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Moto Hospitality launches ‘carversation’ campaign with Mind and SAMH to promote better mental health and wellbeing

Stuart Mitchell

Moto Hospitality are launching a #carversation campaign as part of the partnership with Moto Foundation, Mind and SAMH (Scottish Association for Mental Health). The campaign will reach a quarter of a million road users, encouraging them to connect and talk to one another on the open road and when taking a break at its service stations. To launch the carversation campaign, 60 talking benches have been installed at Moto service stations across the UK, to provide a physical space for customers and Moto colleagues to start a ‘carversation’ with one…

Number of children counselled for loneliness remains high following pandemic and amidst cost-of-living crisis

Stuart Mitchell

New data published recently by Childline reveals that the service is contacted 15 times a day on average by children struggling with loneliness – often a catalyst for mental health problems. Between April 2021 and March 2022, the counselling service run by the NSPCC delivered 5,564 counselling sessions with children on this issue.  With the support of retailer Lidl GB – which has fundraised for Childline since 2020 – the charity has launched a campaign called ‘Day in the Lonely’ to let children struggling with loneliness know that these feelings…

Aviva Pledges Extra Support To UK Charities Supporting Financial Wellbeing

Stuart Mitchell

In an effort to help tackle the financial pressures being brought on by the cost of living crisis, the Aviva Community Fund has launched an additional £2m funding to causes supporting financial wellbeing in their communities. Non-profit organisations can now apply to the Aviva Community Fund, and receive matched funding for public donations until 31st December 2022, or until the £2m funding runs out. The extra financial support is aimed at helping people take control of their wellbeing by giving them tools to be more financially independent. This is the…

Aviva Pledges Extra Support To UK Charities Supporting Financial Wellbeing

Stuart Mitchell

In an effort to help tackle the financial pressures being brought on by the cost of living crisis, the Aviva Community Fund recently launched an additional £2m funding to causes supporting financial wellbeing in their communities. Non-profit organisations can now apply to the Aviva Community Fund, and receive matched funding for public donations from 4th October 2022. The extra financial support is aimed at helping people take control of their wellbeing by giving them tools to be more financially independent. This is the first time the Aviva Community Fund, a…

New plan calls for urban wetlands to help ‘level up’ inequalities in wellbeing

Stuart Mitchell

Creating wildlife-rich wetlands like ponds, streams, wetland parks and rain gardens in deprived urban communities could help level up inequalities in wellbeing across the UK, according to a new report launched today. Currently, people in the poorest urban and ethnic communities are twice as likely as those in more affluent groups to live in neighbourhoods without good quality blue or green spaces. Some research suggests this differing access to nature-rich areas could be associated with health inequalities. The Wildfowl & Wetland Trust’s (WWT) Creating Urban Wetlands for Wellbeing. A Route…