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Record Breaking number of missions for Devon Air Ambulance 

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2023 saw a record number of missions for Devon Air Ambulance, illustrating just how vital the medical emergency service remains to the people of Devon.  Throughout another challenging year for many public services and charities, the crew at Devon Air Ambulance were tasked to attend a huge 2,226 incidents across Devon and assisting across borders […]

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Closing the unemployment gap for young people in Leigh Park 

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A project hoping to remove youth employment barriers in Leigh Park, Havant, has helped 278 young people in their search for a local job. Following the news that UK unemployment remains unchanged at 4.2 per cent, an initiative aimed at tackling the issue in one of the country’s most deprived areas has successfully helped 278 […]

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£25,000 grant fund to boost recycling on-the-go

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Environmental charity Hubbub, supported by the trade body Natural Source Waters Association, has launched a new #InTheLoop grant fund, offering two £12,500k grants for local authorities and other interested organisations to boost out-of-home recycling in public spaces. Statistics from the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) consultation this year showed that current recycling rates in the UK […]

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Boy with Autism Plays for the First Time thanks to Charity-Funded Projector 

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10-year-old Jake Busby from Abingdon, Oxfordshire is learning to play with his younger brother for the first time since receiving an interactive projector funded by Variety, the Children’s Charity.  Jake was diagnosed with Autism when he was four-years-old, due to his diagnosis, he has Global Developmental Delay, meaning that the 10-year-old has the mental age […]

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Scientist wins award for modelling galaxy research 

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A University of Portsmouth scientist has won an award for his work on modelling galaxies in the early universe.  Dr Chris Lovell received the 2024 Winton award from the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS). His work is being used to understand and characterise some of the earliest forming galaxies discovered recently by the James Webb Space […]

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Four hundred trees will be planted across Dumfries and Galloway to mark the impact of the COVID pandemic

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The planting of a Dispersed Memorial Forest is part of ‘Remembering Together Dumfries and Galloway’ which is this region’s contribution to the Scotland-wide memorial project funded by the Scottish Government.  The tree planting plans for the memorial have been developed for Remembering Together Dumfries and Galloway and are part of the Scotland-wide development of memorials […]

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Hospital charities bring Christmas cheer to patients and staff

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University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) Charity is raising money for its Christmas Appeal to bring some festive magic to patients and staff at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Heartlands Hospital, Good Hope Hospital and Solihull Hospital this Christmas. Being in hospital is never easy, especially over Christmastime. Hospitals are still extremely busy during this period and the […]

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Digital skills boost for Manchester’s disadvantaged communities

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

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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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Study reveals the number of female CEOs and women on boards has increased by 83%

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A new study by UK Virtual Business Assistant firm SpareMyTime, reveals the number of female CEOs and women on boards has increased by 83% since 2018. SpareMyTime has analysed the number of female CEOs at UK-based FTSE companies, alongside five years worth of government data to reveal an 83% increase in female CEOs and women […]

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