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The largest ever donation to a prison charity will quadruple the number of offenders getting job training to help turn their lives around. The Clink Charity, which gives hospitality industry training to inmates, has been handed £6million by the Julia and Hans Rausing Trust. The donation, part of a £12million programme, will mean the charity can increase the number of prisoners taking catering qualifications from 500 annually to 2,000 by the end of next year. There are currently 11 Clink Kitch...

Susan Rice Dame Susan Rice is another veteran financier who combines banking and business interests with roles on public boards interest in the arts. She is chair of Scottish Water and the Scottish Fiscal Commission.  As chief executive, and then chair of Lloyds TSB Scotland, she became the first woman to head a UK clearing bank in 2000. In 2012, she was also the first woman elected as president of the Scottish Council for Development and Industry. She has long been respected by governme...

A YOUTH hub which has relaunched following the lockdown has received a huge boost thanks to a £21,000 grant. Bridport Youth and Community Centre (BYCC) has received the grant courtesy of the Julia and Hans Rausing Trust. The trusts Youth Centre Recovery Fund is designed to help youth centres survive and recover from the impact of the pandemic, so that they can continue to support young people. The grant will be used for covering operating costs and youth workers salaries for six months...

A YOUTH hub which has relaunched following the lockdown has received a huge boost thanks to a £21,000 grant. Bridport Youth and Community Centre (BYCC) has received the grant courtesy of the Julia and Hans Rausing Trust. The trusts Youth Centre Recovery Fund is designed to help youth centres survive and recover from the impact of the pandemic, so that they can continue to support young people. The grant will be used for covering operating costs and youth workers salaries for six months...

Julia and Hans Rausing, from the Youth Centre Recovery Fund, have granted Mahdlo more than £41,000 to support...

Volunteer drivers needed to help get charity on the road Claire Doherty with her team and volunteers pictured with the van at Chrysalis headquarters in Wigton. Volunteer drivers are needed to help get one of the county’s charitable organisations out on the road. Chrysalis has bases in Wigton and Carlisle and provides support for adults with disabilities, particularly those with learning difficulties. Its Chrysalis on the Road campaign will see a fabulous new van hitting the streets and enab...

Students opting for art history at university dropped by 28.5% last year ©  The Climate Reality Project Art History Link-Up (AHLU), a charity which provides free art history top-up courses for students at state-run schools in the UK, has secured backing from Christie’s. Experts at the auction house will mentor students under the new “educational partnership” while Christie’s investment will also help AHLU deliver its teaching programme. “Our students are unique...

£8m Youth Centre Recovery Fund launched Joe Lepper Wednesday, March 17, 2021 An £8m Youth Recovery Fund has been set up to help youth services recover from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Julia and Hans Rausing: Youth centres perform a vital role in the community. Picture: The Julia and Hans Rausing Trust Register now to continue reading Thank you for visiting Children & Young People Now and making use of our archive of more than 60,00...

Award winners announced at 14th edition of BFI Future Film Festival The BFI Future Film Festival awards, supported by Netflix, recognise and celebrate some of the talented young filmmakers, aged 16 to 25, whose films have screened as part of this year’s festival. 22 February 2021 Loco (2020) The 14th edition of the BFI Future Film Festival came to a close on Sunday, with the winners of the BFI Future Film Festival Awards, supported by Netflix, being announced at a virtual awards ceremony. ...

V&A brings Raphael Cartoons to life at home, ahead of gallery reopening Raphael Cartoon, The Healing of the Lame Man. Photo © V&A. Courtesy Royal Collection Trust Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2021. LONDON .-The V&A unveiled a host of new digital content about the Raphael Cartoons for everyone to enjoy from home, ahead of the reopening of the transformed Raphael Court to the public after the latest national lockdown lifts. Available on the V&A website, the new online offering provides those b...