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Middlesbrough community choir opens its autumn season to new singers
MTH Community Choir returns to Middlesbrough Town Hall from 7 September, offering weekly sessions led by opera singers Emily Smith and Dave Pisaro.
Tees Expo brings hundreds of businesses together at the Riverside Stadium
Tees Expo returns to Middlesbrough on 17 September with free delegate entry, more than 70 exhibitors and a day of networking and business support.
£10m hospitality fund opens to help local pubs, cafés and restaurants grow
A new three-year UK grant scheme will back independent hospitality businesses, bring empty premises back into use and support training, with more than £3 million earmarked for community-pub charity Pub is The Hub.
Free training programme gives Lisburn and Castlereagh community groups practical skills through to March
Volunteers and staff can book free sessions covering funding applications, first aid, safeguarding, governance, data protection, food hygiene, diversity and event marshalling.
Most breast cancer survivors in study safely stopped heart medication after recovery
A UK-led trial found that most women whose heart function recovered after breast cancer treatment were able to stop long-term heart medication without their heart function worsening over the following year.
Kimberley football club marks 100 years with upgraded community ground
Kimberley Miners Welfare FC has celebrated its centenary after a year of improvements to the Stag Ground, including upgraded floodlights, drainage, pitch barriers and a new pavilion.
Filey community groups invited to apply for new round of council grants
Local organisations serving Filey can now apply for 2026 council grant funding, with applications open until 31 October.
£2.65m Heritage Fund award moves Colchester’s oldest building towards a new community future
Holy Trinity Church has secured £2.65m from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, unlocking the next phase of a £3.4m project to restore Colchester’s oldest standing building and bring it back into everyday community and cultural use.
Mid Suffolk community groups can apply for up to £10,000 as Progress Power fund reopens
Community organisations in Eye, Mellis, Thrandeston, Yaxley and Brome & Oakley can apply for grants of £250 to £10,000 until 31 October 2026.
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£10m hospitality fund opens to help local pubs, cafés and restaurants grow
North East England
Middlesbrough’s Class of ’86 reunites to raise money for Gary Parkinson’s care
North West England
New Bolton community shop will combine affordable food, a café and practical support
Yorkshire and the Humber
York community groups invited to apply for new round of ward funding
East Midlands
Nottinghamshire groups can get up to £1,000 for projects that cut waste and boost recycling
West Midlands
Early health checks give Dudley patients more time to get ready for surgery
East of England
Dunstable tenant turns surplus supermarket food into a lifeline for neighbours
London
Most breast cancer survivors in study safely stopped heart medication after recovery
South East England
New Sandwich community fund opens with grants of up to £5,000
South West England
Cornwall community health network shortlisted twice for national NHS awards
Scotland
South Lanarkshire opens £450,000 climate-action fund for community projects
Wales
Swansea Council in agreement to acquire more than 140 homes
Northern Ireland
Free training programme gives Lisburn and Castlereagh community groups practical skills through to March
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Northern Ireland gives sign languages formal legal recognition
A new Sign Language Act has received Royal Assent, giving formal recognition and stronger support to sign language users across Northern Ireland.
Cornwall community health network shortlisted twice for national NHS awards
A partnership linking the NHS, voluntary organisations and more than 50 community hubs has been recognised for work on health inequalities and neighbourhood care.
£96,000 shared by 23 grassroots groups across all four UK nations
Twenty-three charities and community organisations have received grants through SPAR's 2026 Community Cashback scheme, spanning causes from youth work and conservation to sport and search and rescue.
First young people start paid jobs through new employment guarantee
The first participants have started six-month paid roles through a national scheme aimed at young people who have been out of work for an extended period.
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Strabane moves ahead with bid to become the UK's first Town of Culture
Northolt artists make community art-trail debut with sales supporting church restoration
Nine Torbay heritage projects receive grants to bring local history to life
£500,000 grant will help Durham researchers protect fragile heritage without damaging it
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