Overview
- Local Salvation Army centres in Barrow and Birkenhead publicly thanked their volunteers during Volunteers’ Week, which began on Monday.
- Leaders credited volunteers with running core services such as charity shops, community cafés, lunch clubs, friendship groups and seasonal appeals that connect vulnerable residents to support.
- The Birkenhead branch reported more than 20 volunteers helping its programmes, while Barrow leaders highlighted volunteer teams at their Abbey Road centre.
- Both branches linked growing demand for help to high household bills and rising food costs and described volunteers as essential to meeting that extra need.
- The Salvation Army is an international charity with a long history and a large UK network, and both branches invited people to find out how to volunteer or donate via their local websites.