Southampton Healthy Homes Project Report
Below is an update on the Southampton Healthy Homes project, which you have been involved with in the past 15 months. Thanks to your support we’re pleased to say that the
Not-for-profit health, wellbeing and care across the south
Local Social Enterprise to lead new approach to improve the health of Southampton residents. A group of local organisations has won a bid to deliver health improvement and behaviour change
The Southampton Rental Charter launches
The Southampton Rental Charter is a voluntary scheme set up by local MP’s Southampton Citizen’s Advice Bureau and ARLA (Association of Residential Letting Agents). It has been established to highlight
The Great Legal Bake 2017
The Great Legal Bake is an event which brings together the local legal and advice communities to celebrate the work of the entire profession in enabling access to justice for
Funding Congratulations
Congratulations to five local groups who have been successful in the first round of applications to HIOWCF Solent Community Grants Programme which aims to increase prospects for unemployed and economically
TEN PREDICTIONS FOR 2017
Nesta, the innovation foundation, has published a list of predictions for 2017, which suggest that 2017 will be the year the internet becomes the ‘splinternet’, plant butchery will hit the
Charities ‘can help more people’ if they use tech to change how they work
Charities could help more people if they embraced new technology such as cloud computing and machine learning, an event at Microsoft has heard. Read more here
Challenges faced by local charities revealed in new report
LocalGiving’s Local Charity & Community Group Sustainability Report 2016 has revealed that local charities are facing an ever-increasing demand for services coupled with greater difficulty in finding funding. Read more
Care Homes Probe
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) are now carrying out an investigation into care homes. This follows complaints of unfair treatment of families with relatives in care by the homes,
Letting the Sector Down
The warning of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) that charities risked becoming a dirty word has gained substance after the ICO found that the RSPCA and the British Heart Foundation