Positive News, Inspiring Stories, Personal Development
The power of social media still blows my mind each day. But it’s not social media that holds the power, it’s the individuals who create communities and friendships by utilising the various platforms. Bethan Mary, owner of DecoDori was inspired by a friend’s Facebook status to send a gift to a 90-year-old Great, Great-Auntie living […]
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850,000 people in the UK are estimated to be living with dementia according to Alzheimer’s Research UK. When a parent or grandparent is diagnosed with dementia it can be hard to take in, and sometimes harder for children to understand the changes going on for their loved person. This may be because they don’t “properly […]
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Mental health charity, sidekick has teamed up with small creative business Botany&Books to create a bespoke book and candle gift set in honour of Mental Health Awareness Week taking place from 10-16 May 2021. With this in mind, the sidekick team were determined to do something unique with the support of a meaningful partnership. The […]
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The expansion of an environmental campaign has seen use of plastic bottles cut by around 100 million. The award-winning campaign, Refill has prevented 30,000 pieces of plastic use in Oxford and Bristol areas. The City to Sea campaign is a not-for-profit organisation, working to stop plastic pollution. Founding partners, Water UK and Chilly’s are some […]
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Artist, consultant and author, Mandy Nicholson is on a mission to support and encourage creative females across the world to make money from their craft. Having recently built a 6 figure business from her craft during the pandemic, and purchasing her dream home, Mandy is determined to help fellow female creatives launch, grow and expand […]
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It’s fair to say the lockdown has had its up and downs for us all, from redundancies to launching businesses out of passions. As we draw to what is supposedly the last few months of a full lockdown, it’s good to reflect on the good that has come out of lockdown. For founder of Essential […]
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Interest in skincare has certainly grown over the last decade, with 9.2 million women said to use face cream products in 2019, as reported by Statista. Isobel Perl, founder of Perl Cosmetics had a business vision in mind a year before caving into her passion. Prior to this Isobel found herself in a corporate world […]
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Small family business, Spice Kitchen brought comfort amidst loss to daughter Reena and her daughters after losing their mother and grandmother. Losing a loved one is a deeply saddening event and keeping a lost loved ones memory alive is something Reena was determined to do after the sudden loss of her mother which impacted herself […]
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Monthly book delivery and digital book club, Rare Birds has gifted another 62 books to Ronald McDonald House in Glasgow in celebration of World Book Day which took place on the 4th of March, marking their second donation to the charity during the pandemic. Headquartered in Scotland, the Book Club has announced a second partnership […]
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After an honest discussion about their personal struggles with mental health and finding no luck with mental health apps, James Shrager and Matthew Halstead – friends from University – were determined to do something about it. Collectively they created a mental health nonprofit – sidekick which was launched in March 2020 during the pandemic. The […]
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