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Sarah Colombini
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A new online learning hub, SafeSleepScotland.org, has been launched to help parents and professionals reduce the risk of cot death.
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Nancy Platts
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The campaign is calling on the Government to strengthen workers’ rights by introducing a minimum wage rate of at least £10 per hour for all workers, an end to zero-hours contracts and a minimum contract of 16 hours per week for everyone who wants one.
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ianmorton
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A series of films celebrating community businesses in England are being released as part of a nationwide campaign in May.
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sifrancis
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Fundraisers for Tackle Prostate Cancer are aiming to ‘cycle to the moon’ to raise awareness and money for the fight against prostate cancer.
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Sarah Colombini
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The Centre for Ageing Better and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) have given funding to five projects to pilot ways to make volunteering more age-friendly and inclusive.
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Nancy Platts
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A new parliamentary group that brings together MPs from different political parties to look at social care, has been launched in Westminster.
The first task for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Care (APPG Social Care) will be to hold an inquiry into the care system, funding and state of staffing in the sector.
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ianmorton
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The University of Leeds has been awarded a £115k grant by Heart Research UK for its research into the early detection of diabetes. The research could offer hope to millions of people in the UK who are currently diagnosed with diabetes.
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sifrancis
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Children and staff from Red Plains Children’s Home in Hartburn, Stockton-on-Tees, have raised almost £1,000 in aid of the Children’s Heart Unit based at Freeman Hospital, Newcastle.
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Sarah Colombini
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A new intergenerational care programme has been rolled out in Cambridgeshire. Residents at Moorlands Court in Melbourn are being visited by pre-school children from the local Little Hands Nursery for arts and crafts, singing and story reading sessions, to help improve the happiness and wellbeing of all involved.
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Nancy Platts
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The Trades Union Congress and GMB trade union have launched a Reasonable Adjustments Passport that will help 95,000 people with disabilities in the South West who fall out of work or switch employers each year.
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