Community groups will be supported to take over solar farms by a new partnership between independent trust Power to Change and social investment company Big Society Capital
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Running local energy production co-operatively is empowering communities in more ways than one
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From planting native wildflowers to leading mini-beast safaris, 5 projects that help people give nature a boost
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From how we grow our food, to how we look after older people, the crowdfunding community is reimagining the world we want to live in – and raising the money to make it happen. Having ripped up the fundraising rulebook, the UK’s biggest crowdfunding platform has now set its sights on making public money and grant funds become more effective too
With no Faroese on Google Translate, residents of the Faroe Islands have created a community-led service to help visitors decipher the local lingo
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NHS occupational therapist Mal Ure tells us how the service is working to improve patients’ media diets at the psychiatric ward where she works in Somerset
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From running while being pelted by rainbow-coloured paint, to splashing through open water alongside hundreds of swimmers, a new wave of exercise events puts taking part over times or techniques. We chart the rise and rise of mass participation sports
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A small district in Indonesia has become known as the ‘rainbow village’
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Mass sporting events bring people together in huge numbers all over the world. From country-wide dance routines for older people, to a giant annual water fight, here are our top 5
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Local perceptions of a rare and once resented bird in north-east India are being transformed by an all-female team of campaigners
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