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Great British Energy to cut energy bills for community facilities

Stuart Mitchell

Libraries, fire stations and care homes in local communities will benefit from cheaper energy bills as Great British Energy delivers on the government’s clean energy superpower mission to make working people and their communities better off.  Great British Energy, the government’s publicly-owned clean energy company, has awarded mayoral authorities a share of £10 million in grant funding to roll out clean energy projects at the centre of communities – including rooftop solar on Merseyside care homes and on leisure centres and libraries in Yorkshire.   These grants will mean that the…

ILO shares lessons from PROSPECTS to advance support for forcibly displaced persons and host communities

Stuart Mitchell

The new report and an upcoming digital learning portal highlight lessons from five years of implementation under the PROSPECTS programme, offering practical insights and tools to strengthen inclusive, sustainable support for refugees and host communities worldwide. The International Labour Organization (ILO) has launched a landmark report “Responding to forced displacement: Lessons from the ILO’s engagement in the PROSPECTS programme“ to strengthen support for forcibly displaced persons and host communities.  The new report distills key learnings from five years of implementation of the Partnership for improving prospects for forcibly displaced persons and…

Government responds to PRCA letter on funding for media and communications education

Stuart Mitchell

In June 2025, the PRCA Interim CEO, Sarah Waddington CBE, wrote to the Secretary of State for Education to raise concerns about cuts to funding for communications and media-related higher education courses. We have now received a formal response from the Rt Hon Baroness Jacqui Smith, Minister for Skills. While the government acknowledges the value of subjects like journalism and media studies, it has reiterated its decision to prioritise funding for science and technology disciplines under current fiscal pressures. We are sharing the Minister’s response in full below to support…

Enable launches ‘Access for All’ to drive inclusion in sport and culture

Stuart Mitchell

Enable is launching a new three-year partnership programme ‘Access for All’ to create greater opportunities for young disabled people to access sport, culture and the arts. The three-year partnership programme is inspired by Article 30 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), which recognises the right of disabled people to participate in cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport.   The ‘Access for All’ programme is being launched during the 2025 Scottish Disability Sport (SDS) Summer Camp, taking place this week at Badaguish Campsite near Aviemore in…

£4 million charity fund launched to bolster financial resilience

Stuart Mitchell

Lloyds Banking Group and its four charitable Foundations have launched a new joint Financial Resilience fund, with £4.2 million available to the charity sector to help empower those most in need by gaining confidence and skills to manage their finances, reduce reliance on debt and achieve long-term financial stability. The creation of the fund follows new research from Lloyds Banking Group and the charitable Foundations which found that in the past three years, 4.3 million individuals have sought assistance from UK charities due to financial hardship. Charities are a vital…