Lyndsey Clay, founder of Connected Brighton, has been shortlisted for Brighton Girl of the Year and Community of the Year at the Brighton Girl Awards; voting is open until March 1 and winners will be announced in March at The Old Market.
The Gates Foundation will concentrate at least 70% of its funding over the next 20 years on preventing maternal and child deaths and controlling key infectious diseases, and it plans to hold annual spending at about $9 billion for the next five years.
Get Creative Brighton will run a puppet-making workshop for children on February 17, and Friends of Patcham High has organised three silent disco fundraisers including a family event on Valentine’s Day morning.
Bolton Hospice will run a 36-hour match-funding campaign from March 1 to 2 aiming to raise £100,000, with local businesses having pledged £36,000 so far.
St Margaret's Hospice Care will host a Bridgerton-style charity masquerade ball at Taunton School on 20 February to raise funds for hospice care across Somerset; tickets are £70 per person or £675 for a table of ten.
More than half-a-million people have seen Dippy at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum in Coventry, and the Natural History Museum and the Herbert have agreed to extend the exhibit's stay until 19 February 2027.
Dippy at The Herbert in Coventry will remain on display until 19 February 2027 after a one-year extension, and the replica diplodocus is made from 292 bones and measures 4.17 metres high.
Newport-based Friends of the Animals was chosen as Island Roads' staff Charity of the Year and visited the company's HQ with rescue dog Lolly; the charity reported almost £500,000 in support provided last year.
U.S. life expectancy rose to 79 years in 2024, the highest level on record, driven largely by recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic and a reported 26% drop in drug overdose deaths.
Households in England and Wales face an average water bill rise of about £33 a year from April, and a BBC money expert said social tariffs and schemes can cut bills substantially for some low-income or pension credit recipients.
