Roald Dahl Day takes place every year on 13 September, on the birthday of the World’s No. 1 Storyteller. And 2011 will be no different! There are events happening all over the world.
This year celebrating the very special 50th anniversary of JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH so why not join the fun and organise your [...]

Heritage Open Days 2011 will be 8-11 September
Heritage Open Days celebrates England’s fantastic architecture and culture by offering free access to properties that are usually closed to the public or normally charge for admission. Every year on four days in September, buildings of every age, style and function throw open their doors, ranging from castles [...]

Join in with Bear Necessities Month this September and help raise vital funds towards WSPAs work with bears.
Thousands of people from all across the country will be getting involved and supporting this great campaign. So have a go and have some fun!
They have come up with some ‘pawfect’ ways you can help us save bears [...]

Food you can trust
You can be safe in the knowledge that hydrogenated fats and controversial additives like aspartame, tartrazine and MSG are banned under organic standards.
Better for the environment
Organic farming reduces environmental pollution and greenhouse gases released from food production by restricting the use of artificial chemical fertilisers and pesticides.
Higher animal welfare
Organic standards insist that [...]

The birthday of famous deafblind person, Helen Keller, falls on 27 June and marks the start of this year’s Deafblind Awareness Week.
The week itself aims to raise awareness about deafblindness and increase the support for deafblind people and their families. There will be events and activities held nationwide which everybody get involved with, including a [...]

Refugee Week 20 – 26 June 2011
Refugee Week is a unique opportunity to discover and celebrate the contributions refugees bring to the UK.
During Refugee Week loads of events take place across the UK, all of which explore refugee experiences. Whatever you’re into – be it arts, music, food or just meeting people in your local [...]

This years theme is ‘Recycling – Home and Away‘.  It’s all about the positive cumulative effect we can all make by recycling just a little bit more; whether it’s doing more of what we already do at home or starting to recycle at work or while out and about.
Below you can find out more on how [...]

Team Green Britain Bike Week is the UK’s biggest mass participation cycling event – last year almost half a million people participated at events across the country. The aim is to get more people cycling, more often, and it the event offers something for everyone – from families, schools and companies, to seasoned cyclists and [...]

Seafarers Awareness Week (6-12 June) is the UK’s annual promotion that focuses on the essential work done by seafarers to keep our island nation supplied with fuel, food and goods.
Seafarers Awareness Week is coordinated and promoted by Seafarers UK to raise public awareness of:
seafarers (men and women in the Merchant Navy, fishing fleets and the [...]

The Fostering Network’s Foster Care Fortnight is the UK’s biggest annual campaign to raise the profile of fostering and attract new foster carers. In 2011 it will run from 16 to 29 May.
Under the strapline fostering: time to care, this year’s campaign will highlight the urgent need for more foster carers and call on everyone [...]