Time for a Cuppa Day 2019

  What’s it all about? Time for a Cuppa runs from 1st-8th March every year, when people like you host a tea party to raise funds for Admiral Nurses. No matter what size, every tea party makes a difference to the lives of families facing dementia. It’s a lovely opportunity for our supporters all over the […]

Are office coffee and tea rounds a thing of the past?

Are you the type of person who is always up for making a round of teas and coffees for your colleagues at work? If you are then you seem to be in a minority with most people at work claiming to dislike the unspoken rule of always offering to make teas and coffees for fellow […]

Are rice straws the future?

Are coffee plants at risk of extinction?

Experts at the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew have published the results of a study that cast a worrying light on the future of coffee plants worldwide. In the worst case scenario some now common varieties used to make coffee could even go extinct. The wild varieties of coffee plants are being threatened by a […]

First UK water bottle that is 100% recycled

Highland Springs is a brand name that is well known up and down the United Kingdom. The water is fresh and tasty and now their bottles are the first in the country to be 100 percent recycled. The bottle itself is slightly cloudier than usual and is a fraction more expensive to produce but Highland […]

New 50 pence piece

    1969 had a great many significant events not least the first steps on the moon by astronaut Neil Armstrong. Closer to home and much more accessible is the money in your pocket, more specifically the 50 pence piece. The seven sided coin was first introduced into circulation in 1969 and the Royal Mint […]

Could this be the solution to plastic bag waste?

Food wrapped in food…it’s a possibility

Over the last few years we’ve all heard about the quantity and sheer variety of plastic food wrappings that are there to protect our food as well as making it easier to package for supermarkets. We’ve also been told that all of this packaging is placing a terrible burden on recycling as most of it […]

Dechox for February 2019

  Challenge yourself to a Dechox this February. Give up chocolate for a month, and raise funds for life saving research into heart and circulatory conditions. Dechox is the British Heart Foundation’s nationwide challenge to give up chocolate throughout February. Anything with cocoa in it is off limits – from the sprinkles on your cappuccino, to […]