73-year-old to row across Atlantic Ocean for Alzheimer's Research UK
09/28/23 • 14 min
Independent private schools would retain some of their tax breaks under a Labour government, after the party backed down on its pledge to strip them of charitable status.https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/sep/27/labour-backs-down-from-plan-to-strip-private-schools-of-charitable-status
This December, Oldham Athletic owner, and adventurer, Frank Rothwell, who is 73 - yes 73 - years old, will row 3,000-miles across the Atlantic, with the aim of raising 1 million pounds for Alzheimer’s Research UK.
Donate to Frank’s fundraising for Alzheimer’s Research UK here: Frank Rothwell’s World’s Toughest Row Atlantic Challenge 2023 – JustGiving
For National Inclusion Week, the NCVO Rainbow Network shares their thoughts on how to provide opportunities for making organisations more inclusive for the LGBTQIA+ community within your organisation.
https://www.ncvo.org.uk/news-and-insights/news-index/5-ways-embody-spirit-of-pride-year-round/#/
Patients and colleagues have been queuing up to congratulate a caring father who has supported people with sight loss in Luton and Bedfordshire for 20 years.
https://www.rnib.org.uk/news/praise-for-mark/
Hearing loss affects 1 in 5 UK adults, and yet there are currently no treatments that can restore hearing or prevent it from getting worse. One person who is seeking to change this is Professor Karen Steel, who discussed the biological causes of hearing loss at the 2023 Hearing Therapeutics Summit.
https://rnid.org.uk/2023/09/research-into-our-genes-is-bringing-us-closer-to-hearing-loss-treatments/
John Attrill, a full-time mechanic at Bembridge RNLI has added another string to his bow having just been passed out as a D class helm on Bembridge RNLI ’s Inshore Lifeboat.
https://rnli.org/news-and-media/2023/september/28/family-traditions-continue-at-bembridge-rnli
World-leading study, State of Nature, finds no let-up in the decline of our wildlife, with one in six species at risk of being lost from Great Britain.
https://www.rspb.org.uk/about-the-rspb/about-us/media-centre/press-releases/landmark-report-shows-uk-wildlifes-devastating-decline/
SSAFA have expressed their gratitude to the Army Central Fund (ACF) for its generous donation of £40,000 towards providing Short Breaks for service families who have a child with additional needs or a disability.
https://www.ssafa.org.uk/news-articles/acf-supports-children-living-with-a-disability
School in a Bag is aiming to send 200 bags in October and 800 in February.The bags will be taken to schools and orphanages in Taroudant in Morocco after the worst earthquake in the country for 60 years struck on 8 September.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-66914260
Independent private schools would retain some of their tax breaks under a Labour government, after the party backed down on its pledge to strip them of charitable status.https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/sep/27/labour-backs-down-from-plan-to-strip-private-schools-of-charitable-status
This December, Oldham Athletic owner, and adventurer, Frank Rothwell, who is 73 - yes 73 - years old, will row 3,000-miles across the Atlantic, with the aim of raising 1 million pounds for Alzheimer’s Research UK.
Donate to Frank’s fundraising for Alzheimer’s Research UK here: Frank Rothwell’s World’s Toughest Row Atlantic Challenge 2023 – JustGiving
For National Inclusion Week, the NCVO Rainbow Network shares their thoughts on how to provide opportunities for making organisations more inclusive for the LGBTQIA+ community within your organisation.
https://www.ncvo.org.uk/news-and-insights/news-index/5-ways-embody-spirit-of-pride-year-round/#/
Patients and colleagues have been queuing up to congratulate a caring father who has supported people with sight loss in Luton and Bedfordshire for 20 years.
https://www.rnib.org.uk/news/praise-for-mark/
Hearing loss affects 1 in 5 UK adults, and yet there are currently no treatments that can restore hearing or prevent it from getting worse. One person who is seeking to change this is Professor Karen Steel, who discussed the biological causes of hearing loss at the 2023 Hearing Therapeutics Summit.
https://rnid.org.uk/2023/09/research-into-our-genes-is-bringing-us-closer-to-hearing-loss-treatments/
John Attrill, a full-time mechanic at Bembridge RNLI has added another string to his bow having just been passed out as a D class helm on Bembridge RNLI ’s Inshore Lifeboat.
https://rnli.org/news-and-media/2023/september/28/family-traditions-continue-at-bembridge-rnli
World-leading study, State of Nature, finds no let-up in the decline of our wildlife, with one in six species at risk of being lost from Great Britain.
https://www.rspb.org.uk/about-the-rspb/about-us/media-centre/press-releases/landmark-report-shows-uk-wildlifes-devastating-decline/
SSAFA have expressed their gratitude to the Army Central Fund (ACF) for its generous donation of £40,000 towards providing Short Breaks for service families who have a child with additional needs or a disability.
https://www.ssafa.org.uk/news-articles/acf-supports-children-living-with-a-disability
School in a Bag is aiming to send 200 bags in October and 800 in February.The bags will be taken to schools and orphanages in Taroudant in Morocco after the worst earthquake in the country for 60 years struck on 8 September.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-66914260
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In response to the UK Government’s decision to approve the development of the Rosebank oil field, Oxfam has put out a statement.
Greenpeace UK have also put out a similar statement against the decision to approve the new oil and gas field.
https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/rosebank-oil-and-gas-field-approved-handouts-to-corporations-at-the-expense-of-the-rest-of-us-greenpeace-comment/
Woodgreen comments on the proposed ban of XL Bully types.
https://woodgreen.org.uk/news-events/woodgreen-response-to-proposed-ban-of-xl-bully-types/
RNIB has been trialing four different accessible voting solutions with blind and partially sighted voters, at an event supported by the Government and the Electoral Commission.
https://www.rnib.org.uk/news/rnib-tests-four-solutions-to-bring-accessible-voting-one-step-closer/
The Liberal Democrats have welcomed Help for Heroes to their annual party conference in Bournemouth to discuss how it will prioritise veterans at the next general election.
https://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/about-us/news/lib-dems-adopt-key-veterans-policies-at-annual-conference/
Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) has published an evaluation of SSAFA’s Stepping Stone Home, which it calls “... a unique and invaluable service”.
https://www.ssafa.org.uk/news-articles/new-report-on-ssafa-s-stepping-stone-home-released
Mind has published a blog by Helen Cook called Winning at Work describing how she helped her workplace - the Awen Cultural Trust - to achieve a Gold Award for workplace wellbeing.
https://www.mind.org.uk/news-campaigns/news/winning-at-work-how-i-helped-my-workplace-to-strike-gold-for-staff-wellbeing/
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This October, Terence Higgins Trust is hosting a series of online workshops to support people to age well with HIV and improve their physical wellbeing. They're open to anyone in the UK living with HIV aged 50 and over. A link to further details on these workshops, including the dates can be found in the show notes.
Engaging GPs and primary care, Wednesday 4 October at 6pm.
Eating well for less (in partnership with The Food Chain), Thursday 12 October at 6pm.
Managing other conditions with HIV and ageing well, Wednesday 25 October at 6pm.
A celebration has been held in Belfast to mark the end of a unique initiative which has helped over 1,300 people living with sight loss.
A man from Lyme Regis took on the challenge of swimming the English Channel as a fundraiser for MIND and the RNLI, raising more than £7,100 to share between the charities.
You can still donate towards Harry’s fundraiser by visiting his JustGiving page: Harry's Solo English Channel Swim.
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