The Medical Research Council has funded a £900,000 research project led by the University of Reading into the link between diet and genetic make-up. The research will be based on young adults living in Peru.Read More »

The Charity Film Awards, has announced the finalists for 2019, recognising the very best charity films within the UK.Read More »

The School for Social Entrepreneurs is urging social businesses to apply by 27th March to benefit from learning and support packageRead More »

Older people are campaigning to save their free TV licences because so many of them have a disability or very little moneyRead More »

Edinburgh Royal Infirmary played host to an emotional and wellbeing pop-up event for carers last month and is hosting a second one on Thursday 21st March.Read More »

A new £90,000 fund has been launched to help Scottish businesses capitalise on the space industry by giving them access to some of the country's top academic experts in this field.Read More »

GB Paralympian Stef Reid has taken time out of training for Tokyo 2020 to help encourage and mentor leprosy patients in Nepal.Read More »

Women around the world are today celebrating female achievements as part of the annual International Women's Day.Read More »

Sal’s Shoes is calling on schools to get involved in its 'Toe to Toe' campaign so more children living overseas can go to schoolRead More »

Social enterprise Foodinate has partnered with clothing line Feed Apparel to provide hot meals to people in need in the capitalRead More »

Sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust has appointed three leading campaigners to its Board of Trustees. The charity has said that the appointments will support its vision to end HIV transmissions, enable people to live well with HIV and ensure good sexual health is available to all.Read More »

Snow-Camp, the UK’s only charity using snowsports to change the lives of inner-city youth, has announced the launch of their new Mental Health Programme, Uplift.Read More »

The anti-fraud sector is benefiting from a cash injection to develop Artificial Intelligence technologies.Read More »

Royal Life Saving Society UK campaign urges more people to #BeaLifesaverRead More »

Rolls-Royce to provide free sanitary products in toilets across its operations in 50 countries.Read More »

London-based charity the Wimbledon Foundation has launched a £65,000 fund to help improve people's health and wellbeing. The scheme closes on 1 March and is open to any groups or clubs in the boroughs of Merton and Wandsworth.Read More »

The Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha Foundation will make its first major donations under its new name this spring, to coincide with the late Leicester City Chairman’s forthcoming birthday.Read More »

Devon Air Ambulance assisted over 1,100 patients in 2018 it's busiest year since its conception in 1991.Read More »

Actor George Rainsford becomes an ambassador for KidscapeRead More »

A social enterprise housing association has built 16 new affordable homes for local families in Littleport, Cambs.Read More »

A campaign led Universities UK has called on the government to support British students who may miss out on the opportunity to study abroad in the event of a no Brexit deal next month. The campaign is being backed by universities throughout the UK.Read More »

Children of all ages are getting their hats on to help find a cure for a devastating disease which has touched their lives. The stars of this year’s Wear A Hat Day campaign for the Brain Tumour Research charity have all either been bereaved by a brain tumour, are living …Read More »

Business Secretary Greg Clark has announced new investment into cyber security to protect businesses and protect consumers.Read More »

The union said the new contract would allow staff to prove a continuous source of income, which is important for securing a mortgage or when renting.Read More »

Organisations are encouraged to bid for the Waitrose grants by 24th FebruaryRead More »

Charity started by former school teacher to support children close to expulsion has been named charity of the year by the South of England Agricultural Society.Read More »

Scottish football club Hibernian FC have become one of the first professional clubs to help tackle period poverty for fans and its community. The club has partnered with Hey Girls, a Dunbar-based social enterprise company set up to tackle period poverty, to provide free products for fans at Easter Road.Read More »

The National Lottery Heritage Fund has announced more than £1bn funding over the next five years.Read More »

Young people can earn credits towards expeditions abroad by volunteering at homeRead More »

Hermes’ self-employed couriers can have holiday pay and guaranteed earningsRead More »

A new café run by students at Plymouth University has opened, which aims to support student mental wellbeing on university campus.Read More »

Leprosy is not a disease of Biblical times, it is a modern blight on humanity that does not need to exist today, according to a leading UK charity. Read More »

Start-ups get the chance to advance their businesses following the return of the Accelerator Programme. The Accelerator Programme offers GeoTech and PropTech start-ups the opportunity to mentoring, a grant of £10,000 for six months, with the opportunity for another £10,000 afterwards and 12 month’s free desk space at the Geovation …Read More »

International development charity, Transaid are set to deliver a new bicycle ambulance to Zambia which will help young children access malaria medicines. Read More »

Health Services in Bristol to be subcontracted to voluntary and community-run organisationsRead More »

Teams of researchers in the UK are being funded by the UK government to work more closely with their international counterparts to help tackle of the world's biggest challenges. The challenges include plastic pollution, dementia and antibiotic resistance.Read More »

Campaigners are marking twenty years of success in saving the sight of millions of people in Ethiopia. Over the past two decades, Orbis has supported local campaigners and the government in delivering improvements in eye care which has saved the sight of millions of people.Read More »

Social change charity Good Things Foundation has helped over 1 million people to gain the digital skills they need for life and work.Read More »

The £1.1 million investment from the Big Lottery Fund, will allow the project to take ‘nothing about us without us’ to a whole new level.Read More »

We Are Not Saints launches debut single of Brighton musician @JimTrickster on Friday 25th January, with cast made up of people in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction.Read More »

A charity has launched an app which aims to list which public places and transport links in the UK and Europe are accessible to the disabled and the elderly. See Around Britain is seeking sponsorship to help develop the project further and is encouraging the public to help build the …Read More »

A new project has had a huge impact in tackling obesity in South East England according to initial research.Read More »

The illegal drugs market is constantly evolving with new synthetic drugs hitting the market on a daily basis.  To help the management of drug misuse the NHS and a charity partner came together to host the UK's first Novel Drug Trends conference.Read More »

HandsetExpert to donate 10% of January sales to Phone Credit for Refugees to help asylum seekers keep in contact with their loved ones. Read More »

The Charity Film Awards, recognising the very best films and videos that have been created by UK charities, has announced the shortlist from the public voting round.Read More »

A British medical charity has launched a series of health challenges in 2019 designed to support healthy lifestyles and to help raise money for charity. The charity will also be providing health education classes to deprived areas in East London.Read More »

A special one-day conference will attempt to turn the most depressing day of the year, into the most inspiring.Read More »

Mental health charity, The Cogwheel Trust is aiming to help more families in Cambridge who are suffering from mental ill health. In 2018 The Cogwheel Trust provided over 5,000 hours of counselling and since it was founded in 1988 has supported  26,000 people with 90,000 hours of support. Read More »

The UK Safer Internet Centre (UKSIC) has received welcome confirmation that its application to the EU Connecting Europe Facility fund has been successful. A grant of almost €2.5m will help keep children and young people safe online.Read More »

Equity is seeking to change the audition process, and ensure good practice principles are adopted which ensure that casting is fairer, clearer, less stressful and more inclusive for all. To help make that happen, they have created the Manifesto for Casting.Read More »

International charity Action Against Hunger has condemned the use of tactics targeting food supplies in war zones. The charity has called on leading countries to improve governance and has urged people to take to social media in selfie campaign.Read More »

A unique charity has teamed up with an award winning hotel chain to help inner city kids gain vital life skills - through snowsports.Read More »

As dry January sweeps across the UK, an alcohol and drug safety expert is calling on  Government and employers to install alcohol interlock devices to help save lives.Read More »

Converting homes and businesses to run on hydrogen rather than natural gas could help substantially reduce the UK’s carbon emissions, create thousands of new jobs and provide a much welcome boost to the economy.Read More »

HMPasties, a not-for-profit social enterprise which aims to reduce re-offending by employing people with criminal convictions to produce baked goods, wins Heart of Salford Award for Social Enterprise.Read More »

A study by comparethemarket.com has revealed the top 20 most generous philanthropists around the world. The study also looks at how much the top donates compared to the average person.Read More »

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Apprenticeships from across England were celebrated at the 2018 National Apprenticeship Awards.Read More »

Unions 21 has launched a new drive to uncover if staff and employers can work with each other to build better businesses and happier workplaces.Read More »

Thousands of swimmers expected to take part in the annual Boxing Day Dip. Read More »

Loughborough University campaign aims to tackle loneliness over Christmas and New Year with a range of initiatives and new pieces of research.Read More »

Local councillors from across Scotland have been celebrated at a new awards ceremony hosted in Edinburgh City Chambers.Read More »

One hundred pubs across the country will host lunches for nearly 2,000 socially isolated and vulnerable people. Participating pubs will put on a three-course Christmas meal for people who are experiencing loneliness and social isolation in their communities.Read More »

Children’s charity Sal’s Shoes counted its one millionth pair of shoes and delivered them to South Africa, where they began a new life on the feet of three year old Tumelo. Up to then, Tumelo had been wearing shoes with holes in both soles, leaving him open to infection and …Read More »

East London hospice hosts Christmas party for 100 life-limited children and their familiesRead More »

Campaigners in Northumberland have called for communities to get behind a drive to save vital services that prevent domestic violence and help victims.Read More »

Families and vision impairment organisations across England have united to fight Government cuts that could affect the futures of children with vision impairment.Read More »

Last week 'A Place to Call Home' reception at the House of Lords highlighted how 320,000 people experience homelessness in England in particular the London Borough of Newham where 1 in every 24 people do not have a home.Read More »

Over 20 MPs made a commitment to improve working conditions for social workers at an event held in the House of Commons.Read More »

Social enterprises and small businesses offering feel good Christmas gifts with a charitable angleRead More »

A new campaign has been launched to celebrate the transformational impact of the work undertaken by academics in UK universities.Read More »

Environmental heroes who have spent the past year working hard with TCV, the community volunteering charity, had their efforts celebrated in an annual awards ceremony.Read More »

Members of the public have until Friday 14th December to vote for their favourite charity video as part of the first stage of judging for Charity Film Awards.Read More »

A new scheme designed to end loneliness has launched in Braintree, Essex. Meet Up Mondays will see local cafes, restaurants and pubs offer free toast and a cuppa at set times to people who are isolated or fed up with their own company, giving them a chance to meet others and …Read More »

Fire Tones release their version of Band Aid’s Do they know it’s Christmas? to raise money for charity.Read More »

Ethical online marketplace Blue Patch is energising a Shoreditch high street for just one week, with the launch of the UK’s very first Sustainable Department Store.Read More »

New report from UNESCO praises the efforts of countries to provide education for refugee and migrant schoolchildren.Read More »

The winners of the annual UK Social Enterprise Awards have been announced by Social Enterprise UK (SEUK).Read More »

New song to celebrate fifty years since the first Christingle event and help support neglected young people in the UK.Read More »

University and College Union's (UCU) Disabled Members held a day of action to highlight the challenges and barriers faced by disabled people in education. The day marked the start of Disability History Month 2018 and campaigners went to Westminster to call for action on key issues affecting staff and students …Read More »

Social Enterprise UK and Ethical Consumer launch Christmas Gift GuidesRead More »

Research techniques pioneered by British university aim to help bring peace to former war torn regions in Colombia.Read More »

Disabled people in Warwickshire were delighted to receive five saplings as part of the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy - a network of 50,000 trees being planted in communities across the UK.Read More »

A church in North London has packaged up 549 Christmas shoebox hampers for families in need. Boxes will go to families in Romania, Moldova, Ukraine and Bulgaria and will be delivered just before Christmas.Read More »

Premature baby charity, 'The Smallest Things' has called on employers to sign up to their Charter to become an 'Employer with Heart'Read More »

Pupils at five schools held an event to launch their Big Lottery funded ‘Green Kids and Communities’ programme.Read More »

A new poll has revealed that the British public thinks positively about its universities and still sees the benefits of a degree.Read More »

Members of the public are invited to vote for their favourite charity video as part of the first stage of judging for Charity Film Awards.Read More »

Hundreds of young people are to benefit from funds raised in memory of Matt Campbell who died 3.7 miles before the finish line of the 2018 London Marathon.Read More »

An arts charity has been celebrating a campaign this week which saw arts venues in England put on special captioned and subtitled performances for those hard of hearing and deaf.Read More »

Trustees Unlimited is calling on UK employers to embrace corporate trustee programmes to help develop their employees' skills.Read More »

Unite the Union has launched a ‘period dignity’ campaign calling on employers to provide free sanitary products in workplace toilets.Read More »

Social Enterprise Awards Scotland recognise innovation and success in social enterprise.Read More »

University research gives access to astronomy to thousands of visually impaired schoolchildren in UK.Read More »

Almost 40,000 took part in a recent drive to improve understanding of meningitis and septicaemia among the public and health professionals.Read More »

Tomorrow’s Engineers Week has come to a close following a record-breaking week of activity.Read More »

Unemployment for students graduating from British universities at its lowest level in nearly 40 years.Read More »

A Newcastle family will not be forced to move back to Australia to stay together after the Home Office reversed its earlier decision to deny the father a visa.Read More »

Award winning venue @UnionChapelUK has received funding to turn old Sunday School Hall into arts and culture space.Read More »

Campaigners are taking action to ensure basic freedoms of speech are upheld at an event in Edinburgh.Read More »

Otters, oceans and a mental health app are the stars of a new campaign to help parents recommend jobs that make a positive difference to the world. Read More »

Funding will be available from April 2019 to find the next Peppa Pig, Byker Grove and Grange Hill of UK kids TV productions.Read More »

Soup sales and sky diving are among the ways Macmillan Cancer Support will raise money from a partnership with Baxters Food Group.Read More »

Isle of Wight charity reuses 180 tonnes of furniture.Read More »

New £90m building for Glasgow Uni students to be named in honour of former slave and abolitionist.Read More »

Diabetes patients across the UK have seen their ‘Fight for Flash’ ensure life-changing technology is available in many parts of the country. Read More »

A unique 'Human Lending Library' has opened to allow social enterprises to borrow skills and advice from experts.Read More »

Cleaners, catering staff, porters and security staff providing vital services to hospitals in Bolton will get their rightful pay after taking strike action.Read More »

CLIC Sargent and Societe Generale have launched a new education and employment grant for young cancer patients worth up to £5,000. Read More »

Ground-breaking research led by the University of Manchester could deliver an early diagnosis for people with Parkinson’s disease.Read More »

An army of more than 175,000 have joined a campaign to call on teacher training to feature suicide awareness. Led by Ben West, who lost his 15-year-old brother to suicide in January 2018, tens of thousands have called on education ministers across the UK to train teachers in mental health …Read More »

GPs in England can now prescribe social activities in a bid to combat loneliness.Read More »

Charity shops across the UK have joined forces to launch the ‘Dress to Impress for £10’ initiative and will provide careers advice on what to wear at interviews.Read More »

A project launched in Wolverhampton to tackle period poverty has reached 11,000 people in its first month.Read More »

Schools are set to encourage students to become "engineers on a mission" in an event on 7 November 2018.Read More »

A mum has won her fight to change school menus as vegans call for better plant-based food options in schools and hospitals.Read More »

Support Social Saturday this weekend buy Buying Social and finding your nearest social enterprise.Read More »

World Mental Health Day sees appointment of Suicide Prevention Minister, activity to improve mental health and raise awareness of issues.Read More »

The Royal British Legion is calling on people to say ‘Thank You’ to all who served during the First World War.Read More »

Charity calls on policy-makers to support more music therapy to help tackle addiction and improve people's health.Read More »

Gloucestershire students' events raise awareness of poverty and climate change as part of UN Sustainable Development Goals drive.Read More »

Over 350 people signed in to take part in a world record attempt for the largest tactile signing lesson.Read More »

A report has called for an end to downsizing and for more "rightsizing" housing options for older people.Read More »

Fair Tips campaign claims victory for waiting staff, but urges consumers to stay vigilant for high street tips scam.Read More »

Women are being given a boost to get back into the workplace through increased training, refresher skills and work placements for parents & carers.Read More »

Find out how a university student has designed a new prosthetic breast to help women after having a mastectomy.Read More »

With disabled children in many African countries facing stigma and isolation, 750 disabled students in Zambia will have the chance to join more than 33,000 others who have benefited from a charity's work across Africa and Asia.Read More »

A drive to reduce electronic waste will see Brighton citizens donate their old phones and laptops for reuse by local charities.Read More »

Drastic action has led campaigners to force Wetherspoon's pubs to improve pay and conditions for younger workers.Read More »

Social enterprise claims a new app can help dementia patients save memories and share them with carers and families.Read More »

Find out the new way scientists hope to tackle the plastic filled oceansRead More »

A football charity is among the first to benefit from a new scheme that allows lottery players to boost their chances of winning and increase the amount of money their punt pays out to small charities.Read More »

The first ever pollution-free car summit has kick-started a drive which could improve the environment and create hundreds of jobs in the UK.Read More »

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Students make a difference to amputees with low-cost, 3D printed, robot prosthetic limbRead More »

Traditional models of business are out of step with what younger generations want and social enterprises are set to take their place.Read More »

Prisoners are being encouraged to become entrepreneurs in a bid to slash the cost of re-offending across the UK.Read More »

40,000 beanies and blankets have been handed out by generous fashion-concious customers to help homeless.Read More »

The Rooftop launches to feature uplifting charity and campaigner news.Read More »

64% of social enterprise leaders are women in Scotland, compared to filling 4% of leadership positions in regular firms.Read More »

A new project will give young people the chance to have more mental health support in London.Read More »

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