Day: 8 July 2026

Afghan Refugee Women’s XI Takes to the Field for Landmark England Tour

Stuart Mitchell

The Afghan Refugee Women’s XI has taken to the cricket field this summer for a landmark tour of England, marking a significant moment for a group of players whose international careers were abruptly halted when the Taliban effectively outlawed women’s sport in Afghanistan in 2021. The tour will see the team play T20 matches and attend the final of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup at Lord’s. For players who were forced to flee their homeland and rebuild their lives abroad, it represents a rare opportunity to come together once again as a team on the…

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SASC and Garfield Weston Foundation partner to tackle UK’s stepping stone housing crisis

Stuart Mitchell

Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC) and the Garfield Weston Foundation (GWF) have partnered to develop and seed the Housing Pathways Fund (HPF), an impact first fund designed to expand the supply of affordable stepping stone accommodation across the UK. The Fund targets a critical gap in the housing system as thousands of people remain stuck in supported or temporary accommodation despite being ready to live independently, simply because there is a critical lack of genuinely affordable options for them to move on to. To address this, HPF provides flexible, low-cost…

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University of East Anglia receives major philanthropic donation to revitalise the Sainsbury Centre art museum

Stuart Mitchell

A vision to revitalise the Sainsbury Centre, one of the most popular art museums in the UK, has been made possible with a gift of £91.2 million from Lord David Sainsbury through Gatsby, his charitable foundation, representing one of the largest ever donations made to a UK museum.  Lord David Sainsbury said: “My father always regarded his commissioning of Norman Foster to produce the Sainsbury Centre as one of the best things he ever did, and it gives me great pleasure to provide the funding to enhance its future.”  The donation to the University of…

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