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Healthy food education for 17,000 children in The Hague

Stuart Mitchell

TommyTomato The Hague received an European Grant to improve access to healthy food for Children in multiple areas in The Hague. More than 17.000 children will benefit from this grant to get access to better food, cooking lessons and food education. “TommyTomato The Hague gives children the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy choices, now and in the future. We deliver a healthy lunch, packed with vegetables, to primary schools. This is healthy and also helps children to concentrate at school. We wish that for all children. By…

Virgin Media O2 pledges to donate 12,000 devices to connect people in need in 2025

Stuart Mitchell

Virgin Media O2 is committing to donate up to 12,000 smartphones to help people in need get online in 2025.  The company is stepping up its work to address electronic waste (e-waste) and to tackle digital exclusion with its largest-ever device donation programme which will provide around 1,000 pre-owned devices per month to its charity partners, Good Things Foundation and Hubbub.    Virgin Media O2 and Hubbub’s Community Calling programme and Good Things Foundation’s National Device Bank will respectively distribute the refurbished and data-wiped tech to other UK charities and…

UKRI is increasing PhD stipends and improving student support

Stuart Mitchell

UKRI is increasing the minimum stipend we pay PhD students by 8% to £20,780 from 1 October 2025 and updating our doctoral training grant terms and conditions. This is the largest real terms increase in the stipend for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funded students since 2003. The changes we are making to the terms and conditions that govern our funding for doctoral training will take effect from the start of the 2025 to 2026 academic year. These changes include: allowing students to take up to 28 weeks medical leave…

Asma Khan joins the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation as patron to help fight food insecurity

Stuart Mitchell

World-renowned chef and women empowerment advocate, Asma Khan has joined the Sodexo Stop Hunger Foundation as its first patron to support the charity in its mission to tackle food insecurity and generate meaningful positive impact on local communities across the UK and Ireland. Asma Khan, owner of the Darjeeling Express restaurant in London, is one of the world’s most prominent female chefs and UN World Food Programme advocate. She is passionate about female empowerment, championing women from diverse backgrounds through her restaurant, which is the only all-female Indian kitchen in…

Arkema introduces bio-based acrylic binders to lower the product carbon footprint of performance textiles

Stuart Mitchell

Arkema, a leader in Specialty Materials, has launched its new range ENCOR® bio-based waterborne dispersions designed for textile printing and finishing applications. These binders, with up to 30% bio-based content, and up to 40% carbon footprint reduction compared to traditional textile resins, are supporting the textile industry’s efforts to decrease their product’s carbon footprint, supporting a more sustainable lifestyle. The textile value chain being responsible for 6 to 8% of the worldwide emissions(3), with an increasing demand, there is an important need to transform and reduce the carbon footprint of…