Volunteering Academy

What an amazing job the volunteers from do. A fabulous morning cleaning the beach from South Gare to Majuba, look at all that rubbish! Thank you for all your hard work

put on a lovely spread to thank their volunteers this
Ruth added to the celebration with some lovely gift boxes as an extra thank you.

Ruth popped into Teesside university today to meet their volunteers at their Crochet for a Cause session. Lots of lovely creativity going on.

If you missed Ruth on the radio this morning, catch the discussion here from 18 minutes onwards.

Gary Philipson - Jericho Keys sits in (04/06/2026) - BBC Sounds Jericho brings you great music, information and advice, and mid-morning updates.

🚨 VOLUNTEER DROP-IN 🚨

The new Volunteer Drop-In event is back for June.

Due to the success of our first informal style volunteer drop-in event held in April, we will be opening the doors once again for future volunteers to join us and chat about all things volunteering 🙌

The Drop-In event is for anyone to attend, whether it’s a catch up over a cuppa with the VA team you’re after, a chance to meet and have time to really talk with the organisations in attendance or to find something completely new then this is your perfect chance 👌

Full details of the event are listed below and if you have any questions please do not hesitate to get in touch via email 👇

📧 [email protected]

EVENT DETAILS:

🏠 2B Creative Health, Hill Street Centre (near The Works)
⏰ 10:30am - 12:30pm
📆 Wednesday 24th June 2026
☕️ FREE refreshments
💬 opportunity to speak to the VA Team, search for opportunities or meet the selected bunch of organisation who will be joining us on the day 😃

Together with the organisations attending, Teesside Hospice, MCR Pathways North East England and Tees Valley Together CIO we welcome you all and look forward to seeing you at the event ❤️💙

Ruth is on this morning talking to Jericho about all things volunteering as part of . Why not have a listen and if you think volunteering is for you, drop us a line at [email protected]. Let's get your journey started.

Here at the VA we do lots of work supporting volunteers and voluntary organisations to make links with bigger organisations such as the NHS.

NHS and social care volunteers play a vital role in supporting patients and staff — and they are always looking for more compassionate people to join them.

Whatever time you can spare, there is a role for you. Find out how to get involved on the NHS Volunteer Portal: NHS Volunteering - Homepage https://volunteering.england.nhs.uk/volunteer

A lovely group, completely volunteer led. Pop along and support them.

Did you see Ruth at the volunteer fayre in Guisborough today? Remember its there's still time to get involved.