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This week is Volunteers Week (1st - 7th June) and we are taking the opportunity to thank all our volunteers and friends of members at The Recovery College and in our communities. We appreciate everything you have supported us in from co-facilitating in sessions, to volunteering your time in the Moodle group and so much more. Thank you to the member...

At the Recovery College volunteers play a huge part in shaping courses, providing feedback and bringing their lived experience to inform the College's policies and approaches. Today we are speaking to Darren Williams! 1) What is your job role? I'm Darren, 33 and a volunteer at the recovery college since 2021, and I help facilitate the Men's Wellbei...

Volunteer Responders is a national, flexible volunteering programme supporting health and care in England. Originally set up during the pandemic, 400,000 'on duty' volunteers delivered over 2.2 million tasks between them. The programme is now being redesigned - reflecting feedback and learning from the pandemic and working closely with health and c...