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Glasgow Red Cross deliver over 1,300 food parcels to vulnerable and isolated

The Red Cross has been working with Glasgow's health and social care partnership to support people in food poverty during winter.

Glasgow Live · Mar 27, 2023

Summer festival season hots up

This summer, a number of well-known annual events return at locations throughout the country. If you're looking for a destination with exciting and enriching activities, check out the list below for fun and festive hotspots.

Bangkok Post · Mar 23, 2023

Red Cross says violence displaced more Colombians in 2022

The Red Cross says the number of internally displaced people in Colombia increased significantly last year as several armed groups fought for control of rural pockets of the country

The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2023

Quilts from the Second World War tell the stories of the Canadian women who sewed them

In 1992, in Esher Library southwest of London, England, Josephine Andrews and her mother, Christine, collected blankets to donate to Kurdish refugees of the Gulf War.

The Conversation · Feb 23, 2023

‘Ordinary Ukrainians are so generous’: five writers on a year of war reporting

From scenes of Russian violence to local resilience and liberation, our writers highlight their standout memories of Ukraine’s fight for survival

The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2023

Kherson’s weary holdouts recall occupation ‘nightmare’ as bombs fall

The city was liberated in November but ever since the Russians have been bombarding it from across the Dnieper River

The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2023

Red Cross chief warns of health crisis in quake-hit Syria

The Red Cross' global chief says Syria could face dangerous outbreaks of disease in the wake of last week’s devastating earthquake if hundreds of thousands of displaced people do not get permanent housing soon

The Independent UK · Feb 16, 2023

Dad made life changing decision after death of daughter's friend

Patrick Earley was donating blood when he spotted a poster on the wall

Liverpool Echo · Feb 13, 2023

Are op shops becoming too mainstream — and unaffordable?

What's behind the op shop glow up — and what does this mean for shoppers who are struggling with the cost of living?

ABC News · Feb 13, 2023

Braehead shopping centre to collect donations for Turkey and Syria 'humanitarian disaster'

The popular shopping centre is hosting bucket collections in the mall by the Rotary Club of Renfrew this Saturday and Sunday between 10am and 6pm - following the devastating earthquakes.

Glasgow Live · Feb 10, 2023