Year: 2017

Why Save It For A Wedding To Be Your Mate’s Best Man? Asks Charity

Stuart Mitchell

The male suicide prevention charity the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM), in collaboration with The Drum’s Do It Day. has launched the Best Man Project. An honour many men experience, being a best man is an opportunity to display exemplary mate behaviour. Beyond planning the stag do and crafting embarrassing stories for the speech, a best man comes into his own by being there for the groom through thick and thin, having his back, and acting as a rock of support. A best man is the epitome of a great mate, so…

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New Age UK film shows heart-breaking reality of the festive season for many older people

Stuart Mitchell

New research for Age UK shows that nearly a million (928,000) older people feel lonelier at Christmas time, two-fifths of whom have been widowed. Alongside the new findings published to launch Age UK’s Christmas campaign, No one should have no one, the Charity has produced a short filmentitled ‘Just another day’ which shines a light onthe crushing, chronicloneliness which 1.2 million older peopleare living within England. Directed by the award winning and highly acclaimed Philippe Andre, ‘Just another day’ – which premieres on Saturday 2nd December – shows the everyday…

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Access Israel Replaces disabled parking spot signs with the pictures of real people

Stuart Mitchell

We’ve probably seen it happen a zillion times and we’ve maybe even done it ourselves once or twice: parking in a spot for disabled people. Yeah, we’ve all seen it happen before: a car blitzing into a parking spot reserved for the disabled only for its driver to step out seconds later on two perfectly functioning legs. Sure, if you ask the driver he’ll probably have a whole battery of excuses to go with his blatant misbehavior and disrespect. Anything ranging from: “I’ll only be a second”, “I’m just picking…

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RSPCA Launch touching Video Campaign Featuring an Abandoned Puppy

Stuart Mitchell

Forget Moz the Monster and Kevin the carrot – the RSPCA has thrown it’s hat into the ring for best Christmas advert with the story of Woody the abandoned toy pup. The tear-jerking video tells the tale of Woody the Christmas pup who is thrown out with the rubbish before being rescued and taken in for care by the RSPCA. Part of the film was shot at RSPCA Birmingham Animal Centre, manager Deborah Caffull said: “While this video shows the tale of a toy dog –  the sentiment behind the…

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Peoples Jewellers makes a one-off necklace for endangered African penguin couple

Stuart Mitchell

The Toronto Zoo recently posted a video about a bonded pair of endangered African penguins, Chupa and Ellie, showing how penguins court each other with gifts. Meet Chupa and Ellie, one of our bonded pairs of endangered African penguins. Watch as Chupa offers Ellie grass he has collected as a present. The adorable behavior you see next is called “bowing” which is part of their courtship display, strengthening their bond as a couple!?? pic.twitter.com/nJWhTEuYDR — The Toronto Zoo (@TheTorontoZoo) November 27, 2017 Peoples Jewellers took notice and decided to make…

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