Day: 16 February 2026

£1 million grant to homelessness charity St-Martin-in-the-Fields

Stuart Mitchell

The Julia Rausing Trust is delighted to announce a £1 million grant to be given over the next two years to St Martin-in-the-Fields, a national homelessness charity. This multi-year funding will help the charity provide essential emergency grants, supporting thousands of people across the UK move out of homelessness. This is the Trust’s largest donation to St Martin-in-the-Fields to date and builds on its previous support for the Vicar’s Relief Fund, which provides emergency financial assistance to people in vulnerable situations so they can find, and keep, a safe place…

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Leading Youth Charity YMCA Launches Vision to Double Its Housing Offer by Creating 10,000 New Homes

Stuart Mitchell

MPs gathered in Parliament to support the launch of YMCA’s #BuildingFutures campaign, marking a bold ambition to create 10,000 homes for young people and confront the housing crisis that is holding an entire generation back. The parliamentary launch coincides with the publication of new polling research commissioned by YMCA, revealing the scale of the challenge facing young renters across England and Wales: 29% struggle to raise the five-week upfront deposit needed to secure a home 63% have had to borrow money simply to pay their rent 17% were forced to…

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Tesco launches free F&F Premature Sleepsuits to support families with babies born early

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco is deepening its commitment to families of premature babies with the introduction of free F&F Premature Sleepsuits, designed specifically for babies weighing 3 and 4lbs. Starting this week, new parents and carers can collect a complimentary three-pack of the specially designed sleepsuits, created in collaboration with Pampers, from any Tesco Pharmacy during opening hours. With more than 350 participating locations nationwide, Tesco is now the only UK supermarket offering free sleepsuits in these sizes. The initiative builds on the success of Tesco’s ongoing partnership with Pampers, which already provides…

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Fixing Our Broken Planet gallery attracts over 2 million visitors

Stuart Mitchell

A new gallery, co-funded by NERC, has welcomed more than two million visitors since opening at the Natural History Museum (NHM) in April last year. Fixing Our Broken Planet is now the museum’s second most visited space, after the iconic dinosaur exhibits. With projections of 2.5 to three million visitors in its first year, the gallery is proving to be a major success in engaging the public with environmental science. Professor Louise Heathwaite, Executive Chair of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), said: The popularity of the Fixing Our Broken…

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More than half of UK households are worse off than a year ago

Stuart Mitchell

Latest figures from Asda’s Income Tracker reveal that nearly six in ten households now feel their weekly pay packet doesn’t stretch as far as it did a year ago. Growth in the Income Tracker slowed sharply in December, leaving the average UK household with £256 a week in discretionary income. The deceleration brings an abrupt halt to the progress made over the previous three months, with the lowest-income households hit the hardest. The lowest 20% of earners saw their spending power fall by 5.0% year on year leaving them with…

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