Tag Archives: charity volunteering

The Brun Bear Foundation: Website Redesigner

Key information Cause name: The Brun Bear Foundation Role: Website Redesigner Area: Maternity/education Time commitment: Flexible About the organisation Founded in 2014, The Brun Bear foundation provides grants, scholarships and bursaries to local and global initiatives. The Brun Bear Foundation was established to help support medical research for children worldwide, community projects in Lewisham and…

The Brun Bear Foundation: Events Management

Key Information Cause name: The Brun Bear Foundation Role: Events management Area: Community focused Time commitment: Flexible About the organisation Founded in 2014, The Brun Bear foundation provides grants, scholarships and bursaries to local and global initiatives. The Brun Bear Foundation was established to help support medical research for children worldwide, community projects in Lewisham…

The Brun Bear Foundation: Event Production

Key information Cause name: The Brun Bear Role: Event production Area: Webinars/logistics Time commitment: Flexible About the organisation Founded in 2014, The Brun Bear foundation provides grants, scholarships and bursaries to local and global initiatives. The Brun Bear Foundation was established to help support medical research for children worldwide, community projects in Lewisham and Bromley…

The Brun Bear Foundation: Advertising/Marketing

Key information Cause name: The Brun Bear Foundation Role: Advertising/Marketing Area: BrunBear Books Time commitment: Flexible About the organisation Founded in 2014, The Brun Bear foundation provides grants, scholarships and bursaries to local and global initiatives. The Brun Bear Foundation was established to help support medical research for children worldwide, community projects in Lewisham and…

Settle Stories: Illustrator

Key information Cause name: Settle Stories Role: Illustrator Time commitment: Flexible About the organisation Founded in 2010 and located in Yorkshire and the Humber, Settle Stories collaborates with artists to create transformative experiences for people and communities. In a divided and AI-driven world, Settle Stories uses the irreplaceable human art of storytelling to promote empathy…

Does Loneliness Affect Our Mental Health?

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This Mental Health Awareness Month, we’re raising awareness of loneliness and its impact on our mental health. We hope that people reflect on the question: ‘Does loneliness affect our mental health?’ and realise that loneliness could lead to mental health problems. Loneliness and its impact on our mental health: While it’s normal to experience loneliness…

Climate Action: Student Sustainability

“The earth is what we all have in common.” – Wendell Berry In recent years, we have begun to understand the severe consequences that human activity has had on our planet. We are currently at a pivotal moment; evidence suggests that we only have just over a decade to prevent irreversible damage to the planet…

Bristol Kill the Bill Protests 2020

KILL THE BILL! KILL THE BILL! The chant echoed through the streets of Bristol as close to 3000 people marched on 21 March to protest the new Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021. This blog post aims to give you a short overview of the bill and the subsequent responses to it.   What…

Is climate change fuelling gender inequality?

Climate change is defined by the National Geographic as “a long-term alteration of temperature and typical weather patterns”, its impacts felt on a regional and global level, affecting everyone to a varying scale of degree. However, it is important to consider how women who face barriers due to not only their gender but factors including…

Young People in Politics: Can We All Make A Change?

According to many political leaders the answer to this question is a resounding ‘no’. The reason for this widely held belief is that young people have often been disengaged from politics because we feel the power to make change is simply out of our hands. This has led to decades of decision making where our…