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The Salutation, a historic building in Sandwich, Kent, used as a representative image for the local community fund story.
Sandwich

New Sandwich community fund opens with grants of up to £5,000

A new legacy-backed fund is inviting charities, schools and community groups in Sandwich to apply for projects supporting health, connection, children and the local environment.

Oxford researchers win funding to pursue drugs that could prevent inherited bowel cancer
Oxford

Oxford researchers win funding to pursue drugs that could prevent inherited bowel cancer

Cancer Research UK funding will support drug discovery aimed at preventing cancer in people with inherited polyposis syndromes.

Image accompanying Newbury Racecourse Station reveals impressive new mural created through a community project
Berkshire

Newbury Racecourse Station reveals impressive new mural created through a community project

There’s a vibrant fresh new look to Newbury Racecourse on-site station following a community collaboration. The project involved the Racecourse, Great Western Railway, Berkshire Youth and City Arts ...

Image accompanying East Hampshire climate grant helps fix up repair café
Hampshire

East Hampshire climate grant helps fix up repair café

A new repair café where residents can get broken belongings fixed and learn how to repair items themselves has been launched with the help of a £10,000 climate grant.

Image accompanying Berkshire HIV and LGBTQ+ charity 'incredibly grateful' for six-figure lottery boost
Berkshire

Berkshire HIV and LGBTQ+ charity 'incredibly grateful' for six-figure lottery boost

A charity supporting people living with HIV and LGBTQ+ communities across Berkshire is ‘incredibly grateful’ for a six-figure windfall from the National Lottery Community Fund.

Image accompanying Dozens of affordable homes to be built in South Wokingham
Berkshire

Dozens of affordable homes to be built in South Wokingham

A forward sale of 81 homes has been completed at Holme Meadows in South Wokingham, with Vistry selling the properties to housing association VIVID.

Image accompanying Design firm staff join forces for local conservation
Hampshire

Design firm staff join forces for local conservation

Employees from ArchitecturePLB have rolled up their sleeves to help protect native habitats in Hampshire.

Image accompanying Berkshire Search and Rescue hosts MP for training visit
Berkshire

Berkshire Search and Rescue hosts MP for training visit

Clive Jones MP met with volunteers in Berkshire to see first-hand how the search and rescue team prepares for emergencies.

Image accompanying Oxfordshire volunteer marks four decades of service
Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire volunteer marks four decades of service

Mavis Shortman was honoured with a surprise 80th birthday party to celebrate her long-standing commitment to Christian Aid.

University of Surrey researchers installing temperature sensors in trees
Guildford, Surrey

Three-year Guildford study finds woodland can be 4.5°C cooler during extreme heat

University of Surrey researchers found all six green and blue spaces they monitored were cooler than a built-up site, with woodland showing the strongest protection during heatwaves.

GRETA gamma-ray detector at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
Surrey

Surrey team becomes first to run an experiment with world’s most advanced gamma-ray detector

University of Surrey nuclear physicists have led the first scientific experiment using the $58m GRETA detector at a US rare-isotope facility.

Representatives from Brighton and Hove Albion and the University of Sussex
Brighton, East Sussex

Brighton & Hove Albion and University of Sussex team up on research, students and community projects

Brighton & Hove Albion has named the University of Sussex its official Higher Education Partner, building on more than 30 years of collaboration.

A honeybee feeding on a late-summer flower
Brighton and Edinburgh

Sussex bee study finds one simple way gardens can help during the late-summer food squeeze

University of Sussex research found honeybees have their toughest nectar-foraging period in late July and August, suggesting late-flowering plants and fewer mown weeds can help.

Volunteers collecting seagrass seeds at Calshot
The Solent, Hampshire and Isle of Wight

Volunteers collect more than 100,000 seagrass seeds to restore the Solent

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust volunteers have collected more than 100,000 seagrass seeds for a long-term restoration project in the Solent.

University of Southampton students carrying out ecological research in the New Forest
New Forest, Hampshire

Southampton students turn the New Forest into a living laboratory for rare wildlife

Twelve University of Southampton students are working with conservation organisations on New Forest research covering bats, fungi, ponds, recreation pressure and crayfish.