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A small charity making a big difference to people who have experienced severe mental ill-health is hoping to increase the number of people it can…

Submitting... Ballyclare As part of the council’s Recovery Programme, 65 town centre businesses will benefit from the installation of new awnings at a cost of £160,000 met by the Department for Communities to help them facilitate social distancing. These will help businesses to expand floor space outdoors and provide shelter for queuing customers. Antrim and Newtownabbey Mayor Councillor Jim Montgomery said: “This investment is a key driver in improving the regeneration of our towns by hel...

Article by The UNDP has mobilised funding to assist the recovery effort in St Vincent and the Grenadines. (GP) Social Share United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean has mobilised US$300 000 from UNDP Core Funding towards the relief efforts for St Vincent and the Grenadines which is suffering the effects of explosive eruptions of the La Soufriere Volcano there. This initial funding will be channelled towards Pillar One and Two of The UNDP Crisis Resp...

26 April 2021, Rome – Addressing the 166 th Session of the FAO Council today, Director-General QU Dongyu highlighted the ways the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been providing constant support to Members, including to overcome the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Each of the decisions, activities and results shared with Council today are “not an isolated exercise, but part of an interlinked chain of progress,” he said. Alluding to the COVID-19 ...

Historic opportunities for global action to eradicate poverty, end hunger and reduce inequalities Format Director-General provides the FAO Council with updates on delivery and proposals for the way forward 26 April 2021, Rome - Addressing the 166th Session of the FAO Council today, Director-General QU Dongyu highlighted the ways the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been providing constant support to Members, including to overcome the challenges posed by the COVI...

04/26/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/26/2021 10:22 Historic opportunities for global action to eradicate poverty, end hunger and reduce inequalities 26 April 2021, Rome - Addressing the 166 th Session of the FAO Council today, Director-General QU Dongyu highlighted the ways the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been providing constant support to Members, including to overcome the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Each of the decisions...

Director-General provides the FAO Council with updates on delivery and proposals for the way forward 26 April 2021, Rome - Addressing the 166 th Session of the FAO Council today, Director-General QU Dongyu highlighted the ways the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has been providing constant support to Members, including to overcome the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Each of the decisions, activities and results shared with Council today are "not an isol...

20/04/2021 20 April 2021, Brussels/Rome - “New solutions and modern approaches” are needed to face global challenges such as hunger, poverty, climate change, environmental degradation and the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu said today at the launch of the European Commission’s new Knowledge Centre for Earth Observation (KCEO). “Actionable information gained from earth observation data is an important enabler” for the transformation envi...

The charitys gardening project is a great way to help young people de-stress This year was supposed to be one of celebration for Waltham Abbey Youth 2000, but it became one of the most challenging for the charity since it was set up 26 years ago. The coronavirus pandemic meant that instead of celebrating the anniversary the charity, which provides a wide range of services for young people and their families, had to close down its facilities including its youth clubs and parent drop-in sessi...

SCOTLAND’S leading retail association has demanded a firm Scottish Government commitment to an ‘eat out to help out’ style voucher scheme to…