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Hospice chosen as High Sheriff’s charity of the year

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The High Sheriff of South Glamorgan, Janey Howell, has chosen City Hospice as her charity of the year. Janey, who is originally from Antigua, is the High Sheriff of South Glamorgan for 2024 to 2025. The High Sheriff is the monarch’s judicial representative in the county and is the oldest secular office in the United […]

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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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Neurodiverse social workers take action for more recognition

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Councils and other employers of social workers have been encouraged to sign up to a new pledge to celebrate neurodiversity in the profession.

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Political leaders urged to act on social workers’ concerns

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Political party leaders have been warned that vulnerable adults and children living in cold, damp, mouldy homes is a national scandal in an open letter from campaigners.

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Study to explore if outdoor swimming is helpful for depression after successful trial

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Researchers looking into the effectiveness of outdoor swimming to help people reduce symptoms of depression, say the trial results are “promising” as they begin the next stage. The team from the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Portsmouth carried out a feasibility trial last year involving 87 people with mental health difficulties. The first part of […]

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Pioneering local partnership to support the charity sector in Southwark begins

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Community Southwark, the umbrella body for Southwark’s voluntary sector, local funder United St Saviour’s Charity, and Southwark Council have come together to seek to find a way to solve one of the charity sector’s greatest challenges in Southwark: access to affordable premises.   Southwark is home to over 1,300 registered charities that provide essential services to […]

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Planting of Covid Memorial Forest

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DG Unlimited and Dumfries and Galloway Council have been working in collaboration with greenspace scotland and Commissioned Artists T S Beall and Katie Anderson to deliver Dumfries and Galloway’s contribution to Remembering Together, a national project that seeks to give each of Scotland’s 32 local authorities the chance to reflect their unique experience of the […]

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