Author: Campaign Collective

New College Worcester (NCW) has today announced plans to join Worcestershire based Aequalis Education Trust’s (AET’s) family. NCW is a residential school for children and young people with vision impairment (VI). Today’s announcement is part of a strategic move to expand its provision of special educational needs (SEND) while also securing the long-term sustainability of …

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CWU members have voted decisively to reject Westminster’s failing First Past the Post (FPTP) electoral system and back a move to proportional representation, marking a historic shift for the Labour-affiliated union. Delegates passed the motion at the union’s annual conference in Bournemouth on Sunday May 10th warning that “FPTP is producing unrepresentative results and is at …

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An alarming new survey conducted for the charity Melanoma Focus reveals that 1 in 9 UK adults have deliberately burnt their skin, ignoring the serious and potentially deadly consequences of UV exposure. The survey also found that 35% of respondents never use sunscreen in the UK during the summer months – a figure that rises …

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Half (52%) of women and those assigned female at birth in the UK said they’ve felt pressure to go to work despite experiencing severe period pain. A quarter (24%) also said they’ve experienced problems at work because of the time taken off due to the pain. The data has been released by Endometriosis UK ahead …

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Politicians from all major political parties took part in the first ever hustings dedicated to debating rewilding issues, ahead of Scotland’s elections this May. The Rewilding Nation: Hope for Nature Hustings event took place at Pitlochry Festival Theatre on World Rewilding Day, Friday 20 March. It followed the public backing for rewilding last year by Scottish actor …

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New data released by Endometriosis UK has revealed that the average time to receive a diagnosis of endometriosis in the UK has now reached 9 years and 4 months. Alarmingly, this figure has increased from an average of 8 years reported in 2020.  The findings, from a survey by Endometriosis UK, highlight the struggles of …

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