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08 March 2024

Margaret is an ordained minister and spent several years working in Peru supporting and educating women. She identified women in tribal areas as illiterate and struggled with basic knowledge on nutrition, reading and family planning.

08 March 2024

The highlight of the trip however was finding out one of the residents, Sheila Campbell, used to work in the centre bagging up cotton wool several years ago.

06 March 2024

The couple married in 1957 after David, who was originally from the Northeast, settled in Cumbria as an evacuee during World War II.

06 March 2024

As expected, the Chancellor has failed to address the current crisis facing the social care sector during the Spring Budget. Our ask is that, ahead of the next General Election, all political parties present a credible, sustainable plan that resolves the

06 March 2024

Dorothy Smith started working at The Grand Theatre in Church Street as the head of catering and hospitality in 1981 when it reopened as a theatre.

05 March 2024

There’s a gaping chasm between government funding for social care and the cost of providing care. In reality, we’re not expecting this shortfall to be addressed when the Chancellor outlines his Spring Budget this week. But what we do want is for all polit

05 March 2024

On Wednesday 6 March the Chancellor of the Exchequer is presenting his latest Budget – we know it will be the last one before the General Election. We also know that the social care sector won’t be getting the long-term funding that it so desperately need

05 March 2024

The defibrillator will be accessible for anyone in the area needing to use it and will require a code form the emergency services to activate it

04 March 2024

The idea for the book came from the late Crispian Acher, Head of Chaplaincy at MHA, who sadly died suddenly as the book was being published. He realised in conversations with colleagues that there was nothing available to help children if an older relativ