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Elephant Branded
Cool, funky bags made from recycled cement packs in villages in Cambodia are soon to be filled with women’s stories with an aim of informing buyers about the social aspects of the production. Figen...
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News Digest 13/11/13
THREE NEWS STORIES Featuring a heart-warming Christmas campaign from The Living Room, plus news from Housing Justice and Hackney Hounds LIVING ROOM WARMING UP FOR XMAS – A restaurant in Bristol is...
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Amber
Figen Gunes finds out about a residential project for young people with an ‘enviable’ success rate in turning lives around.// Amber, a residential charity working with 17- to 30-year-old homeless and...
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Citizens’ Eye
The people of Leicester have been benefiting from an extensive network of community media thanks to Citizens’ Eye, discovers Figen Gunes. // Citizens’ Eye was set up in 2007 in a bid to produce...
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Crisis Skylight Cafe
Tony at the Crisis Skylight Cafe (pic: Danielle Aumord) Danielle Aumord dives into the training cafe at Crisis Skylight. // The London-based Crisis Skylight Cafe is perched on Commercial Street in the...
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Bounce Back
Jamie Parkes from Bounce Back (pic: Anil) A decorating enterprise is giving ex-offenders a fresh lick of paint, discovers Ebony Ali. // Bounce back is a painting and decorating charity and social...
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St Bart’s
A wizard idea in Oz, St Bart’s provides help where it is needed most. Danielle Aumord reports Welcome to St Bartholomew’s – or St.Bart’s for short. The mission plan here is to eliminate homelessness...
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Koestler Trust
Figen Gunes visits the Koestler Trust to find art inspiring inmates Koestler Trust, the oldest prison art charity, has started two life-changing mentoring schemes with the aim of helping prisoners...
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Resonance FM
This is the story of a ‘community’ radio station pushing back the boundaries of art and giving a voice to the artists “Resonance Fm is like a dream. I pinch myself to believe it actually exists in...
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AltGen
Heralding with joy the first funding of £40,000 given to her new initiative by Co-operatives UK, Rhiannon Colvin, 24, a recent graduate and social entrepreneur, shares her journey so far and explains...
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