Over 1,000 people died in England as a result of living in cold damp homes in December 2022. [1] Based on new analysis by the End Fuel Poverty Coalition of official data for December 2022, the levels of excess winter deaths caused by cold homes exceeded those of December 2021 and were similar in level …
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The Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce (LSCT) has released new data on Less Survivable Cancers Awareness Day to highlight the critical importance of symptom awareness for early diagnosis of these cancers. The taskforce represents six less survivable cancers, lung, liver, brain, oesophageal, pancreatic and stomach, with an average five-year survival rate of just 16%. Together, these …
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A letter signed by over 300 students on social work courses and calling for fair treatment has been snubbed by ministers and officials, forcing the students to launch a formal petition to the Scottish Parliament. When social work undergraduates spend nine months on full-time placements in their third and fourth years there are no bursaries …
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Campaign Collective will be running a free lunchtime workshop on 12 January 2023, providing an opportunity to draw on lessons learned in 2022 and set intentions for the year ahead. This workshop is free for anyone in the not-for-profit sector working in a management level position (or about to step into one) and above. The …
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This past summer, the Canal & River Trust celebrated their 10th anniversary as a charity. Over the last decade, the Trust has been protecting, preserving, and promoting 2,000 miles of canals and rivers across England and Wales. Members of Campaign Collective provided communications support to the Trust’s London & South East regional team and stepped …
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Following the Government’s disappointing response to the energy bills crisis gripping the country, the Warm This Winter campaign has called for a national Day of Action on fuel poverty on Saturday 3 December 2022. Groups and communities will come together and stage Warm This Winter events and actions in villages, towns and cities up and …
Two mothers who lost their sons to knife crime in London have been speaking out against youth violence at an event supported by Campaign Collective. The two mothers had been working with the social enterprise 1000 Black Boys, which last week called on big businesses and entrepreneurs to fund and enable community projects combatting youth …
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Young people from across the UK are coming together to imagine a better future as part of the 10th annual Tomorrow’s Engineers Week (7 to 11 November 2022). More than 50 students shared their ideas about how engineering will shape the next decade including use of rewilding to increase biodiversity, improved CGI to create more …
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The overwhelming majority of the population believe the Government should do more to help people through the energy crisis, according to new polling by the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, which is co-ordinated by Campaign Collective. Over 60 charities, co-ordinated by the Warm This Winter campaign, have joined forces to write to the new Prime Minister …
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The Rare Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease Alliance (RAIRDA) has released a report highlighting ‘alarming disparities in the quality of care and treatment’ received by people living with rare autoimmune rheumatic diseases (RAIRDs). The Resetting the Balance report provides compelling evidence that late diagnosis and inadequate care of these diseases can significantly reduce a person’s life expectancy …
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