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School children set to take part in festive fundraiser to support West Yorkshire’s homeless

School children across Bradford and Leeds are invited to take part in a Christmas-inspired fundraising event to raise funds for local homelessness charity, Simon on the Streets.

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Digital skills boost for Manchester’s disadvantaged communities

More than 2,000 people from Greater Manchester’s most disadvantaged communities have benefitted from the charity Mustard Tree’s digital skills programme, thanks to grants totalling £89,465 from The Access Foundation. In the last year, the project has provided digital equipment, software, support and skills training to people who have become digitally excluded and unable to access […]

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Categories CommunityRecentSocietySport

Community unites to help save local football club

More than 1,500 football fans united to stage a protest march in a bid to save their football club from going out of existence. Reading FC fans took the streets of the town centre and walked in unison the two and a half miles to their football stadium, ahead a league match against Portsmouth FC. […]

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Categories EnvironmentRecent

Midlands schools’ zero-carbon boost

The Midlands is set to lead the way in sustainability thanks to the arrival of a new Climate Action Advisor team. The Let’s Go Zero campaign, which unites UK schools working to be zero carbon, has recruited  talented six climate action advisors to lead the regions’ schools in creating and embedding zero- carbon practises. This will […]

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University honours inspirational mum for work supporting bereaved parents

A determined mum who turned the heart-breaking experience of losing a child into a charity helping bereaved parents is being recognised with an Honorary Doctorate from Coventry University.

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Cambridgeshire chocolatier secures major investment

Chocolate company Harry Specters has received £243,451 in funding from The Growth Impact Fund. The award winning chocolatier provides paid employment, work experience and training opportunities for young autistic people. Founded by Mona and Shaz in 2011 as a means of supporting their autistic son, the company now employs 12 Neurodiverse individuals and has provided […]

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Categories Health & Social Care

International prize to develop new technologies to help people living with dementia 

The £4.34m Longitude Prize on Dementia, funded by Alzheimer’s Society and Innovate UK, is incentivising the development of breakthrough assistive technologies for people living with dementia.   24 international teams, supported by a partnership of Challenge Works, a global leader in the design and delivery of challenge prizes mobilising innovation for social good, and the social […]

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Categories CommunityEnvironmentRecentSociety

New £300,000 “Nature Hubs” grant fund launched

Local community groups across the country are being urged to apply for a grant of up to £6,000 to help enhance or create a green space.

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Dear Santa Christmas appeal launched to share love this Christmas

Embrace’s Dear Santa Christmas Toy Appeal aims to make a difference in the lives of children and families who have been through traumatic experiences due to the crimes of others, and who are facing financial difficulties at Christmas. 

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Categories EducationHealth & Social CareReal VoicesRecent

Real voices: Life with psychosis, an art project

This is a guest article by Marcus Gordon.

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