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Monday, January 24th, 2011

It’s time to Be Loud Be Clear for Beating Bowel Cancer
24 – 30 January 2011 is Be Loud Be Clear week and your support is most welcome!
This is your chance to fundraise and raise awareness of Beating Bowel Cancer by being loud and clear about the symptoms of bowel cancer.
Fundraising
To take part all you need to [...]

Friday, January 14th, 2011

Kick-starting a campaign to encourage supporters, ActionAid will host the Happy Bubble in London’s Finsbury Avenue Square on 17 January to help beat Blue Monday, statistically the most depressing day of the year.
Two giant, heated bubbles will be filled with space hoppers, free massages and other fun items which will be free for the public [...]

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

Right now there’s a simple quiz on the Greener Together website where you can win prizes. Why not have a go?

The questions and answers can all be found on the website. So far, 5 of Total Coverage’s pioneers have already won a range of prizes including wormeries and energy monitors. Good luck!

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

National Braille Week is run each year from 4 to 10 January by Royal Blind. The National Braille Week website has details of events, latest news, blogs, videos and more. Braille is a way for blind people to read and write. But that’s a massive understatement!
Think how much of what you do relies on being [...]

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011

Recycle your Christmas cards and help plant trees. Don’t throw your Christmas cards away – the Woodland Trust need them to plant more trees.
Recycle your cards this January in special bins in TK Maxx, M&S and HomeSense stores and the stores will donate money to the Woodland Trust which they will use for planting trees through their More Trees, More [...]

Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

Total Coverage graphic design co-operative would like to say ‘well done and congratulations’ to Cairan and Vivienne, two of our pioneers, for submitting winning pledges to the pledge generator at Greener Together. They have each won a Dendrobaena 60ltr Wormery.  The wormeries come with everything they’ll need to start being kinder to the environment by recycling [...]

Monday, December 13th, 2010

The Charity Pot supports a number of different good causes – not just charities – which includes campaigning organisations, small community groups and social enterprises – Lush believe it’s what the organisation achieves that’s important, not how they’re registered.
whomadeyourpants? is a small and dynamic social enterprise they’ve supported, which employs and trains marginalised women in [...]

Friday, December 10th, 2010

Friday 10 December 2010 is Human Rights Day. To learn more, go to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ website.

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

Congratulations to Mark Bratcher, another of Total Coverage’s pioneers who has won an energy monitor from the Greener Together initiative. For more details about the programme and for up to date news go to www.greenertogether.coop
Total Coverage is committed to the Greener Together – the co-operative way initiative. The core focus is to engage, support and [...]

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

Over 90,000 people are living with HIV in the UK and new infections continue every year. World AIDS Day 2010 is all about raising awareness to tackle HIV prejudice and help stop the spread of HIV. Explore this site to ensure you understand the facts about HIV and find out what you can do to [...]