Blog - 2020
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Helpful Handlebars
16th December 2020
During lockdown, Kirsteen Torrance was redeployed to help run Burntisland Emergency Action Team, in her local community in Fife, Scotland.
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Delivery Heroes
15th December 2020
Big-hearted members of a Bristol rugby club have had Twickenham rugby stadium named after them for a day after joining together to show extraordinary support for their local community during lockdown.
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Social Running
15th December 2020
2020 was the year The Lliswerry Runners Club in Newport South Wales turned 35. It was also the year that life turned upside down.
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An Oarsome Twosome
15th December 2020
At 27, Isobel Turner recalls lockdown as one of the tougher tests of her career as a young rowing coach. As the only coach among her team who wasn’t furloughed, Isobel was required to keep in contact with the 65 schools that the London Youth Rowing programme usually work with.
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Everyday Sailors
15th December 2020
"One thing we've always tried to be is an open club,” notes Ken Newing. “It's ordinary, everyday people sailing.”
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Mums On The Run
15th December 2020
Mother Runners was set up as a way of helping the mums of Barnsley keep their mental and physical health strong. Since then, despite lockdown, the group has gone from strength-to-strength while raising vital funds for charity.
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Catching On
15th December 2020
London-based charity, Capital Kids Cricket, aims to help disadvantaged children and young people living in the most deprived areas of the city.
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A Souper Response
15th December 2020
Not wanting to see its space go to waste during coronavirus, Monkstown Boxing Club in Northern Ireland converted its gym into a makeshift soup kitchen.
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Meal Mates
15th December 2020
When lockdown forced Midland ABC Boxing Club to shut its doors, coaches Lee Cochrane and Keith Dallas moved from teaching youngsters how to jab to delivering meals to the elderly.
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Still Standing
1st December 2020
Even prehistoric monuments built 5,000 years ago couldn’t escape the paralyzing effects of the pandemic.
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A Joyful Challenge
1st December 2020
Susan Pitter has imaginatively brought to life the stories of the Jamaican community of Leeds for the benefit of everyone associated with the city.
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A One Man Band
1st December 2020
Set up in 2000, The Penllergare Trust aims to restore and protect an area of 268 acres, five miles outside Swansea, including a large walled garden and an orchid house that was thought to be one of the first in the UK.
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