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PUPILS OPEN GREENHOUSE AT DONKEY RIDING THERAPY CHARITY
12 Mar 2010
Pupils from a Plymouth special school officially opened a greenhouse at a donkey-riding therapy centre for children with disabilities in Ivybridge.
YOUNG CULTURE-VULTURES CELEBRATE DIVERSITY
12 Mar 2010
Four youth clubs took part in a colourful celebration of multi-culturalism in Kensington last night, to mark the end of Stop the Hate, a six week project to raise awareness about other cultures and tackle anti-social behaviour in the area.
FAMILIES URGED TO DISCUSS WILLS DURING DYING MATTERS WEEK
12 Mar 2010
A Durham hospice is encouraging local families to talk about death as part of Dying Matters Awareness Week, which takes place from March 15 to 21.
GOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR KNOWLEDGE BANK GOES LIVE
12 Mar 2010
An online knowledge bank about the Compact, a long-standing agreement that sets out how the Government and the voluntary sector should work together, has gone live.
WATERAID JOINS SAFE MOTHERHOOD CAMPAIGN
12 Mar 2010
Charity WaterAid has announced that it will join a campaign to improve maternal health around the world this Mother's Day.
BUSKERS RAISE CASH TO BUILD AFRICAN SCHOOLS
12 Mar 2010
Musicians across the country are being encouraged to take part in a fundraising busk to help build schools in rural Africa.
WHEELCHAIR SPRINTER TAKES PART IN MOTHER'S DAY RACE
12 Mar 2010
A disabled mum from Harlow, Essex, who is one of the world's top wheelchair sprinters, will race 13 miles round the famous Silverstone track in Northamptonshire on Mother's Day to raise money for children in Africa.
MUSLIMS GIVE OUT 100,000 LEAFLETS TO PROMOTE PEACE
12 Mar 2010
One of Britain's oldest Muslim communities has distributed more than 100,000 leaflets across the capital in a bid to change to people's perception of Islam.
CHARITY WELCOMES CROSS-PARTY SOCIAL CARE REPORT
12 Mar 2010
A carers charity has today welcomed a report that urged politicians not to turn social care for the elderly into an "election football" over the coming weeks' campaigning.
ST JOHN AMBULANCE APPEAL FOR REAL-LIFE FIRST AID STORIES
12 Mar 2010
St John Ambulance in Cornwall is appealing for people to come forward with real-life stories of how first aid has helped them.
