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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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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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Funding announced to empower the UK’s neurodivergent workforce

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The Growth Impact Fund (GIF), a social impact investment fund developed by Big Issue Invest (BIIFM) and UnLtd, has announced funding of £500,000 to help underrepresented social entrepreneurs across the UK. In the UK, it is estimated that over 15% of the population are neurodiverse, with 40% of neurodiverse employees reporting to be impacted most […]

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Ageing Well Celebrates the First National Ageism Awareness Action Day ‘See and Be Seen’.

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Ageing Well, a programme of services and activities for people aged 50+ in Brighton and Hove, led by Impact Initiatives, is hosting an exclusive event on 20 March to celebrate The Centre for Ageing Better’s first national ageism awareness action day, ‘See and Be Seen’. The event, scheduled to take place aboard the i360 followed […]

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Support workers make Michelle’s dream of meeting Peter Andre come true

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Lifelong Peter Andre fan, Michelle, has always dreamed of meeting the ‘90s pop singer and, with support from staff at learning disability charity Hft, her dream came true. Michelle has been a fan of Peter Andre for as long as she can remember, ever since Mysterious Girl was released 27 years ago in 1996. The […]

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

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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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Charity part of Christmas drive to donate free laptops to homeless

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The Passage homeless charity in London has joined calls for businesses to donate their old unused laptops, as part of a scheme to help the most vulnerable in society. SocialBox.Biz, a social enterprise dedicated to repurposing unwanted computers and other technology, is embarking on a mission to deliver batches of laptops to partner charities, including […]

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Categories EnvironmentRecent

New project seeks to save animals from plastic pollution

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Whilst extensive research has previously focused on the impact of plastic pollution in marine environments, its repercussions on land animals remain an underexplored frontier. A new study will take a major step towards unravelling the critical issue of plastic pollution and its far-reaching consequences, especially for animals like livestock and working animals such as donkeys, […]

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Midlands schools’ zero-carbon boost

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The Midlands is set to lead the way in sustainability thanks to the arrival of a new Climate Action Advisor team. The Let’s Go Zero campaign, which unites UK schools working to be zero carbon, has recruited  talented six climate action advisors to lead the regions’ schools in creating and embedding zero- carbon practises. This will […]

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£125,000 to help those in poverty and isolation this winter

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As winter draws closer one of the UK’s largest grant-making charities, Benefact Trust, has awarded an additional grant of £125,000 to Warm Welcome to help those struggling with poverty and isolation around the UK.  With more than 14.4 million people living in poverty in the UK, and a further 7 million experiencing chronic loneliness, the […]

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