Mark Lanyon with his book ”Who Stole Grandma?” An author whose mother was affected by Parkinson’s disease has published a book about his family’s journey and decided to use his book “Who Stole Grandma?” to raise money for charity. The heart warming book has helped Mark Lanyon to raise £3000 in less than a month. Till the end of July the author is planning to donate all of the earnings from paperback sales and 50% of earnings from ebooks to Parkinson’s UK. Mark did not expect to raise such amount of money in such short time, the author says: ”£3000…
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Photo credit: Richard Anderton Richard Anderton, teacher at Meer Green Primary School spoke to Birmingham Eastside about the challenges of remote learning. All schools and colleges across the UK are closed to most students and moved to remote learning till mid-February. However, children of key workers and vulnerable children can still access schools. Although it’s not a perfect way to teach and learn, teachers and students have shown flexibility throughout the pandemic. Anderton said: “I have seen first hand the resilience of teachers and their students to ensure that effective learning still takes place.” Richard said that it is easier to…
The head of the RSPCA’s rescue teams said that since the start of the pandemic the RSPCA has received almost 900,000 calls about animal cruelty and neglect. “Our officers, rescue teams, animal centre and frontline staff have shown remarkable resilience during this most time” RSPCA officers carried on with responding to animal welfare emergencies throughout pandemic. The charitable organisation has 14 rescue animal centres across England and Wales. Dermot Murphy, the head of the RSPCA’s rescue teams, added: “There’s also thousands of animals in our care – but our teams continue to rescue, rehabilitate and rehome in new ways to help…
Credit: Unsplashed by Prudence Earl Charity shops must move online if they are to continue helping people in need during the pandemic, volunteers have warned. According to The Charity Retail Association (CRA), there are more than 11,000 charity shops in the UK. Some charitable organisations like Oxfam and the British Red Cross are now available online via eBay. A volunteer who works with the British Heart Foundation (BHF) said: “Organisations definitely have to work on moving their shops online, at least during national lockdown ” During the third national lockdown, charity shops yet again closed their doors to customers as all…