by Eloise Cox | Jun 3, 2025 | Love & Community
Students in South Yorkshire have created a social ‘artivism’ project called ‘Earth Soup’. Their aim is to connect communities in urbanised areas around Yorkshire, particularly young people, to blue spaces through creative workshops and hands-on...
by Eloise Cox | Jun 2, 2025 | Top story - careers
Trampoline cafe is a social enterprise business based in London. Their aim is to give refugees and asylum seekers the boost they need to help them on their journey. Trampoline is a community interest company, with two cafes: one in Angel and one in Oxford Circus. It’s...
by Eloise Cox | May 30, 2025 | Recreation
How a Kenyan gardener’s raw talent turned dreams of a professional golf career into reality. In any society, membership of a golf club is a privilege accessible to the wealthier members of the community. In wealthier countries, such as the UK, a golf membership can be...
by Eloise Cox | May 29, 2025 | Recreation
On tomorrow’s episode of The Optimist: Unplugged, Jas and Eloise will be talking to Alice Forbes, the president of a University of Sheffield society called Save Our Sandwiches. Save Our Sandwiches works towards tackling food waste at the university by picking up...
by Eloise Cox | May 27, 2025 | Recreation
Some days feel like they’re destined to be bad. Everything is going wrong: the milk in the fridge has gone off, the shower isn’t free when you need it, you set off for a day out in Crocs and it starts to rain. No matter how hard you try, having a good day just doesn’t...