Month: May 2024

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Multi-award-winning Yorkshire businesswoman set to launch mental health organisation.

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The founder of successful PR agency, MacComms has announced details of the upcoming launch of her second business, HelloHope. Ellie MacDonald from Leeds has trained as a mental health and suicide prevention instructor trainer and is launching her Community Interest Company, HelloHope at a special event on 23rd May. Having battled mental health issues and experienced […]

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‘Remember Me Roses’ to bloom at Cardiff castle this summer

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Cardiff charity City Hospice’s popular, award-winning Forever Flowers campaign will return to Cardiff Castle for a fourth consecutive year this summer. Supporters are invited to purchase a limited edition ‘Remember Me Rose’ to remember and celebrate the lives of family members, friends and colleagues. This year’s choice of flower symbolises love, affection and respect, while […]

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National Lottery Funds Manchester Life Skills Cooking Project

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Manchester faces challenges with food security, with a significant proportion of households struggling to put food on the table. Thanks to the National Lottery Community Fund, the Vegetarian Society Cookery School in Manchester will be delivering essential life skills cooking sessions to clients from two community organisations. This funding will enable the Vegetarian Society Cookery […]

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Bristol mathematician scoops top prize at ‘Oscars of Science’ in Los Angeles

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A Bristol based mathematician has won an international ‘Breakthrough’ award in recognition of her pioneering research. Tennis superstar Venus Williams and actress Zoe Saldaña presented Dr Laura Monk, a Lecturer in Mathematics at the University of Bristol, with one of the 2024 Breakthrough Prizes, dubbed the ‘Oscars of Science’ at the glittering awards ceremony in […]

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Theatre Company For Learning Disabled Actors Celebrates 40th Anniversary

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A theatre company for actors and theatre makers with a learning disability and autism is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Lung Ha is an Edinburgh-based theatre company which produces award-winning productions, supporting a 25-strong Ensemble to develop their practice and remove barriers to participation into the arts. The celebrations will include the company performing An Unexpected […]

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Epic Atlantic rowing challenge raises more than £150,000 for charity

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A turkey farmer from the Midlands has helped raise more than £150,000 for charity after rowing 3,200 miles across the Atlantic Ocean. Rod Adlington and his Brightsides crew completed the epic trans-Atlantic crossing in aid of the Get A-Head Charitable Trust, which supports people with head and neck disease, and Meningitis Now, the UK’s leading […]

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New animated series to air during Hedgehog Awareness Week

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A new animated series on hedgehogs voiced by conservationist Chris Packham is launching this week, coinciding with Hedgehog Awareness Week. The Littlest Hoglet is a stop-motion animated series about British hedgehogs and the dangers they face in our modern, urbanised world. Each of the five episodes, voiced by Chris Packham, and created by Liquona, features […]

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Learning disabled adults shape charity direction

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Hft tackles adult social care challenges head on with a new long-term strategy in partnership with learning disabled adults

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Brighton community pub The Bevy launches magic money tree campaign

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‘Help us thrive rather than just survive’ was the message at the Bevy Pub’s Annual General Meeting as they launched their crowdfunding campaign. The Bevy in Moulsecoomb is Brighton’s only community owned pub, offering a lifeline to many local people, but has been on the brink of closure. Having just about stabilised, they have now […]

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Age is just a number as 81-year-old completes 81-mile hike

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David Levin, a tenant at Bield Housing and Care’s Dean Court in Bo’ness, took on the Scottish elements in support of Calum’s Cabin.

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