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Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE) appoints new Chief Executive

Nancy Platts Posted on 29/02/202422/02/2024

Corinne Pluchino, an experienced leader with a lifelong interest in rural affairs will join ACRE in May. She replaces Richard Quallington who announced his departure last year, having spent 8 years in the role. Corinne is currently Director of Fundraising, Marketing and Communications at WWT, the charity for wetlands and wildlife. She has previously served as Chief […]

Industries most likely to be given paid time off for volunteering revealed

Guest Opinion Posted on 28/02/202422/02/2024

New research from The Access Group, a business software provider, shows which industries are most likely to offer employees volunteer days as part of their corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies. The research analysed 1,000 UK companies across 20 sectors by reviewing their careers pages, charities pages and CSR pages The results showed that well over […]

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Blind and Sight Impaired People Invited to Have Their Say on Health Inequalities Within the NHS

Guest Opinion Posted on 16/01/202416/01/2024

A charity supporting the blind and visually impaired in West Sussex is taking part in a major new NHS initiative in Sussex. 4Sight Vision Support (4SVS) will be working in partnership with East Sussex Vision Support to identify the issues faced by people living with sight loss. The results will be fed back to the […]

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Local taxi firm helps local food hub support more than 100 families a week

Campaign Collective Posted on 15/01/202410/01/2024

A Nottingham food hub has announced it was able to deliver food bundles to more than 100 families each week over the festive period, thanks to a helping hand from local taxi firm DG Cars. Founded in December 2022 by mum of three, Emma Haywood, Edwalton Food Hub was created to help those most in need […]

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Student YouTuber celebrates milestone with 300th episode of science series

The Rooftop Posted on 12/01/202408/01/2024

A Portsmouth student inspired by his Grandad to make YouTube videos on science and nature has released the 300th episode of ‘7 Days of Science’, a series with over 600,000 subscribers.

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Brain tumour charity trustee prepares for epic 2,740km running challenge

The Rooftop Posted on 11/01/202415/01/2024

A charity trustee who returned to running as a way of coping with his mum’s brain cancer death is preparing to complete 15 official marathons as part of a 2,740km running challenge.