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Our volunteers come from all walks of life. Find out more about the amazing ways they help their communities as Red Cross volunteers.

As a Red Cross volunteer, you could help us to provide our services, from first aid and fundraising to emergency response or staffing a charity shop.

Become a volunteer for our emergency response, first aid or fire and emergency support service.

Volunteer for our medical equipment service, care in the home service, transport service, therapeutic care service, or skin camouflage service.

Volunteer for our refugee services or our international tracing and message service, putting families back in contact after a war or disaster.

Volunteer at one of our charity shops or fundraise for us to help us be ready to respond to any crisis. You can also volunteer in one of our offices or through your company.

We have internships, work experience and other volunteering opportunities, including peer education and awards for volunteers aged 15 to 25.

Find out about Red Cross charity shops across the UK. Shop with a clear conscience because the money you spend funds our life-saving work.

Recycle your unwanted clothes, books, multimedia and household items by donating them to a Red Cross charity shop. All profits fund the work of the Red Cross.

How British Red Cross charity shops enable us to help vulnerable people in crisis.

Did you know you can volunteer in a Red Cross charity shop in England and gain a National Vocational Qualification in retail (retail NVQ) at the same time?

Find out what an incredible difference you could make by organising your own event and raising money for the British Red Cross.

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We offer an extensive programme of adrenaline charity challenges. Whatever your ability or level of fitness, we’ll have a challenge designed to push you to your personal limit.

Dance for Life is a youth dance competition in south-east England that raises money for the British Red Cross.

Many people find their Red Cross global charity challenge a life-changing challenge. You will see sides of a new country that most visitors never get close to.

Every year we run a celebrity-packed programme of balls, concerts and exhibitions all over the UK.

Open Gardens offers a rare opportunity to explore the secrets of hidden and private gardens not usually open to the public.

Our year-round programme of running has something to suit everyone. It includes the UK's biggest and best marathons, half marathons and 10k runs.

To support the Red Cross, you don’t have to jump out of a plane or run 26 miles.

Red Cross team events offer something a little different. We give you the chance to bring together a group of friends or work colleagues to fundraise together – and to really challenge yourselves.

A chance to set your own pace. Our charity walks allow you to enjoy some of the most beautiful parts of the UK.

Find out when the major British Red Cross fundraising and challenge events are taking place during 2009.

Find out about the many ways you can support the Red Cross this Christmas – and getting fantastic presents and cards for your loved ones too.

Even just a few pounds allows the British Red Cross to make a difference to vulnerable people in crisis.

Recycle your old Lexmark, Hewlett Packard, or Dell printer cartridges and raise money for the British Red Cross.

Recycle mobile phones and help the British Red Cross be there when the call comes

If you have a jar of coins at home, bring it to your local supermarket!

A number of other websites allow you to show your support for the British Red Cross, by connecting with other supporters, donating or just using the internet.

118 499 is a great new directory enquiries service that generates money for the British Red Cross and Barnardo's every time a customer uses it.

Red Cross Appeal Week is an annual fundraising campaign when Red Cross staff and volunteers hold events and collect money throughout the week in May.

Are you addicted to crosswords, Sudoku or other puzzles? If so, you can now raise money for the British Red Cross while testing yourself with the latest brain-teasers.

Details of Power of humanity, our partnership with Girl Guides and Girlguiding UK. If you're a girl guide, find out more about our part of the 'changing the world' campaign.

Listen to our bi-weekly podcast and hear incredible stories of our volunteers, staff and the people we're helping in the UK and across the world.

Read our blogs and find out all about our work in the UK and around the world.

Want to find out about our latest news, events, photos and videos? Join us on social networking sites and you'll be one of the first to know what's going on.

Watch our latest videos and see some of our best photographs on our video and photo channels.

The British Red Cross helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are. We are part of a global voluntary network, responding to conflicts, natural disasters and individual emergencies.

Details of our current corporate partners.

The British Red Cross responds immediately to major emergencies both at home and overseas. From fires and floods in the UK to earthquakes and conflict around the world, we help people to cope in crisis situations.

Your donation could make a real difference to people’s lives.

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