Most people probably wouldn’t wish the British climate on their worst enemies but, if we are to believe an old weather rhyme, there’s one person who should receive his fair share of blame for our unpredictable weather: St Swithin.
St Swithin’s Day if thou dost rain, For forty days it will remain. St Swithin’s Day if thou be fair For forty days ‘twill rain nae mair. Continue reading ….
Now in its 26th year, Volunteers’ Week was in the first instance administered on a local level.
In order to raise the profile of the Week, the National Centre for Volunteering took over the running until 2004 when a new integrated national agency called Volunteering England was formed – together with Volunteer Development England and the Consortium on Opportunities for Volunteering.
Currently the agency is working on a wide range of projects, including the Inspiration and Legacy Project Continue reading ….
For centuries, countries all over the world have venerated and idealised mothers – and the tradition of Mothering Sunday has always been celebrated in style. Fathers on the other hand didn’t get much of a look in at all!
When the idea of instituting a day to commemorate fathers was first put forward in the USA in 1911, it was met with a certain amount of laughter and derision on the part of the media and public. Why this should have been so is not clear - presumably fathers were deemed far too macho to need any public manifestation of affection…
The need for blood transfusions in the medical world is increasing all the time: incidences include complications of pregnancy (such as an ectopic pregnancy or haemorrhaging), severe anaemia, accident trauma, surgical and cancer patients, or transfusions for conditions like thalasaemia or haemophilia.
The decision to give blood can save a life or indeed lives, and there are numerous heartfelt and grateful testimonies from people around the world who have received life saving transfusions.
The Walking to School campaign is run by the charity Living Streets and funded by the Department of Transport.
Each year a different theme is chosen to provide a different focus: in 2010 the subject is Walk Your Way, to help children gain orientating and navigational skills.
Highlights of past years have included the Pedometer Challenge, undertaken by children Continue reading ….
The first World Environment Day took place in 1973, and is coordinated by the United Nations Environment Programme on the same day every year to “give a human face to environmental issues” – to empower people to become more aware of environmental problems, and become involved in the search for a sustainable future and improved quality of life whilst also promoting a partnership between people of all nations.
Taking place in the summer in the Northern Hemisphere and winter in the Southern Hemisphere, WED has a distinct focus each year and is hosted by different countries.
Currently the agency is working on a wide range of projects, including the Inspiration and Legacy Project 
A Modern Day Father’s Day 
Save A Life, Give Blood
Walking to School: Walk Your Way
World Environment Day – 5th June 2010