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Found: 15

  • Fauldhouse Community Development Trust

    Date:
    10 August 2009
    Areas:
    Scotland
    Programme:
    Growing Community

    Community centres and village halls are the hearts of our communities, places for sharing services and bringing people together. In West Lothian one local ...

  • Scottish Cot Death Trust

    Date:
    11 June 2009
    Areas:
    Scotland
    Programme:
    Investing In Communities

    James and Elaine Penman from Dunfermline were married in November 1999 on what was the happiest day of their lives. But their marriage was to take a tragic...

  • Girvan Community Garden

    Date:
    10 May 2009
    Areas:
    Scotland
    Programme:
    Awards for All Scotland

    On 20 March 2011 the people of Girvan celebrated the official opening of their community garden. As young children marvelled at the exciting new space for ...

  • Reston Riverside Project

    Date:
    10 November 2008
    Areas:
    Scotland
    Programme:
    Peoples Millions

    In the small village of Reston, in the Scottish Borders, the local riverside is the new place to be. From children playing and learning about nature, throu...

  • The power of the group

    Date:
    11 October 2008
    Areas:
    UK
    Programme:
    International Communities

    In arid parts of Kenya, farmers are swapping livestock rearing for bee-keeping in an effort to battle the very real effects of climate change on food produ...

  • Strathclyde Police: Operation 5 Star Reclaim

    Date:
    8 August 2007
    Areas:
    Scotland
    Programme:
    YPF Scotland

    It’s 6pm in Sighthill, an area notorious for gang violence.  But where gangs once ruled, now 60 people from different nationalities are running ...

  • Living Memory Association

    Date:
    7 August 2007
    Areas:
    Scotland
    Programme:
    Investing In Communities

    During the Second World War, many women took on jobs normally done by men, and Maria Wren was no exception. Maria said; “I...

  • LifeLine Network International

    Date:
    3 August 2007
    Areas:
    UK
    Programme:
    International Communities

    The impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Zimbabwe means that as many as one in four children in Zimbabwe are orphaned as a result of AIDS-related deaths. Wit...

  • Beatroute

    Date:
    12 July 2007
    Areas:
    Scotland
    Programme:
    YPF Scotland

    Franz Ferdinand, KT Tunstall, Travis, El Presidente…. the list of Scottish Musical talent is as diverse as it is long. Now, thanks to the support of ...

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  • How a Machine Transformed a Community

    Date:
    11 July 2007
    Areas:
    UK
    Programme:
    International Communities

    Nilmini Kanthi speaks with pride about the women’s collective that she heads. Its achievements are impressive. The members of the Sobha Kantha Samith...

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