Month: August 2024

Sustainable foundation industries a step closer with £18m funding

Stuart Mitchell

Funding from the Transforming Foundation Industries (TFI) challenge helps to support the sustainable transformation of the UK’s foundation industries. The groundbreaking Economic Material Innovation for Sustainable and Efficient use of Resources (EconoMISER) programme has successfully secured £18 million of funding to transition to the second stage in its development. The EconoMISER project was created by the Foundation Industries Sustainability Consortium (FISC), which consists of: Materials Processing Institute Centre for Process Innovation Glass Futures Lucideon Henry Royce Institute It was developed to enable and support the sustainable transformation of the UK’s…

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A new five-acre urban garden, supported by AWS, is opening at the Natural History Museum

Stuart Mitchell

The garden, equipped with sensors and a new Data Ecosystem powered by AWS technologies, will help foster research into urban biodiversity at London’s Natural History Museum. A new, free-to-visit garden at London’s Natural History Museum has transformed the area around the Museum’s grounds. The gardens – which will open to the public on 18 July – will feature a network of sensors, giving the Museum’s team of more than 350 research scientists unprecedented access to a wealth of biodiversity and environmental data. The Museum is working in partnership with Amazon…

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Asda Foundation announces over £1 Million in funding to transform community spaces

Stuart Mitchell

The Asda Foundation has announced that substantial funding of over £1 million has been made available through its Investing in Spaces and Places grants, to enable groups across the UK to transform local community spaces. Applications for the grants are open from Tuesday 9th July until Sunday 28th July, but may close earlier if in high demand. Groups can check the criteria and apply through the Asda Foundation website (https://asdafoundation.org). The Investing in Spaces and Places grants can be used for renovations, repairs or transforming spaces. Previous projects have included…

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Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club and UNICEF announce their partnership to help give children the best start in life

Stuart Mitchell

Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club have proudly announced a three-year partnership with UNICEF, the world’s leading child rights organisation. Through the new partnership, Brighton & Hove Albion aims to use the power of football for good and strengthen UNICEF’s efforts to build a world where every child is happy, healthy, and safe. As part of the partnership, Brighton & Hove Albion will make a significant donation to the children’s agency to help them deliver vital aid and resources, wherever and whenever the need is greatest. The strategic alliance also…

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Energy Giants launch Electrify Britain to drive down UK’s bills and emissions

Stuart Mitchell

EDF and Octopus Energy, two of the UK’s largest energy providers, have joined forces to launch Electrify Britain, a pioneering campaign organisation dedicated to significantly reducing energy bills, reducing climate emissions and driving economic growth through replacing gas, diesel and petrol with widespread electrification. Electrifying Britain’s home heating, transport and local communities presents a golden opportunity to cut energy bills. Electrified homes that use heat pumps can save hundreds of pounds compared to gas boilers and EVs are already £1,000 cheaper to run annually compared to petrol vehicles.  Electrification is…

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