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Vulnerable children get home learning boost due to £50,000 grant

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.

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Social 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.

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Local 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.

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Former 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.

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Innovation 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.

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Community organisations awarded resilience funds

Five Dumfries & Galloway community groups have been awarded funding through Foundation Scotland’s new Community Response, Recovery & Resilience Fund. 

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Rooftop 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.

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The 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.

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Social 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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