Volunteers up and down the country are playing a key role in the nation’s coronavirus response, supporting many vulnerable individuals. In London, a number of community reserve volunteers (CRVs) have been deployed to help a range of charitable initiatives including…
British Red Cross community reserve volunteers (CRVs) are part of a network of people who declare themselves ready to help in an emergency in their local area. In March, FareShare called for more funding, food and volunteers to help it…
The British Red Cross has been overwhelmed by the kindness shown by so many people in the UK who are signed up as community reserve volunteers (CRVs) to support their local area during the coronavirus outbreak. One of the many…
During times of uncertainty, it can be quite easy to become anxious or feel isolated. As Community Reserve Volunteers, being deployed at times of crisis provides essential help to local communities but that’s not the only way they can support.
When a fire broke out in a six-storey block of flats in De Pass Gardens, Barking, in June 2019, Russell was deployed as a community reserve volunteer alongside the British Red Cross response. “It happened just over a mile from…
On November 1st, ten community reserve volunteers from Leicester and Nottingham helped the British Red Cross demonstrate to existing and potential partners how we could support during a major water shortage. The simulation was organised with the help of Severn…
On Monday 30th April a group of community reserve volunteers worked alongside specialist British Red Cross emergency response volunteers and Hackney local authority in a pretend exercise that would strike fear into the heart of any London commuter: heavy snow…
A new report published by the British Red Cross and Aviva shows that the majority of people in the UK want to help if disaster strikes in their community but would not know what to do. The report, ‘When Crisis…
British Red Cross community reserve volunteers were deployed for the first time on Monday 19th March to help set up camp beds for evacuated residents after a major gas leak in Croydon. Red Cross emergency response volunteers and staff had…
If an emergency happened in your community, would you want to help? Seventeen community reserve volunteers from across Cornwall proved that anyone can help in a crisis after taking part in an emergency flood simulation in Portreath on Saturday 10…