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Ten outstanding health and wellbeing charities win 2024 GSK IMPACT Awards 

Stuart Mitchell

Ten UK charities have been named as winners of the 2024 GSK IMPACT Awards for their excellent work improving health and wellbeing in their communities.   This year’s awards come at a time when many smaller charities find themselves working in a demanding and challenging environment. Rising costs, falling income and increased demand continues to put charities and their finances under extreme pressure. The cost-of-living crisis is having a significant impact on the health and wellbeing of many local communities, with a record 2.8 million people currently unable to work due to…

Triodos Bank UK introduces fund focused on children’s wellbeing and development

Stuart Mitchell

Triodos Bank UK has introduced the Triodos Future Generations Fund, a thematic fund aimed at improving the wellbeing and development of children worldwide, to UK retail investors. The fund provides an opportunity for everyday investors to support listed small and midcap companies around the world that fit into this unique socially-focused investment theme. The fund is managed by Triodos Investment Management (Triodos IM), the investment arm of Triodos Bank, and has been open to European investors and UK institutional investors since March 2022. The fund currently has assets under management…

Four Out Of Five Magic Breakfast Schools See Improved Mental And Emotional Wellbeing Of Pupils Receiving Breakfast From The Charity

Stuart Mitchell

It has long been cited that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for young people at school, this couldn’t be more so. Not only does it boost concentration and attainment, leading to better outcomes, but new research from children’s charity Magic Breakfast has also found it improves their mental health and wellbeing. A whopping 83% of the charity’s partner schools agreed that the Magic Breakfast provision has impacted positively in this area. Out of these, 20% thought mental health and wellbeing was significantly better and 64%…

Cancer Research UK partners with the Retail Trust to provide all shop staff and volunteers with free wellbeing support

Stuart Mitchell

Cancer Research UK has started working with the Retail Trust to support the wellbeing of the thousands of volunteers and staff members at its 550+ UK shops. The new partnership will give Cancer Research UK’s 2,000 shop workers and 11,000 volunteers across the country access to personalised support from the Retail Trust. This includes counselling and cognitive behavioural therapy for themselves or under-18s in their care, as well as exclusive discounts and rewards. Julie Byard, director of trading at Cancer Research UK, said: “The wellbeing and health of our dedicated volunteers…

Charity shops have positive impact on wellbeing valued at £75.3 Billion, new study finds

Stuart Mitchell

Charity shops have a huge positive impact on people’s wellbeing, a ground-breaking new report commissioned by the Charity Retail Association has found. The Social Return on Investment (SROI) report, ‘The Value of Giving Back – The Social Return of Charity Shops’ has been commissioned by the Charity Retail Association, kindly supported by law firm Foot Anstey, to understand the social value generated by UK charity shops and the benefits they bring to customers, staff, volunteers, and donors, and was undertaken using established principles of assessing social value. The report found…