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By Jill Dando News London’s Royal Parks have been recognised as some of the best in the country as they retain their Green Flag Awards, the prestigious international award for parks and green spaces. The Royal Parks charity maintains London’s eight Royal parks, along with other important green
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By Jill Dando News Weston-super-Mare‘s new MP Dan Aldridge has endorsed the local charity Donate for Defrib, praising their efforts to improve community health across the town. In a recent meeting, the Somerset MP discussed the charity's latest innovations and future developments. Donate for Defrib has made
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By Adam Hunter, Jill Dando News Correspondent The Fisherman’s Friends from Cornwall are probably largely responsible for the modern popularity in sea shanties. The songs sung by sailors whilst sailing around the world. That popularity has led to festivals around the country and this year was the 4th Festival
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By Jill Dando News Kind-hearted volunteers armed with brooms have been tackling the aftermath of violent protests. The residents of Bristol helped the clean-up initiative. DON'T MISS: https://goodnewspost.co.uk/morrisons-opens-kids-corner-with-books-games-and-puzzles-to-keep-entertained-this-summer/ After addressing the area around a hotel, the group moved on to tidy up a nearby
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By Jill Dando News Two new plant species have been discovered on the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve. The findings are according to Paulo Baleeiro, a PhD student at The University of Queensland and Dr. Richard Jobson, a Senior Research Scientist at the National Herbarium of NSW in Sydney. One of
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By Jill Dando News Manchester United Foundation participants have enjoyed six days of football and enrichment activity across Switzerland and Germany as part of the Scort Foundation’s special youth camp. Eight students from two of the Foundation’s partner SEND [special educational needs and disabilities] schools were selected to
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By Jill Dando News It’s good news for the planet with a huge 80 per cent slashing in carrier bags found per 100 metres on UK beaches. The Marine Conservation Society, the UK’s leading ocean charity, has welcomed its latest figures. Lizzie Price, Beachwatch Manager at the Marine
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By Charity Correspondent, Jill Dando News Fundraising Julie Lench and her son Alfie have completed a 320-mile, 11-day running challenge to raise funds for a charity and a young cancer sufferer to help him get vital overseas treatment. Julie and her 18 year-old-son Alfie Lismore-Pope finished their epic challenge on
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By Jill Dando News Footballing legend Harry Kane is part of a project to tackle loneliness and boost mental wellbeing by getting people talking. As human beings, we naturally thrive on being social and connecting with others around us. This is where a new partnership between Starbucks UK and Harry
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By Jill Dando News On Samaritans Awareness Day, Central Co-op is thrilled to announce Samaritans as its new charity partner. As voted for by its Members and colleagues, Central Co-op will officially begin raising funds and awareness for the charity from October. Samaritans’ exceptional volunteers provide a safe and non-judgemental
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By Jill Dando News A keen cyclist from The University of Manchester is taking to the saddle to raise money for an autism charity. Medical Law and Bioethics Lecturer Dr Jonathan Lewis, from Manchester University’s Department of Law and Centre for Social Ethics and Policy, is raising funds for
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By Jill Dando News It’s good news for families as Morrisons has launched Kids Activity Stations in partnership with the National Literacy Trust. The project in all their stores is aimed at boosting literacy for children and their ‘Kids Corner’ includes a book swap, games and puzzles helping to
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By Jill Dando News Kindness campaigner Alison Bond, 27, is on a mission to make the world a better place - by sending letters and cards to thousands of people. She launched her Kindness Through Letters Mission project to cheer up and encourage people in lockdown. Alison from Lincoln, America
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By Jill Dando News This is a flowery giveway that we all hope catches on to bring more kindness to the planet and help beat loneliness. Kind people in the UK have been leaving flowers to help beat loneliness. The Nateby and Wharton Women's Institute (WI) in the
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By Jill Dando News Priory Community School Academy in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset hosted a Dragon's Den-style competition for 68 students as part of their Enterprise and Marketing Course. The event was judged by local ‘dragons’ over several days including top entrepreneur Andrew Scott, founder of the top UK firm
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By Adam Hunter, Jill Dando News Correspondent Italy only became a country as such in 1861 so it is a fairly new country (politically), but it has a long history and is one of my favourite places to visit. There is so much to see, lots of culture, great food,