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Befriending Volunteering for Lonely Older Neighbours
Margaret, who lives four doors down from me, once told me that from Friday afternoon to Monday morning the only voice she heard...
Most campaigns to save a village pub or a corner shop start the week the "For Sale" board goes up. By then it is often too late.
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Margaret, who lives four doors down from me, once told me that from Friday afternoon to Monday morning the only voice she heard...
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Stand at a busy junction outside a primary school at 8:40 on a wet Tuesday and you will see it: a person in a long yellow coat,...
Inspiration
The man who rebuilt the bus shelter bench on my old street was 71.
Local Action
The first time I stood up at a council meeting, I had four pages of notes about a dangerous junction outside our primary...
Games
Community groups spend a huge amount of energy trying to get people to come back.
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The first time I took my six year old to sort tins at our local food bank, she lasted twenty two minutes before announcing she...
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