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Prince William makes surprise visit to homeless shelter

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Prince William has been helping out with the national Lockdown effort, making a surprise visit to a homeless charity in London. Homeless charity The Passage announced that the Duke of Cambridge visited their centre on three separate occasions before Christmas, where he helped pack food and spoke to homeless residents. The Duke worked alongside a […]

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Care home gets carol treat

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Children from Walkley Primary School in Sheffield visited Northfield Nursing home to entertain the staff and residents with an outdoor carol service.

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Former homeless people join Christmas Covid effort

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The Rooftop has learnt of a heart-warming crowdfunding scheme, which is helping former homeless people back into work to support the Christmas Covid effort. Thanks to the support of a London-based social enterprise, a number of people who were homeless until recently are now working in crucial roles such as care home workers and hospital […]

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Bosses finally see benefits to working from home

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A survey has found that managers are more positive about their staff working from home and flexible working hours, as a result of the pandemic. During the first lockdown in March, millions of people in the UK were told to work from home, often for the first time ever, while also trying to juggle homeschooling […]

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Funding boost for St Oswald’s Hospice

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A popular pub in the North East of England is giving a financial boost to a charity whose fundraising efforts have been affected by COVID-19.

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Make online events during Lockdown accessible to deaf

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A charity has today called on arts venues and performers to remember to cater for deaf and hard of hearing audiences during the second Lockdown. Stagetext, an arts charity, is concerned about the mental wellbeing of those with hearing impairments, following official statistics released in the summer which showed they are 45% more likely to […]

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Care home residents meet loved ones thanks to new visitor pods

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Northfield care home in Sheffield has been able to arrange safe visits for residents for the first time in months thanks to the installation of £20,000 ‘visitor pods’.

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Global movement forms to help protect education for children

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A global coalition has come together to help protect the future education of children and young people across the world. The Save our Future campaign is made up of more than 600 civil society organisations, research organisations, foundations, media, youth, and influencers. The coalition estimates that nearly 1.6 billion had their education disrupted during the […]

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Campaign launched to prevent homelessness this winter

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Check out this positive news story: a new campaign has been launched by the charities The Passage and Crisis to help prevent a spate of homelessness this winter. The campaign has been launched as concerns grow about the impact of rising unemployment in the UK.

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New song celebrates community spirit shown during lockdown

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A project launched during the lockdown to help alleviate feelings of isolation has resulted in the launch of a new song and video to celebrate the contributions made by the 300 people who took part.

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