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Trailblazing tech programme inspires young women across the West Midlands

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A leading ESG specialist has teamed up with female role models in tech and innovation to showcase the sector to young women across the West Midlands, ahead of their choosing their GCSE options. The aim of Girl Tech West Midlands is to provide them with the awareness and connections to pursue a career in the […]

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Categories EnvironmentHealth & Social CareRecent

Baron’s Haugh Nature Reserve first in the UK to have a solar and wind-powered defib cabinet

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St John Scotland, in partnership with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), have installed a pioneering Public Access Defibrillator (PAD) at the RSPB Baron’s Haugh Nature Reserve in Motherwell. This significant development marks the first solar and wind-powered PAD installation in Scotland and in a UK nature reserve, aimed at enhancing public […]

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Learning disabled man from Surrey finds an unusual use for old toilets

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A learning disabled man from Surrey has been taking upcycling to another level with his unique garden planters. Lawrence, who attends the Kingston Day Opportunities Resource Centre, a day service for learning disabled adults run by charity Hft, saw a unique opportunity two years ago when he found a spare, unused toilet left over from […]

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Categories Culture

A sober festival is coming to Essex in August

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While festivals have traditionally been known as a hotspot for drugs, alcohol and substance misuse, Essex Recovery Festival is looking to fill a much-needed gap in this Summer’s festival calendar. Over recent years, England has seen a huge generational shift in alcohol consumption. In a 2023 survey, a third of young people aged 18-25 said […]

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Categories HousingRecent

Campaign sets out plan for new government to fix the housing crisis

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A Sussex housing support organisation is calling for the new government to take urgent steps to tackle the housing crisis, joining the National Housing Federation’s #PlanForHousing campaign. The campaign calls for a national long-term plan to transform the housing system, and brings together Housing Associations across the country who want to collaborate with the government […]

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Categories EducationHealth & Social CareRecent

New Schools Programme Challenges Violence And Harassment Against Girls

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A new pilot programme has been launched in Tameside, Greater Manchester, to educate boys and girls about what constitutes violence against women and girls and what its effects are.  The scheme, which has been commissioned by Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council and developed in partnership with safeguarding leads, commissioners, teachers, parents and young people, will be […]

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Categories FundraisingRecentSociety

Cancer charity raises £20,000 at annual clay shoot

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More than £20,000 has been raised for cancer charity Get A-Head Charitable Trust, following a successful clay shooting event. Get A-Head helps support people across England and Wales suffering from head and neck diseases, including cancer, and has raised more than £10million since it was formed in 1994. According to the charity, these latest funds […]

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Aberdeen Autism Charity raises life-changing amount at annual dinner

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An Aberdeen autism and neurodiversity charity has raised £80,000 in aid of ‘life-changing’ care and support to more than 230 individuals and families in the area. Autism & Neurodiversity North Scotland (A-ND) welcomed guests to Aberdeen’s Union Kirk for the sold-out Think Different Dinner, organised and managed by A-ND’s event and PR partners ThinkPR Scotland.  […]

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Nottingham taxi firm hosts charity event in honour of family-led Foundation

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Local Nottingham taxi firm DG Cars has hosted an awareness day in aid of a charity which aims to ensure children can grow up within safe community. The charity, the Rosie May Foundation, was started in 2004 by Graham and Mary Storrie following the tragic death of their daughter, Rosie May. Since then, its team […]

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Categories Health & Social CareRecent

‘Now You’re Talking Therapy’ Counselling Service launches

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A UK leader in counselling and family support services, has launched their first specialist subsidiary, ‘Now You’re Talking Therapy’ a profit for purpose organisation to support the charity’s wider work. TLC: Talk, Listen, Change, one of the UK’s leading family support and counselling charities, has announced that their new specialist subsidiary Now You’re Talking Therapy is […]

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