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Big V, a sanctuary in France that cares for more than 160 rescued animals, is in urgent need of donations and volunteers if it is to survive

A 90-year-old Briton has raised nearly €5,500 for charity funds for his local Anglican church in France by completing a sponsored walk around his house and garden.

Europe’s first “retirement home” for zoo and circus elephants is now ready – and waiting to welcome its first residents.

After-effects of the Covid-19 lockdown have left English-based charity in northern France, Care4Calais, in urgent need of donations and volunteers.

Connexion readers have been getting involved in or launching initiatives to make life better for others during the confinement period, as Jane Hanks discovers

A weekly literary treat open to all during the confinement period has been set up by the organisers of an acclaimed annual Franco-British literary festival.

A reader in the Gers has won praise from local French media for starting a free delivery service for people who cannot get out to the shops during the confinement period and is looking for volunteers to widen the area the service can help in.