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How to Become a Snow Warden and Keep Your Street Moving
When the first proper snow arrives, gritters stick to main roads and bus routes, and the side streets where older neighbours...
Every November, people decide they want to volunteer on Christmas Day, start ringing round in mid December, and find every shelter and lunch club already full. The wish is good.
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When the first proper snow arrives, gritters stick to main roads and bus routes, and the side streets where older neighbours...
Local Action
Cars race past the school gates at 45 in a 30 zone, you have complained to the council twice, and nothing has changed.
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Most people who try to start a neighbourhood book club get a great first meeting and a sad third one.
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If someone on your road collapsed in cardiac arrest tonight, would anyone know where the nearest defibrillator is, and could...
Community Building
Most streets already have a dozen small problems that one message could solve: a parcel left at the wrong door, a lost cat, a...
Volunteering
Lots of people want to volunteer at an animal shelter, picture themselves cuddling puppies, then find the application asks for...
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