News Articles: June 2010
TED: ideas worth spreading
TED is a global and growing community, giving millions of knowledge-seekers around the globe direct access to the world's thought leaders. TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. The TED website gives each of us an opportunity to listen to thoughts, ideas and vision of people from around the globe about matters...
Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance
The Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance is a dedicated medical air service which first began operations in Lincolnshire in April 1994. Based at RAF Waddington, south of Lincoln, and unaffected by road congestion, country roads, heavy vehicles or road works the Helicopter can reach any destination in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire in 19 minutes. In the financial year 2007/2008 we flew 1104 missions and on 6th March 2008 completed our 10,000th mission. In England and Wales there are Eighteen dedicated Air Ambula...
British Red Cross - asylum seeker destitution
New report calls for end to asylum seekers’ destitution 16 June 2010 The British Red Cross has launched an advocacy report which highlights the dire hardships facing destitute asylum seekers – and the urgent need for a more humane asylum system. The report – titled Not gone, but forgotten (1.5MB pdf) – explores the Red C...
Education for All - what does it do?
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire" W.B. Yeats Education for All seeks to ensure that in the UK the building of new schools, or the refurbishment of existing schools, is done in a way that has benefits on a local, national and global level by promoting life-long learning and sustainability for everyone, whist seeking environmental mitigation of landfill. Educat...
E-Learning 4 Africa & SAN
EL4A was established as a BEE organization with the aim at delivering customized cutting edge learning solutions harnessing the power of all the latest available technologies. E-Learning 4 Africa invites all schools , charities and educational organisations to register on our SAN website. For further information, visit http://www.elearning4africa.com/ ...
The Jessie May Trust
The very best place for children and young people with a terminal illness is at home where they feel comfortable and loved. However, caring for them is a relentless responsibility for parents, family and friends. At the Jessie May Trust we provide a free Palliative Care Service for children and young people who are not expected to live beyond nineteen years. We work in Bristo...
UN news: Crisis in Kyrgyzstan
Crisis in Kyrgyzstan leaves 300,000 internally displaced BISHKEK, (17 June 2010) – Violence in southern Kyrgyzstan has forced an estimated 300,000 people to f...
A different 'take' on world news
A communications co-operative With over 30 years of publishing under its belt, and more than 55,000 subscribers worldwide, the New Internationalist is renowned for its radical, campaigning stance on a range of world issues, from the cynical marketing of babymilk in the Majority World to human rights in Burma. Independent Publications from the New Internationalist are produced by an independent trust working as a not-for-profit cooperative. Originally the group was sponsored by Oxfam, C...
Defra Select Committee Report on Waste
The Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) today (19 January 2010) published that latest Select Committee Report on a waste strategy for England. The Report’s summary states: “Every year some 330 million tonnes of waste are produced in the UK at huge economic and environmental cost. The direct costs of managing this waste—£2.5 billion annually for English household waste alone—are dwarfed by the costs of using new resources to replace discarded materials. The Government...
FOE's Get Serious about C02 campaign
Councils have a big say in UK climate emissions - from how we heat and fuel our homes to how we get around.The Get Serious About CO2 campaign is calling for every council to do its bit to tackle climate change. To watch Friends of The Earth campaign video, visit: http://www.foe.co.uk/what_we_do/get_serious_index.html...
