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Achieving for Children (AfC) has chosen to partner with Huggg, the specialist platform which allows organisations to send and manage retail vouchers at scale to those in need, to provide digital disbursements and targeted assistance to children, young people, and their families. This includes various forms of support such as weekly care allowances, general reimbursements
Continue reading ACHIEVING FOR CHILDREN CHOOSES HUGGG TO PROVIDE DIGITAL DISBURSEMENTS TO CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES
Following the announcement that the Household Support Fund has been extended again, Huggg, the specialist platform which allows organisations to send and manage retail vouchers at scale to those in need, has launched a number of new initiatives. These are designed to help local authorities and their Third Party partner organisations (TPOs) get these vital
Continue reading HUGGG LAUNCHES NEW INITIATIVES TO SUPPORT HSF PAYMENTS
Environmental charity Hubbub and McDonald’s have launched a new #InTheLoop grant fund to help local authorities and other interested organisations boost out-of-home recycling in public spaces.
The #InTheLoop fund will support two new projects to introduce or improve their recycling infrastructure using the #InTheLoop toolkit. This in-depth guide on how to roll out a successful
Continue reading In The Loop: New funding available to boost recycling on-the-go
New research from environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy reveals a major barrier to driving urgently needed waste reduction and reuse behaviours is a fundamental misunderstanding amongst the public of what waste prevention actually means.
Under the waste hierarchy (more commonly communicated to people as ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’), recycling is important, but reduce and reuse sit
Continue reading Keep Britain Tidy calls for collective action to move people beyond recycling and onto waste prevention
Local authorities and housing providers can now access a free resource aimed at reducing veterans’ homelessness. The No Homeless Veterans toolkit has been designed as part of a collaborative campaign by the Sir Oswald Stoll Foundation (Stoll), Homeless Link and the National Housing Federation.
The toolkit contains a self-audit for local authorities and housing providers
Continue reading New toolkit launched to help local authorities and housing providers eliminate veterans’ homelessness
Ordnance Survey (OS) has supported the British Heart Foundation (BHF) in ensuring that the national database of defibrillators used by the UK’s ambulance services has access to complete and accurate address data including unique property reference numbers (UPRN) and additional attributes to identify a property and locate it on a map with precision.
Known as
Continue reading Ordnance Survey supports the British Heart Foundation’s national database of defibrillators
Danny Wilson, head of children’s residential at Bedspace
By Danny Wilson, head of children’s residential at Bedspace
Before the pandemic, Local Authorities in England were already under significant pressure, as budget cuts made the increasing number of children being put into care difficult to manage. Following nearly two years of Covid restrictions and
Continue reading Increasing children in care – the causes, the problems, and the solution
Launched in 2019, MAKE at Story Garden is a ground-breaking public studio for creative activity and collaboration in Somers Town and St Pancras in London’s Camden. A project evaluation published today by the Social Design Institute spanning the first 2 years of the project demonstrates how MAKE opened up lasting opportunities for residents to participate
Continue reading Camden’s MAKE community creative space showcases novel approaches to design and value
The release of the UK government’s Veterans’ Strategy Action Plan: 2022-2024 is a great step forward in supporting and empowering the UK’s military veteran community, says Landmarc Support Services (Landmarc).
The Action Plan aims to provide a solid foundation on which the government can continue to build over the next two years and beyond. Reinforced
Continue reading Landmarc welcomes Veterans’ Strategy Action Plan
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