Each year we produce nearly 300 million tons of plastic, and most of that is for single-use products. Here, we speak to Tom Pell, the man behind Birmingham's first ‘zero-waste’ supermarket Tom Pell 2018 will see the grand opening of Birmingham's first “zero-waste” supermarket: The Clean…
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In order to promote a more sustainable society, we must put mental health on the agenda in society
5 Pieces of Tech For a Kinder World
The innovators creating a kinder, more sustainable future In the 18th century, we had the industrial revolution. The 1950s began the digital revolution, as we moved away from analogue and mechanics. And now, we’re at the dawn of a new technological age. In the past 20 years, we’ve…
MQ: The mental health research charity
For every person diagnosed with cancer, £178 is spent on research per year. For mental illness, the figure is just £8. MQ [https://www.mqmentalhealth.org/] wants to change that "It’s hard to define when mental health research, as we would understand it, emerged,” says Sophie Dix, Director…
Talking About Trans Discrimination In The Workplace
As Stonewall’s 2018 report shows high levels of fear around trans discrimination,Rikki Arundel talks about the need to treat everyone with dignity and respect…
Will You Join the ‘Be Kind’ Brigade?
Meet the movers, makers and shakers joining the kindness revolution.…
What is Compassion Fatigue?
Is exposure to a 24-hour news cycle doing more harm than good? There’s no escaping the 24/7 news cycle. Television, radio, push-notifications, live billboards, trending hashtags and Twitter moments; in 2018, we’re getting bad news faster than ever before. But, surely, there’s a limit how much…
Mums Encouraged To Talk About Their Mental Health And Seek Help
“We need to address this subject openly, removing the shame and stigma so that mums no longer feel that they have to cope alone.”…
Happiful Joins Local Community Project
We are pleased to announce that we have partnered with the Community Matters Partnership Project [http://cmpp.org.uk/] (CMPP) in order to help support projects in our local community. CMPP was set up as a social enterprise by Tracy Jarvis in 2011, in order to bring local businesses together…
Jake Quickenden: Dealing with the reality of grief
When Dancing On Ice star Jake Quickenden lost his dad and younger brother within four years, he began drinking heavily to numb his emotions. Today Jake, 29, tells Happiful why strength truly comes from talking out loud……