Day: 13 February 2024

2024: Community spirit shines in UK communities as they prepare for year ahead

Stuart Mitchell

As the UK heads into 2024, new research from The National Lottery Community Fund – the largest community funder in the UK – reveals that people’s sense of community spirit and desire to support others is in good health across all four corners of the UK. Seven in ten (72%) say it’s important to them to feel part of their local community, and six in ten (59%) say community spirit is strong where they live. Encouragingly, many (61%) say they feel part of their local community, with all the benefits…

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Berkeley Foundation Launches £300,000 Fund for Homelessness Charities

Stuart Mitchell

We’re delighted to announce that the Berkeley Foundation has launched our Resilience Fund for 2024, offering homelessness charities access to a further £300,000 of funding to strengthen their operations.  Up to six organisations working in London, Birmingham or the South of England will be awarded up to £60,000 each over two years, to build resilience for the future.   This year the organisational development grants will be available for charities and CICs working with young people experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness, and facing discrimination.  The Resilience Fund was first launched…

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Berry Global Named to 100 Best Corporate Citizens of 2023 for Strong ESG Performance

Stuart Mitchell

3BL has named Berry Global Group, Inc. to its annual 100 Best Corporate Citizens ranking, recognizing outstanding environmental, social, and governance (ESG) transparency and performance among the 1,000 largest U.S. public companies. This is the second year Berry has been included, making significant gains from 2022 by moving from an overall ranking of 97 to 60. In addition to the company’s progress reducing greenhouse gas emissions, Berry received recognition for its strong ESG performance overall, including efforts to improve corporate governance, increase transparency and performance of the results of annual…

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Amazon and The Prince’s Trust announce new fund to help young people build better futures

Stuart Mitchell

Amazon has pledged £1 million to The Prince’s Trust’s new Strengthening Diversity Fund, to support underserved young people across the UK to build better futures for themselves. The fund will help provide opportunities for young people from diverse backgrounds to succeed in education, employment, and entrepreneurship, with a range of tailored programmes available through the charity. To mark the start of the commitment, Amazon and The Prince’s Trust have brought together some of the most inspiring names in the UK to share their advice for young people, including Diary of…

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Funding to boost advances in environmental monitoring solutions

Stuart Mitchell

Innovate UK and the Department for Environment Food Rural Affairs’ (Defra) will invest up to £5 million for collaborative projects that develop environmental monitoring solutions to enable improved monitoring of environmental variables. Global demand for environmental monitoring is rising as awareness grows regarding the importance of monitoring the environment’s state and changes over time. This presents a significant opportunity for future growth and this funding opportunity aims to position the UK at the forefront of this burgeoning market. Innovation in environmental monitoring programme Defra and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)…

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