Charity Business News - More people than ever are being supported by Salford dementia services during the COVID19 health crisis thanks to new online sessions from virtual meetups to quizzes, sofa sing-a-longs and a disco. Empowered Conversations and Salford Age UK s Dementia Support Services have joined forced to meet the increased demand for support in lockdown.

Charity Business News - A generation that claim to feel misrepresented by media and brands have launched their own news site - and are experiencing a spike in readership since lockdown began.

Charity Business News - New mothers who took maternity leave within the last assessment period are being unfairly disadvantaged in the Government s Self Employment Income Support Scheme SEISS , says The Women s Organisation.

Charity Business News - While its no longer business as usual for thousands across the City Region, The Women s Organisation is offering entrepreneurs and SMEs a vital lifeline through its programme of online and virtual business advice, training, and webinars.

Charity Business News - The NatWest SE100 Index, announced yesterday 14 May is the annual list of the UK s leading 100 social enterprises, compiled by Pioneers Post in partnership with NatWest Social and Community Capital.

Charity Business News - With workplaces and venues forced to close to ensure social distancing, many ventures have had to rapidly reassess their whole way of working. Here, we meet four Liverpool City Region businesses that have successfully transitioned to maintain a valuable service for their clients by reacting and adapting to the current crisis.

Charity Business News - The Alliance for Learning Teaching School AfL part of Bright Futures Educational Trust, has forged a new partnership with Winston s Wish, the childhood bereavement charity. Together they are offering free CPD on how school staff can better handle the trauma faced when a close family member or friend passes away.

Charity Business News - Dani Wallace, 36, who is a highly sought after international speaker and speaker coach, as well as a professional singer, is currently organising The Big Festoon - a charity chat-athon featuring 12 celebrities and 12 entrepreneurs, coming together for real talk around how they have chosen to thrive not just survive life in lockdown.

Charity Business News - Charity Boxx, a Manchester-based Social Enterprise company, has launched an appeal to raise 25,000 to provide care packages for survivors of COVID-19. Created by business associates Sarah Wilkinson, Lee McAteer and Akhlaq Choudhury, Charity Boxx wants to give out 5,000 care packages to hospitals across Greater Manchester for the survivors of Coronavirus.

Charity Business News - Website, sign and printing studio network Nettl.com is boosting NHS coffers by producing a range of fun, animal-inspired face masks, with all proceeds going to NHS charities.

Charity Business News - Age Concern Central Lancashire spreads cheer with afternoon tea Age Concern Central Lancashire and Waitrose Walton-le-dale hosted a mass Afternoon Tea experience for older people across Lancashire on Wednesday 6th May 2020 ahead of VE day celebrations.

Charity Business News - Joining companies such as Google, Microsoft, Lloyds, P amp G, as well as the Royal National Institute for the Blind RNIB , Galloway s has been added to the Be My Eyes Specialised Help app, enabling more visually impaired people to live independently.

Charity Business News - While many are now covered by the Government s COVID-19 financial support packages for the self-employed, there are still huge numbers of entrepreneurs slipping through the cracks and struggling to manage financially.

Charity Business News - Food banks across the region are seeing a huge increase in demand due to job losses and delays in benefit or grant payments. The Trussell Trust have today reported that in the last two weeks of March their food banks saw a 81 increase in the need for emergency food parcels compared to the previous year. And sadly there has been a 122 increase in the need for food parcels for children.

Charity Business News - Radio City Talk s award-winning Mental Health Monday radio show will deliver a FREE mental health training lesson to its listeners as part of a Day of Action on Mental Health. Provided by national charity Chasing the Stigma, the training will act as a beginner s guide to mental health, which has been in sharp focus during the coronavirus lockdown.

Charity Business News - Business owners and a Newcastle United footballer have come together to help raise funds for a North East children s charity that is struggling during the pandemic crisis.

Charity Business News - These are particularly difficult times for those with autism due to a significant change in routine. To compound this, face to face fundraising has been paused.

Charity Business News - Staff at the Manchester office of property services giant Cushman amp Wakefield have chosen Broughton House Veteran Care Village as their local charity of the year for 2020. Each year, the firm adopts a national charity and its offices choose a local cause to support.

Charity Business News - An award-winning social enterprise with a focus on preventing social isolation among the elderly and vulnerable throughout Warwickshire and Coventry is developing a stronger voice to help all ages.

Charity Business News - A fourth-generation, family-owned, cleaning product manufacturer and distributor based in Oldham is supporting local charities with donations of a chemical-free cleaning solution to keep their premises clean in the fight against the spread of coronavirus.