost the creativity, health and life-saving skills of primary schoolchildren were awarded the King’s Award by his Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of the West Midlands Derrick Anderson CBE.
Birmingham events specialists OPUS have joined forces with the city’s Botanical Gardens to encourage families to reconnect with nature in a new year-long initiative.