Volunteers Week begins this Thursday, (1 June), and this year we’re celebrating the best of the borough. Hounslow has a thriving Voluntary and Community sector, which is further bolstered by a quiet army of volunteers.
If you’d like to find out about opportunities click here.
You may even want to nominate a volunteer to be a community star. If so, click here.
If you need further inspiration read Effat’s story below:
The Liberal Democrats have urged the Prime Minister to stop the abolition of independent bodies in health and social care to ensure that modernising the NHS does not come at the expense of accountability, transparency or patient safety.
Smoking causes 75,000 deaths a year, making it the biggest cause of preventable illness and death. In 2022 16.3% of adults in Hounslow were recorded as smoking. Today, smoking remains the main cause of preventable illness and premature death in our borough.