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By Community Correspondent The Salvation Army in Macclesfield has found a new way to support people struggling to afford food in a way that offers dignity and choice. In partnership with Cheshire Streetwise, the food bank operates out of The Salvation Army’s church and community centre in Macclesfield, located
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By Education Correspondent 15 miles, 11 schools, thousands of smiling children, hundreds of smiling staff, tens of smiling strangers, one chicken and one extremely proud aunt. If you saw a team of superheroes following a giant chicken through the streets of Bristol this week, your eyes were not deceiving you
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By Business Editor The Hope Foundation for Street Children (HOPE) is delighted to announce that it has been awarded £45,451 in funding over two years by the John Lewis Partnership Foundation, to support one of its vital educational initiatives in Kolkata, India. This generous grant will directly support 509
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By Jill Dando News St George’s Holiday leads the charge for England’s national day to become an official day off. St George’s Day 2025 has witnessed a remarkable 35% increase in celebrations and events across England, as the campaign to make April 23rd an official bank holiday
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By Ellise Hollie-Hayward, Disabilities Correspondent I was very privileged to be a guest speaker at the GCSE Boost event 2025, which was hosted at the Areo Space in Bristol. I never thought that I would speak under a plane during my motivational speaking career. It really was one of the
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By Jill Dando News THEY DID IT! In an inspiring show of determination and community spirit, Jake and Kirsty from Ashley Leahy Estate Agents have crossed the finish line of the 2025 Bath Half Marathon—raising crucial funds for the Donate For Defib Weston-super-Mare Project. Their efforts are helping to
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By Community Correspondent Amanda Davies, a 53-year-old primary school teacher from Bridgend, Wales, is preparing to take on the London Marathon for the first time to raise funds for Parkinson’s UK in honour of her father, John Williams. What makes Amanda’s journey even more remarkable is that she’
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By Jill Dando News International Animal Rescue (IAR) marks Earth Day 2025 by sharing Stories of Hope and Harmony, highlighting how they’ve worked with communities through empathy and collaboration to help humans and wildlife coexist. These powerful images capture real-life moments of people forming deep connections with nature and
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By Business Editor Marks & Spencer Ballymena is celebrating an extraordinary milestone as three dedicated colleagues celebrate 30 years of service with the retailer. Ballymena locals Tracey Adams, Claire Church, and Julie Elliot all joined M&S on the same day three decades ago at the store in Fairhill
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By Community Correspondent Forget kids’ movies — Bhutan’s 230-mile Snowman Trek is the kind of breathtaking, high-stakes adventure fit for a Hollywood blockbuster. With a backdrop of snow-capped Himalayan peaks, knife-edge mountain passes, and sub-zero nights, it’s one of the toughest treks on Earth — so perilous that fewer than
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By Community Correspondent An innovative programme is teaching young people across West Cumbria financial know-how to help them manage their money and stay out of debt. Citizens Advice Allerdale, Citizens Advice Copeland, and Whitehaven, Egremont & District Credit Union deliver workshops and training sessions to young people aged 11 to
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By Jill Dando News Charity fundraising digital greetings card platform, Hope Spring eCards announced the launch of its Easter 2025 greetings ecards yesterday. In a blog post on the organisation’s website, more than ten of the twenty Easter ecards announced, feature animation of one form or another. Commenting on
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By Community Correspondent When the small team at FSB Insurance Service pledged to support a local charity tackling youth violence, they never imagined it would lead to over £30,000 raised in just one year. But through grit, passion, and community support, that’s exactly what they’ve done, all
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By Jill Dando news Dewdown House Care Home in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, has embarked on a partnership with That Creative Thingy Wotsit, a local specialist service bringing writers, artists, and performers into care settings to create meaningful, joyful experiences. The collaboration is already transforming life at the home, with vibrant activities
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By Jill Dando News Southend Foodbank in Essex, is excited to announce the results of its first ever Southend Foodbank Design Challenge, where local schools from Southend and Rochford were invited to design a "Thank You" sticker for the foodbank’s 2025 supermarket collections. The competition sparked creativity
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By Jill Dando News A very special lifeboat exercise for Appledore RNLI – end of an era and a standing ovation for 80 years of unstinting lifesaving service. On Tuesday 1 April Appledore RNLI had a very special and meaningful lifeboat exercise: the last exercise for both our full time Coxswain,