The value of older volunteers
Age-Friendly and Inclusive Volunteering, a new review of community contributions in later life by the Centre for Ageing Better, calls on charities, voluntary organisations and the public sector to do ...
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Cookery classes on prescription: time to tackle “one of the greatest public health challenges of our time.”
“Loneliness is one of the greatest public health challenges of our time”, Theresa May revealed as she launched the first cross-Government strategy to tackle it. The Prime Minister confirmed all GPs in ...
Let’s celebrate our libraries
In 1850, the Public Libraries Act was passed giving local authorities the ability to establish public libraries that were free to all. The provision of books and pamphlets was seen as a way to encoura ...
What could the high street of the future have to offer you?
It’s difficult to walk down almost any UK high street nowadays without noticing the grey and deserted empty spaces that were once home to thriving shops. Fading, tatty store signs cling above empty sh ...