Tag: Support
Communities vs Covid-19: hundreds of neighbourly support groups spring up
More than 200 ‘mutual aid’ groups have sprung up across the UK to support those suffering from the effects and threat of the coronavirus out...
Health Society UK
‘First-of-its-kind’ community restorative justice hub opens in California
A community hub in Oakland, California, has opened offering conflict resolution through restorative justice circles, alongside legal service...
Justice Society World
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‘It’s not enough to just make great coffee’: The roastery uplifting its local communities
Bristol-based Extract Coffee Roasters works with community groups in the UK to support vulnerable people, through training, mentoring and sp...
Written in partnership with Extract Coffee Roasters
Art for heart’s sake: five projects that use the arts to improve mental health
From comedy for elderly people to a reading group to help combat social isolation, our pick of five projects that use the arts to improve me...
Arts Body & Mind Lifestyle Society
Who can be great mental health counsellors for refugees? Refugees
A project in Germany allows refugees who know the mother tongue of asylum seekers and have experienced their situation first-hand, to offer ...
Body & Mind Society
Angels and armies: How the internet is cleaning up its act
The internet can sometimes seem rife with hate, harassment and conflict, but as Rachel England finds out, the kindness of strangers is putti...
Society Technology
