The day before last weekend’s Boat Race, Londoners were invited to investigate a growing plastic menace on the Thames. Thames21’s The Big Count, now in its third year, was an opportunity for the public to contribute to the ongoing Thames River Watch citizen science programme monitoring the health of the Thames. South of Hammersmith Bridge,…
Fareshare, the community food network and shortlisted (with Cargill) for this year’s Best Partnership in the Community award, is also one of the charity’s supporting a novel new matchmaking service. Good Deed Dating gets like-minded singles involved in volunteering projects. It takes the pressure and awkwardness out of dating by shifting the spotlight off individuals,…
In the second half of her Indian odyssey, Karen Sutton, Founder and CEO of the National CSR Awards, describes how a trip to a beautiful beach opened her eyes to the full horrors of ocean waste. “After leaving Mumbai, I headed south to Goa to celebrate a milestone birthday and was planning on ‘switching off’. Except,…
If you’d like to make your organisation’s presence felt at this year’s awards ceremony at Lord’s Cricket Ground on Thursday 18th May, there’s still time to get involved by becoming one of the award’s goodie bag sponsors. For just £75 you can get your brand/product/message directly into the hands all 250 gala dinner guests. For…