Day: 5 April 2026

Recycle Now maps UK’s refill destinations

Stuart Mitchell

Recycle Now’s citizen recycling tracker finds huge interest among the public to try packaging-free refill shops and ditch single-use packaging. And to make refill shopping even easier, Recycle Now – in partnership with 6 refill brands – has mapped the locations of hundreds of refill stores throughout the UK from Brighton to Edinburgh. Charting 675 places on the Refill Locator, the online tool shows shops within a 25-mile radius of your postcode and where alternative returnable options are available for home delivery. According to its data, the most refill shops…

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City St George’s launches the Centre for Poverty and Innovation

Stuart Mitchell

City St George’s, University of London has received a landmark £1.7 million philanthropic gift from Bryson Charitable Group to support the development of a new Centre for Poverty and Innovation over three years. Poverty remains a persistent and entrenched challenge in the UK, with many individuals and families facing overlapping pressures linked to health, housing, employment and financial insecurity. As demands on public services and civil society grow, the need for robust evidence on what works, and what does not, has never been greater. The Centre will be a City…

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Cash in the trash – the millions of items we chuck out could save us a fortune

Stuart Mitchell

From shampoo bottles to parcel boxes – deodorant sprays to yoghurt pots – the items we throw away are surprisingly valuable and on Global Recycling Day Recycle Now warned that when we bin recycling, we’re literally throwing away hundreds of pounds every week.  The warning comes ahead of incoming Simpler Recycling reforms to collections in England, which start from 31st March 2026. From that date, local authorities will begin to collect a core range of items including plastic pots, tubs, trays and bottles, cartons, card and paper, metal packaging from aerosols to…

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The Felix Project and FareShare CEO, Charlotte Hill, appointed to Prime Minister’s new Civil Society Council

Stuart Mitchell

Leading voices from across the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector have today been appointed to the new Civil Society Council, established by the Prime Minister to bring civil society into the heart of government decision‑making.  On her appointment, Charlotte said: “The greatest, most sustained change happens through genuine cross-sector collaboration, and that belief is at the heart of everything The Felix Project and FareShare have built together. Our merger is itself a statement of that principle: that when organisations unite around a shared mission, our impact multiplies. I am delighted to…

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Lloyds funds first of its kind sustainable home finance scholarship for mortgage brokers

Stuart Mitchell

Lloyds Banking Group has partnered with the Green Finance Institute to fund a first of its kind scholarship scheme for mortgage industry professionals to complete the Green Finance Institute’s (GFI) newly-developed Certificate in Financing Greener Homes. The initiative follows recent government announcements on the forthcoming Warm Homes Plan, which will include a package of measures to help households finance improvements that cut bills and boost warmth and comfort in the home. The Lloyds Banking Group-GFI funding partnership will build industry capability to support homeowners with energy efficient home upgrades, providing…

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