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Age UK and The Silver Line join forces in the fight against loneliness

Stuart Mitchell

Age UK and The Silver Line have joined forces. The Silver Line, a charity for older people, is best known for its national 24/7 helpline which offers emotional support and friendship for older people. By joining forces, the ambition is to help more of the older people who most need The Silver Line’s vital loneliness services. Its helpline receives over 10,000 calls a week, and its befriending services support 2,000 older people. But demand is ever-increasing, so the charities will combine their strengths to enable The Silver Line to reach…

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Bowel Cancer UK and Beating Bowel Cancer are joining together to become the UK’s leading bowel cancer charity

Stuart Mitchell

Charities Bowel Cancer UK and Beating Bowel Cancer are combining to become the UK’s leading bowel cancer charity. The 2 charities announced the merger via their website, giving their reasons they state: “Both Boards of Trustees unanimously welcome this merger as the best opportunity to achieve our shared vision of a world where no one dies of bowel cancer.  With the help of our fantastic supporters, both charities achieve a great deal separately, but bowel cancer remains the UK’s second biggest cancer killer with over 16,000 people dying annually of…

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The Bhopal Medical Appeal rolls out campaign to protest Dow Chemical and DuPont Merger

Stuart Mitchell

The Bhopal Medical Appeal has rolled out a campaign to protest the forthcoming Dow Chemical and DuPont Merger. History On the night of December 2nd, 1984, a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, began leaking 27 tons of the deadly gas methyl isocyanate. None of the six safety systems designed to contain such a leak were operational, allowing the gas to spread throughout the city of Bhopal. Half a million people were exposed to the gas and 25,000 have died to date as a result of their exposure. More than…

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