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UK’S Rare Rainforest Charity Crowned Winner Of Inaugural Defender Awards

Stuart Mitchell

The UK’s only charity dedicated to restoring rare ecosystems,known as Atlantic temperate rainforests shaped by the mild wet climate brought by the Atlantic Ocean, has been named a global winner at the inaugural Defender Awards.The Thousand Year Trust is one of only six international winners securing a tough and capable Defender 4×4 and a £100,000 bursary to support its restoration missions across the country.  The Thousand Year Trust’s ‘Cornwall Rainforest Project’ will restore 10,000-acresof Bodmin Moor, an area rich in biodiversity which includes ancient moss draped trees, carpets of ferns…

GSK Community Health Programme announces 10 charities to receive funding and development

Stuart Mitchell

A total of 10 health and care charities have been selected to join the GSK Community Health programme supporting very small charities tackling health inequalities, delivered in partnership with The King’s Fund. The programme will provide funding and support to community-based organisations working to improve the health of some of the most disadvantaged communities in the UK. Health inequalities are avoidable and systematic differences that include access to health care, quality and experience of care, life expectancy, and wider factors such as environment and housing. There are stark gaps in…

UK Research and Innovation launches creative industries strategy

Stuart Mitchell

UKRI’s high-level R&D strategy for the creative and cultural economy will ensure research and innovation drives and sustains growth in the creative industries. Today, at the MusicFutures Creative Industries Cluster in Liverpool, Creative Industries Minister Ian Murray announced, the strategy for the creative and cultural economy. The strategy will help UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) ensure its investments in the creative industries drive economic growth across the UK. Minister Murray also referenced £500 million of funding for the creative industries, including: £369 million allocated to the creative industries by UKRI, of which £100 million is specifically allocated to supporting innovative…

Octopus and Masdar forge strategic pact to turbocharge clean energy systems in the UK and Africa

Stuart Mitchell

Octopus Energy, the global energy tech disruptor, has signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with Abu Dhabi Future Energy PJSC – Masdar, a global clean energy leader, for initiatives in the UK and Africa. Octopus and Masdar will look to work together to free up hidden capacity across the UK’s distribution network to power the next generation of data centres. The companies signed the agreements during Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week in the UAE. The UK is facing an unprecedented crunch on grid connections, with renewable energy projects often waiting years…

Waitrose is top banana – as new initiative improves the lives of growing communities

Stuart Mitchell

Waitrose is recently announced a major boost for the communities who grow the supermarket’s most popular item – the banana. For the first time Waitrose bananas, which will continue to be certified as Fairtrade, will also join the Waitrose Foundation, which exists to create better livelihoods for workers and sustainable supply chains globally. With this new partnership, over 2p of every £1 spent on bananas will go to the growing communities, which is over and above the Fairtrade Minimum Price and Fairtrade Premium. The projects which will benefit the local…