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£10m hospitality fund opens to help local pubs, cafés and restaurants grow
A new three-year UK grant scheme will back independent hospitality businesses, bring empty premises back into use and support training, with more than £3 million earmarked for community-pub charity Pub is The Hub.
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£96,000 shared by 23 grassroots groups across all four UK nations
Twenty-three charities and community organisations have received grants through SPAR's 2026 Community Cashback scheme, spanning causes from youth work and conservation to sport and search and rescue.
First young people start paid jobs through new employment guarantee
The first participants have started six-month paid roles through a national scheme aimed at young people who have been out of work for an extended period.
£22 million UK programme backs human-based science to reduce reliance on animal testing
New investment includes a £20 million centre for miniature human organs and nine projects exploring alternatives including beating heart cells and AI drug modelling.
£106,500 study will explore why inflammatory bowel and coeliac conditions are missed or diagnosed late
Crohn’s & Colitis UK and Coeliac UK are jointly funding research using anonymised NHS records to study diagnosis patterns, inequalities and missed opportunities for earlier care.
Large UK study finds HRT use associated with lower dementia risk for some groups of women
Researchers analysing more than 180,000 postmenopausal women found HRT use was associated with lower dementia risk, with the strongest associations in certain biological and genetic groups.
£1.1m fund has backed 211 community projects across the UK in six months
A social-value fund linked to social-housing contracts has supported 211 projects including defibrillators, school visits, financial literacy and small repairs for vulnerable residents.
Former boxing champion takes on 1,800-mile cycle-and-swim challenge for suicide prevention
Darren Barker is travelling from Edinburgh to Morocco by bike and open-water swim to raise money for CALM in memory of Ricky Hatton.
BBC Introducing LIVE will bring free music-industry events to ten UK cities this November
Emerging musicians and creators will get access to live performances, workshops, panels and networking through BBC Introducing LIVE events around the UK.
Volunteers are feeding and supporting firefighters during major wildfire responses
A Cambridgeshire-based charity has been sending volunteer teams to provide hot food, drinks and welfare support to firefighters tackling major wildfires around the country.
UK mental health innovation scheme will bring patients, researchers, the NHS and industry together
A University of Manchester-led national initiative has launched to connect lived experience, researchers, the NHS and technology organisations around better mental health innovation.
National Trust plant sales go completely peat-free
The National Trust says its entire retail plant supply chain is now 100% peat-free, a move designed to reduce damage to carbon-rich peatland habitats.
Fifteen grassroots groups win Windrush community funding
Fifteen organisations have been awarded support from a UK fund designed to help communities understand and access the Windrush schemes.