Apr 04, 2013 13:05 BST Finnish-British Chamber of Commerce Vallila joins the Women’s Bank’s activity to support women's entrepreneurship and livelihood. Vallila’s two new, beautiful, strong and energetic designs will be sold as fabric, curtains, cushions and kitchen accessories to support the Fund.
Jan 16, 2013 16:37 GMT Wales Co-operative Centre A new year has brought a new sponsor and a new category for the 2013 Inspire! Adult Learner Awards, organised by NIACE Dysgu Cymru.
Jan 14, 2013 16:00 GMT Amanda Waring Amanda Waring, spokesperson and initiator of the Government's Dignity board has been campaigning nationally and internationally for many years, as an advisor and advocate for dignified and compassionate care standards. Friday the 1st of February, widely becoming known as ‘Dignity Action Day’, marks a day of opportunity and great significance, especially for Amanda.
Sep 07, 2012 11:00 BST UK Kindness Movement London Olympics changed world’s view of British kindness, says Louise Burfitt-Dons
May 18, 2012 07:00 BST Uppsala University Sweden is a well-functioning, secure, and efficient welfare country. But without a civic registration number, a person quickly winds up entirely outside of everything associated with this. In her dissertation, human geographer Erika Sigvardsdotter has investigated what it means to be undocumented in Sweden, in a legal and social sense and in an existential sense.
Apr 30, 2012 13:51 BST Plan UK FOOD price rises, a shortage of hard currency and the threat of war, are fuelling hunger in the world’s newest nation. Aid workers from Plan International, one of the country’s largest children’s charities, say that six zones across the nation are at risk of chronic and acute food shortages.
Mar 19, 2012 15:04 GMT Plan UK New study into attitudes towards money reveals starkly different outlooks on savings, social aspirations and employment prospects among low income women. London and Accra, March 5 2012: New research from Barclays, CARE International UK and Plan UK has found that nearly half of low-income women in Britain fail to save any money each month.
Mar 16, 2012 14:44 GMT Plan UK A HIGH-TECH aid fair next week will look at how media and communications solutions can revolutionise front-line humanitarian relief work. State-of-the-art technology will be showcased, including suitcase-sized pop-up radio stations and two-way text message approaches.
Mar 12, 2012 15:46 GMT Plan UK More than 2,000 cases of highly contagious cholera, transmitted by dirty drinking water, have been confirmed in Sierra Leone, claiming 34 lives. Clinics in Pujehun, southern province, are so overstretched patients are being treated outdoors, reports children’s charity Plan International.
Mar 01, 2012 11:23 GMT Ariba Charity On the day we found the children the little boy was dressed in this T-shirt with the following text: "Every day you have a better chance" - this day was his new chance.