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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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Funding available to support refugee inclusion

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Spring Impact has opened applications for a fully-funded training programme designed to equip social leaders working on supporting refugee inclusion in the UK with the tools to improve their scaling strategies and achieve sustainable impact at scale.

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New project to help young women deal with social media body image pressures

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Researchers from the University of Portsmouth and The Girls’ Network (Portsmouth) will work together with local young women to create a ‘toolkit’, to equip them with the skills and knowledge needed to cope with potentially harmful social media content.

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Campaign shows creative and economic value of English degrees 

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Leading academics and high-profile graduates of English have launched a new campaign to highlight the value of studying English at university.

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Arts University Plymouth shortlisted for University of the Year 

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Arts University Plymouth has been shortlisted for University of the Year and in three other categories of the Whatuni Student Choice Awards (WUSCAs) 2024. The nominees and winners are based on reviews submitted by students from across the UK, and winners are judged by a panel made up of prospective and current university students. One […]

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West Midlands chefs create Great Brummie Menu

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Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham Charity is teaming up with local Michelin Star chefs and stars of The Great British Menu and BBC MasterChef Professionals for a charity fine dining experience at University College Birmingham on Tuesday 21st May. The Great Brummie Menu will include a sparkling drinks reception followed by a six-course tasting menu, with each […]

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Devon Air Ambulance launch virtual ‘Memory Garden’ dedicated to loved ones 

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Devon Air Ambulance has launched a new space on their charity website dedicated to loved ones who have sadly been lost by families throughout Devon and beyond. Family, friends, neighbours and colleagues are encouraged to leave special messages and memories in the charity’s new online Memory Garden as a tribute to their special person, a […]

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Schoolchildren in Cornwall become beekeepers

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A primary school in Launceston, Cornwall, is helping its pupils become young beekeepers thanks to support from South West Water. St. Catherine’s Bee Club started in May 2022 when they purchased two established bee colonies from the Launceston Beekeepers Group. Since then, they have run a weekly after school club for any keen Year 5 […]

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Blind runner from Brighton may set Guinness World Record

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Keith Turner, a 56-year-old blind runner from Brighton, has completed a half marathon aided only by a guide runner using sleigh bells. He has applied to Guinness World Records to set a first time world record for a blind person to run a half marathon in the fastest time, with no physical directional contact. Keith […]

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