Charity and Voluntary Sector
DUK: Celebrity personal trainer Dee Thresher and her partner, ITV Daybreak’s Dr Hilary Jones, are fronting a new online training programme to support Diabetes UK runners taking part in a Bupa Great Run this year.
They will be filming exclusive training videos & providing training tips on Twitter (follow @dee_fitness) to support people with diabetes to train for a run and manage their existing diabetes effectively. Physical activity like running can also help to reduce the risk of people developing Type 2 diabetes.
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DUK: Exactly 90 years ago last week a 14-year-old Canadian boy, Leonard Thompson, became the first person with diabetes to be successfully treated with insulin. Prior to insulin treatment a diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes was an invariable death sentence, with patients usually surviving for only a few months, and often just weeks or days.
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HL: Rough sleepers who passed through the No Second Night Out hub were half as likely to return to sleeping on the streets than those who didn't, a new report on the
NSNO is currently being rolled out across the country, with 41 services receiving grants from the Homeless Transition Fund to support them with ending rough sleeping. The launch of the
BIG: The Big Lottery Fund has published 7 good practice guides for organisations working with young people. The new downloadable publications share learning & practical examples from projects supported by the Young People’s Fund.
Putting its learning into practice, BIG is currently looking to recruit a group of motivated 16-25 year olds to help develop an investment that will benefit young people in
Those applying (by 1 February 2012) to help us achieve this will know the kind of services young people need, have experience of making difficult decisions as part of a team and be able to share their own views, not just those of an organisation or group they may belong to.
Press release & links ~ New investment in Young People
CLG: Communities Minister Andrew Stunell has invited community & voluntary organisations to apply for a share of £100m that will help revitalise communities and bring the empty homes blighting their areas back into use. The deadline for applications is 17 April 2012.
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