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The Graduate Job Hunt: Is it really as hard to get a job as graduates say?

Disheartening, depressing and futile are the words being used by some to describe the experience of graduates searching for employment. 
Unemployment often dominates the news with an increasing focus on graduates, and with Universities UK reporting more than 2 million people enrolled in an undergraduate degree in the UK, this may not come as a surprise. 
According to the Department for Education, more than 30% of graduates are not working in high-skilled e...
South East Londoner •

Lewisham celebrates Refugee Week as first Borough of Sanctuary

Lewisham Refugee and Migrant Network (LRMN) celebrated Refugee Week as the first Borough of Sanctuary in Deptford. 


Themed around the power of community, the event welcomed both charities and individuals to a day of crafts, performances and support. 


Charities such as FaceWork ran a CV and interview workshop, Lewisham Libraries brought books, and LRMN Women’s Group Choir performed.   


In May 2021, Lewisham was named the first Borough of Sanctuary by the national City of Sanctuary charit...
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London dads strike for better paternity leave

Campaign group The Dad Shift are picketing from 3-4.30pm on Wednesday 11 June outside the Department for Business and Trade for longer and better paid paternity leave. 


The UK is described as having the worst paternity leave in Europe, with just two weeks off paid at less than half of the minimum wage and nothing for those who are self-employed. 


The Dad Shift are campaigning for six weeks of paternity leave at 90% pay, but even this would be below the European average. 


The Dad Shift c...
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Transport for London rejects Amnesty predictive policing advert

Transport for London (TfL) has rejected Amnesty International’s advert about predictive policing for Elephant and Castle tube station. 


TfL are understood to have rejected the advert on the grounds it may bring other members of the Greater London Authority Group into disrepute.


The advert prompts commuters to read Amnesty’s Automated Racism: How Police Data and Algorithms Code Discrimination into Policing report. 


Amnesty International UK’s racial justice policy and research director le...
South East Londoner •

Passengers texting the British Transport Police at above pre-pandemic levels

Texting the British Transport Police to report a crime has increased to above pre-pandemic levels, though it still does not reach the top three methods of reporting.


All commuters will be familiar with the phrase ‘See it. Say it. Sorted’ splashed across tube stations and heard over the tannoy and British Transport Police data shows an uptake of passengers using the feature.


There has been a 142% increase in the number of reports being made by text message from 2022/23 to 2023/24, and is no...
South East Londoner •

Parkinson's rowing team in Greenwich take to the water

A Parkinson’s rowing group has received funding to take their indoor activities out onto the water. 


Rock ‘n’ Row for Parkinson’s Greenwich has received support from Active Thames to go out onto the River Lea monthly, beginning this April.


The group was formed in 2022 and gives people living with Parkinson’s the opportunity to row as a team, coached by professionals and experts trained in delivering exercise classes for people with the disease.


Retired nurse and Rock ‘n’ Row member sinc...
South East Londoner •

WATCH: The Greenwich choir managing Parkinson’s with singing

This Greenwich choir is tackling the consequences of Parkinson’s through singing.


Research conducted by Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance found that singing had an overall positive impact on the physical health, social life and well-being of participants with Parkinson’s.


Based at The Plumstead Centre the group begin with vocal warm-ups and sings a variety of classic songs like Louis Armstrong’s What a Wonderful World and The Beatles Yellow Submarine.


Almost 153,000 people...
Malvern Observer •

Pub pilgrimage marks hard-fought milestone for Malvern’s 92-year-old Peter

Staff built him up with nutritious food and round the clock care to help make his dream a reality.

What may seem easy for some proved difficult for Peter having suffered with illness prior to his move to Elgar Court.

Peter’s daughter nurse Lynn Robinson said: “Just nine weeks from unable to walk as he was so weak and malnourished to walking a mile – Elgar Court have saved him and given men my dad back.”

The one mile round trip was made from the home to the Morgan pub where a cold pint was wai...
North West Londoner •

Brent Council launch skills workshop to tackle digital exclusion

Brent Council held a skills workshop as part of its plans to tackle digital exclusion following the Covid-19 pandemic.


The workshop which took place on Wednesday 30 October in the Grand Hall at Brent Civic Centre, former a key component of the council’s 2022-2026 inclusion strategy.


It focused on delivering sessions to the public on essential digital skills, online safety and essential Apps, along with supporting council staff members to deliver digital assistance.


Councillor Jake Rubin...
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Jeremy Corbyn backs the Save Archway Campus campaign

Jeremy Corbyn has backed Islington residents in the Save Archway Campus campaign against Seven Capital’s proposed development.


Seven Capital’s proposal, submitted to Islington Council in August 2024, aims to develop the currently unused site into a 27-storey tower which will provide 242 student rooms and 178 new homes. 


Residents and homeowners in the area expressed concerns the proposed building does not tackle the housing issues facing the borough, and Islington North MP Corbyn signalled...

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