73-year-old to row across Atlantic Ocean for Alzheimer's Research UK

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

https://www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/chair-of-oldham-athletic-travels-to-essex-to-train-for-3000-mile-charity-row-across-the-atlantic/

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