Year: 2024

The Amazon Literary Partnership Announces Grant Recipients for 2024

Stuart Mitchell

The Amazon Literary Partnership has announced the non-profit literary organisations to receive grants for 2024, as it continues to support and champion writers of all ages and stages on their creative journey. This year, the partnership is expanding to the Republic of Ireland, supporting more organisations than ever before, with 37 organisations set to receive grants across the UK and Ireland. The Amazon Literary Partnership has been awarding grants to deserving groups since it was first formed in the UK five years ago. The grants support various non-profit literary organisations,…

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Lloyds Banking Group to convert old data and office sites into new social housing

Stuart Mitchell

To increase the supply of new social housing in the UK, Lloyds Banking Group has announced intentions for the redevelopment of decommissioned Group data centres and former office sites into new social housing projects.  The Group has plans to identify suitable housing partners in the regions who will be responsible for redeveloping the sites to increase the availability of social housing. The construction of the first site in Pudsey, formerly an office and data centre, is set to commence in 2026.  Subject to planning permission, the first redevelopment in Pudsey,…

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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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