Volunteering News & Updates
- 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.
His Majesty King Charles III visited a new UK-wide voluntary initiative encouraging businesses to promote green practices.
Birmingham City University (BCU) and Birmingham Botanical Gardens (BBG) will work together to provide even more opportunities for children and young people across the city after deciding to renew their partnership.