What’s New
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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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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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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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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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World famous Stonehenge illuminated in dedication to unsung champions of UK heritage
2nd December 2020
TV’s Sir Tony Robinson today unveiled a historic takeover of Stonehenge, with the 5,000-year-old sarsen stones temporarily illuminated with images of ‘unsung heritage champions’ from across the UK.
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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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Answering the Lockdown SOS
1st December 2020
During the battle of Dunkirk, the Skylark IX boat saved the lives of 600 men by ferrying them to safety. Seventy-three years later it was fished from the River Leven, battered and bruised, following an SOS call from the Dumbarton Veteran community.
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From Small Acorns
1st December 2020
At the core of Wild Things is the mutually beneficial relationship between nature and communities.
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“We’re Quite A Resilient Bunch”
1st December 2020
Thirty-five-year-old volunteer William Colvin worked tirelessly to save a deconsecrated church from becoming derelict - and then to keep it functioning over lockdown.
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Every Memorial Has A Story To Tell
1st December 2020
With 30,000 trees planted across 150 acres and almost 300 memorials to the fallen, the National Memorial Arboretum is a place to remember the sacrifice of all those in the British Armed Forces.