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A new report has shown the positive impact of meeting relatable role models on the motivation, confidence and attainment of primary-aged children.
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The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is to provide the Republic of Guinea with a grant to improve the resilience of more than 2,000 poor farming households trying to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Thomas Pocklington Trust has launched a new awards programme to recognise and celebrate the huge contribution volunteers make to both the charity and the lives of blind and partially sighted people.
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Step Change Studios and Metro Blind Sport has launched a free digital platform of multi-lingual dance sessions for blind and partially sighted people.
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Peers and MPs have joined forces and urged the Government to back a new Future Generations Bill, which pushes for long-term policy making.
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Businesses, energy suppliers, green and anti-poverty groups have called for the Government to back a Fair Heat Deal to make the transition away from fossil fuel boilers attractive, easy, and fair for all.
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Young people across the UK will be able to broaden their career options and start to gain the adaptive skills which employers need with the launch of a new virtual academy.
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The Centre for Sustainable Energy has seen a 43% increase in enquires to its fuel poverty advice services over the last year, saving people in fuel poverty almost £3m off their energy bills cumulatively, an average of around £190 per household.
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Young people have unveiled some surprising benefits of life under lockdown in a new booklet featuring their personal stories.
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The search is on for innovative start-up ideas who use nature as part of their product or service. Glasgow City Council’s H2020 Connecting Nature project, in partnership with The Melting Pot’s Good Ideas and Glasgow Caledonian University, has launched the Nature-Based Accelerator. The new pilot programme will support early-stage nature-based businesses and social enterprises (so called, nature-based […]
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