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Live Borders staff congratulated for ‘extraordinary’ COVID-19 response
The CEO of charity Live Borders, which looks after many of the sports, leisure, culture and tourism facilities in the Scottish Borders, has praised...
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London charity turns HQ into Food Bank amid Coronavirus shutdown
GREENHOUSE Sports, the London charity that provides free sports coaching and mentoring to thousands of disadvantaged children living in the capital, has reopened the...
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£36million allocated to work helping vulnerable people affected by COVID-19
In just under a month, BBC Children in Need and Comic Relief have awarded £12,932,150 of funding from their joint appeal to 20 charities,...
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Student encourages primary school children to write to lonely care home residents
To combat loneliness amongst care home residents, a 16-year-old student has set up Community Senior Letters, an initiative to help over 35 primary schools...
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Gordon Brown warns of ‘second or third wave’ of coronavirus
GORDON Brown today warns of a second or third wave of the COVID-19 crisis which he calls a 'global emergency' that cannot truly be...
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Army veteran credits military charity with ‘changing his life’ during COVID-19 isolation
A blind veteran from Aberdeen has thanked military charity Blind Veterans UK for providing him with the technology and training to be able to...
Play matters more than ever for mental health
A children’s charity is helping to support the mental health of some of Scotland’s most seriously ill patients at Glasgow’s Royal Hospital for Children...
Heart of England extends a hand to mental health charities across the region
HEART of England Community Foundation has been extending kindness across the region with its Coronavirus Resilience Fund, supporting charities that are having to adapt,...
140 UK music venues removed from ‘critical’ list… for now
MUSIC Venue Trust (MVT) has announced that the #saveourvenues campaign launched over three weeks ago has now resulted in 140 grassroots music venues being...
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Alzheimer’s Research UK and Stephen Fry join forces with The Virtual Pub Quiz
ALZHEIMER'S Research UK has teamed up with The Virtual Pub Quiz – the lockdown phenomenon that is bringing together 180,000+ keen quizzers each week.
The...
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Charity offers new online bereavement training for employers
THE UK's largest bereavement charity, Cruse Bereavement Care, has launched a new training webinar for employers to support employees through bereavement.
As the death toll...
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Nightline celebrates 50 years of supporting students
A confidential anonymous listening service, founded in Essex but now available to more than 1.6 million students across the UK, ROI and beyond, is...
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Building Better Lives scheme paves the way to a brighter future for YMCA Birmingham
HEART of England Community Foundation is celebrating six months of its ‘Building Better Lives’ programme, which originally launched back in November 2019. YMCA Birmingham,...
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Volunteer’s birthday gesture breaks isolation sadness for Sheffield man, 93
A friendly visiting volunteer from Sheffield surprised a lonely 93-year-old man on his birthday, delivering cake, a card and a jigsaw puzzle to cheer...
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New online platform launched to entertain heart heroes during lockdown
CHILDREN'S Heart Unit Fund (CHUF) has launched a new online platform with fun activities for children to enjoy at home during these uncertain times....
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School for young people with severe autism puts on colourful NHS fundraiser
ALL the colours of the rainbow have lit up a Berkshire-based residential school for young people affected by severe autism, in a fundraising show...
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Volunteers isolate at Highlands ‘lost world’ to save thousands of young trees
A team of six people from Trees for Life have been voluntarily isolating themselves at the charity's flagship Dundreggan rewilding estate in Glenmoriston, near...
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Newspaper Rundown: Charity shops to quarantine donations, the £16.4m charity golf match and more
Donations to be quarantined as UK charity shops plan to reopen
DONATIONS will be quarantined for 72 hours and customers required to use hand sanitiser...
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Charity creates a ‘virtual meeting’ of missing people
As new statistics reveal the impact of the coronavirus and self-isolation on people going missing, the charity Missing People has issued a very different visual...
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£36million allocated to work helping vulnerable people affected by COVID-19
In just under a month, BBC Children in Need and Comic Relief have awarded £12,932,150 of funding from their joint appeal to 20 charities,...