Archive for January, 2008

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Almost half of the clothes in Britain’s wardrobes go unworn, a new survey from Oxfam and Marks & Spencer has shown.
A YouGov report, commissioned to mark the first day of the M&S and Oxfam Clothes Exchange, shows that 46 per cent of people’s clothes - an estimated 2.4billion items - have sat gathering dust on […]

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

At the weekend I attended the first Future Co-operatives? conference organised by Co-operative Futures. Throughout the weekend I was involved a number of themed workshop sessions, discussing topics such as, how the movement can encourage new types of co-operatives and implications for businesses and communities on climate change.
The weekend gave me an opportunity to […]

Monday, January 28th, 2008

During National Storytelling Week 2007 over 1040 nationwide storytelling events and performances were organised, including The V&A, North Tyneside Disability Forum and Lakeside Shopping Centre and Rockingham Castle, Storytelling Clubs, smaller individual events and over 780 schools.
We know that storytelling stretches from its simplest application in the nursery right through to personal stories and bereavement […]

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

Help The Woodland Trust reach their 2008 target of recycling 100 million cards to plant 24,000 trees by recycling YOUR cards from 2-31 January. Take your cards to any mainland WHSmith store, TESCO supermarket, TK Maxx store and M&S.
The scheme is primarily designed for individuals to participate, businesses and organisations can also lend support by […]

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

tc would like to wish everyone a happy New Year. 2008 promises to be an exciting year for us here at tc, and we are looking forward to some interesting and challenging projects over the coming months. As always, we will keep you up to date with new developments and hopefully supply you with some […]