The Royal Voluntary Service has issued an urgent call for people to take on volunteering roles in their communities as many long-standing supporters retire. The charity is asking younger recruits,
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One child every second will be affected by the widely opposed cut to Universal Credit (UC) on average over the next month, a charity has warned. Save the Children is
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Tens of thousands of children will have their lives “blighted by hardship and anxiety” without urgent action to tackle deprivation, a report has warned. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s (JRF) Poverty
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One of Scotland’s leading charities has achieved ‘Disability Confident Committed’ status in the UK government initiative which champions inclusive recruitment and working practices. Quarriers, who support thousands of vulnerable adults
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Continued use of a “squalid” military barracks to house asylum seekers “beggars belief” and must end, charities say. The past year has seen two outbreaks of coronavirus behind the barbed
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The chairman of the Prince of Wales’s charitable foundation has resigned, expressing concern over potential “rogue activity” after reports that the organisation accepted a six-figure sum from a Russian donor.
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Nursing shortages in the UK have left more than half a million people with cancer either unsupported or not supported enough, a charity has said. Macmillan Cancer Support is calling
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The number of children referred to a charity’s fostering services has risen by more than a third in a year, leading to an appeal for more foster carers. Barnardo’s is
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A mental health project using football to bring men together has received an extra £100,000 in funding. The Changing Room aims to improve mental wellbeing among men aged 30 to
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A charity founded by NHS workers during the pandemic is launching a fund to support children of front-line healthcare staff who died with Covid-19. The Healthcare Workers’ Foundation’s fund will
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