Investec has announced that it is extending its partnership with food banks across the UK and supplying food banks in 15 UK cities with essential supplies.
Aiming to feed around 3,800 people every week across the country, Investec will be supplying around 20,000 food items on a weekly basis to each of the 15 food banks, which will help support the wider 20 food banks and 63 distribution centres in those networks. This is in addition to the 18,000 food items supplied every week in east London, supporting hundreds of families in need.
Last year Healthy Homes for Wellbeing, run by Exeter Community Energy (ECOE) launched a Winter Warmth campaign highlighting the issues of fuel poverty and hard to heat homes faced by local residents each and every winter.
The campaign generated almost £5,000 for the Healthy Homes Hardship Fund, thanks to the generosity of local residents.
This money has been used over the past six months to support low income and vulnerable households with purchases such as electric heaters, fridges, washing machines, cookers, fuel vouchers and basic repairs.
Devon Air Ambulance is celebrating a year of delivering its clinical service as an independent healthcare provider, a development that is helping patients across Devon.
In the lead up to becoming successfully registered with the Care Quality Commission last April, Devon Air Ambulance established a new integrated Patient Services team which combined the core emergency medical team of 23 Critical Care Paramedics and 15 Critical Care Doctors alongside aspects including research, education and training, clinical governance and a Patient Support service.
Vicarious liability of employers for their employees’ actions was discussed in detail in the Supreme Court hearing appeals in Morrisons Supermarkets v Various Claimants (2020) and Barclays Bank v Various Claimants (2020).
In the Morrisons case, an employee of the supermarket’s petrol station assaulted a customer. In legal circles there was some surprise that the supermarket was held to be vicariously liable for this. The decision was a borderline one on its facts with one Law Lord in the Court of Appeal saying that if Morrisons were liable then in practically every case where an...
Associate Solicitor Hannah Porter from The Family Law Company has been accredited by the Law Society and accepted as a member of the Family Law Panel.
This accreditation covers all types of family law work, except public law Children Act work and means that Hannah now has a recognised quality standard as a practitioner, so clients can be even more sure of an excellent standard of service. Achieving accreditation requires the successful completion of examinations, interviews and assessments to confirm suitability.
Hannah says “Having your skills and breadth of expertise...
Caudwell Children, the national charity that provides practical and emotional support to disabled children and their families, has announced that it is to extend its programme of online activity sessions, for disabled children, across the UK.
The 'LifeSkills' programme, open to disabled children and those with additional needs aged 8-18, will be delivered through online video calls, three times a week, and has been designed to encourage children and their families to participate in activities outside a school setting.
“The activity sessions, currently only available in...
All of us have tried out styling ourselves at home one time or another. Be it with beauty products or simple hairstyling techniques, there’s always a good chance of something going wrong in the way when you do it without professional help. With this quarantine going on for so long and salons shut down for good, people have been trying numerous beauty procedures at home and let’s just say not everything turned out as they expected it to be! Check out the funniest home beauty fails below!
1. Haircut gone wrong
Who among us hasn’t had the craving to cut their own hair ? To...
LinkedIn has evolved into a much larger landscape encompassing the most remote places in the professional world. LinkedIn has gone from being just another job-seeking platform, to a place where professionals with similar interests can get in touch. Today, businesses are not only hiring on LinkedIn but also generating a good amount of leads.
Hence, the importance of expanding your presence on LinkedIn is more relevant now than ever.
Business organizations tend to sideline the idea of optimizing their profile when trying to expand their network on LinkedIn. Believe it or...
One of the best ways to bring your friends and family together is by hosting a barbeque. The sense of community you can achieve by sitting down and sharing a meal is unmatched. But to do this, you want to make sure that you can present the best possible food for your friends and family. Let’s look at some simple tips that you can use to cook the best possible meat.
Choose The Right Cut Of Meat
The first step is to make sure that you are getting the right cut of meat. There are multiple options that you might want to consider exploring. As an example, some of the most common types...
Also known as Devonshire, Devon is a famous county in England. Devon covers the Bristol Channel in the North to the English Channel in the South. It is a part of South West England. It has some districts witch are, Mid Devon, North Devon, East Devon, Teignbridge, South Hams, West Devon, and Torridge. According to historical sources, Devon has got its name from Dumnoia. It is a famous tourist destination, and it also continues to be recognized for its dairy products. It is also known for its attractive lifestyle, and this is one of the main reasons many industries are attracted to this...
