The latest from the home of positive news reveals that social enterprise Equal Education is to provide iPads for looked after children and those with SEND thanks to Innovate UK grant.
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Businesses urged to provide masks to most in need
A new organisation has launched to enable businesses to order face masks and help charities at the same time.
Read MoreSocial enterprise helps save jobs in Africa
A new support scheme has been launched by a social enterprise to help prevent job losses in the face of COVID-19.
Read MoreLocal groups get Covid-19 support
Sustaining Dunbar has secured £88,000 of funding from the Scottish Government on to support the Covid-19 Response in the Dunbar and East Linton area.
Read MoreFormer refugee urges firms to donate unused laptops to support vulnerable
Check out this positive news story from the Rooftop: a social enteprise based in London is calling on companies to donate their unused laptops in a bid to ensure most vulnerable in society are excluded during COVID-19 crisis.
Read MoreInnovation in the Pandemic Age
Lockdowns cannot last forever, and COVID-19 is unlikely to disappear on its own. ZHU MIN argues that the world must leverage its collective resources to harness the power of science, innovation, and markets to devise a more sustainable solution – namely, a cure or a vaccine.
Read MoreCommunity organisations awarded resilience funds
Five Dumfries & Galloway community groups have been awarded funding through Foundation Scotland’s new Community Response, Recovery & Resilience Fund.
Read MoreRooftop audience figures reach record levels
The public’s need for positive news during the COVID-19 pandemic has seen audience figures for The Rooftop reach record levels.
Read MoreThe private sector steps up
Many companies emerged from the global crisis a decade ago with their reputations in tatters. But if private firms maintain the foresight, adaptability, and compassion that many have shown in recent weeks, they will emerge from this crisis having established their true value to the economies and communities they serve.
Read MoreSocial ventures powered up with £600,000 of investment
Twelve Scottish social ventures will receive £600,000 investment and business support from Big Issue Invest.
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