Bumper collection of 13,500 period pamper packs donated to Burnley hub for vulnerable girls and women
A donation of 13,500 period pamper packs have been donated to Burnley Together, the community hub launched in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Tuesday, 16th March 2021, 7:00 am
The donations comes from the Female Health and Hygiene Project, a scheme ran from the BEST Centre in Hapton, which works with local organisations to deliver complimentary sanitary period packs.
The team hopes to give back to the community while challenging stigmas and raising awareness around the often-taboo topic of period poverty.
Alongside other essentials, such as food parcels, nappies and household products provided by Burnley Together, these packs, which are funded by a National Lottery grant and donations from the public, provide important items such as tampons, sanitary pads, body sprays, intimate wipes and deodorants.
Simon Wyatt looks at the challenge for construction, while
Thomas Lane considers the future of whole life carbon assessments
As the coronavirus threat finally starts to recede, the approach of COP26 should come to dominate the conversation in 2021. As it does so, we need to consider what that means for the built environment.
Postponed from November 2020 because of the global pandemic, and due to take place in Glasgow between 1 and 12 November, the delay has given the industry more time to prepare. Which is just as well, because we needed it.
A year ago, when we were still blissfully unaware of the chaos that the next 12 months would bring, there was almost no conversation around COP26 emanating from the industry. Interest in net zero carbon solutions was starting to grow, but it had not yet reached the fever pitch in demand that we are starting to experience.
Fresh from self proclaiming himself a Transit Guy, and saving the MTA, Sen. Chuck Schumer has now returned his attention to a upstate highway boondoggle that even many locals say is will only choke the Catskills in congestion and sprawl.
Schumer has championed an unnecessary plan to widen New York’s Route 17 the main artery of the Catskills, in the Hudson Valley about 70 miles northwest of New York City for more than 15 years, and he’s looking to get it over the hump now that Democrats control Congress.
The $500-million road widening would add a third lane in each direction along a 45-mile stretch of the four-lane highway, from the Exit 131 Harriman interchange to Exit 103 in Monticello, with the goal of making it more like an interstate. The plan is being pushed by 17-Forward-86, a coalition of real-estate, business and construction interests formed last year to support the road widening.
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Esports shoutcaster Sam Wright tells us that what s
really behind her mask is make-up free better skin that hasn t dealt with potential sun damage in over a year.
As most major esports events are based in Europe and Asia, Wright went from living out of a suitcase and working with production teams around the world to being at home 24/7.
When the lockdown happened, she had to become her own sound engineer, camera person and producer and set up a home studio where she now still commentates competitive gaming events. It s been tough. Having to be able to fix lighting and sound while also live on camera to 10,000 viewers is pretty stressful, she says, although admittedly she does enjoy being able to do the broadcasts in a camera-ready top and pyjama pants.