Be the Start of picking up your litter
Some years ago I began an initiative called PAL (People Against Litter) in order to reduce, if not eliminate, the amount of litter in our communities. All that's involved in being a PAL is that each...
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Be the Start of a healthy planet with books for free!
So Daphne, tell us about this Books for Free centre… Books for Free Upminster (in the London Borough of Havering) opened in premises previously occupied by a Woolwich building society branch, in...
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Be the Start of a local Streetclub
16 May - Streetclub Your club is a free-to-use, flexible, safe and private site for neighbour-to-neighbour communication, where no one apart from your club members can see your conversations. You grow...
View ArticleBe the Start and make Providence Row grow!
Providence Row is a homelessness charity based in East London. We are creating an urban oasis in inner city London with our new garden project. Tower Hamlets, our local area, is the third most...
View ArticleSchool’s Drinking Water Campaign
So why is Start involved? The modern health benefits of drinking water are increasingly well known. Perhaps what's less well known is the fact that 150 billion plastic bottles are thrown away every...
View ArticleGive a great gift
1. Green fingers Take friends and family back to the good life. Places such as Nigel's Eco Store do a range of garden tools and growing kits. If space is limited why not get them an indoor...
View ArticleGive something homemade
1. Please, sir, I want some more. Making your own edible Christmas gifts is often less expensive and (hopefully) delicious. There are lots of recipes out there, eg festive cranberry and orange...
View ArticleGive an experience or membership
1. If you go down to the woods today..... You can help protect native woodland by dedicating a tree / group of trees in your chosen woodland, or giving Woodland Trust membership to friends or...
View ArticleGive something good
Things have certainly changed from the early Eighties when I would be delighted to receive my traditional present of a copy of the Christmas Radio Times and a packet of crisps from my aunt Peggy....
View ArticleBe the Start you want to see in the world...
Are you ready to start some new ideas and actions that will have a BIG impact on your world? Throughout May, we want you, along with the rest of the UK, to be part of our fabulous Be the Start...
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May 20 - 26 Be the Start of smarter travel
This week, Be the Start is celebrating a whole host of fantastic new travel and transport ideas and showing everyone that the future of smarter travel is here, now. People are also encouraged to take...
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Be the Start of a community garden with Incredible Edible
Wilmslow was set up in November 2012 after Helen Yates made a visit to Todmorden and was inspired by the model. From one person with an idea, just two year later IE Wilmslow has a mailing list with...
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May 27 - 31 Be the Start of a nation that shares
This week we are celebrating becoming a nation that shares. With help from our friends at M&S, Healthy Planet, Ecomodo, and Virgin Money, we're starting the countdown to the biggest sharing...
View ArticleBe the Start of Books for London
But why book swapping on public transport? Well, by some estimates, up to 13 million books are sent to the UK's landfills every year. Given current resource and landfill constraints, this just isn't...
View ArticleBe the Start of a fair and funky lifestyle!
Empowering people to take little steps to change the world is fairandfunky's mission statement. And that is what we do. We change the world. We are thrilled to have been invited to blog for Start UK;...
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Meet Kamel at Brixton Energy
The organisation works to create a greener future for Brixton by: generating energy in Brixton increasing Brixton's energy resilience and security raising awareness about energy efficiency and...
View ArticleWe chat to GiveMeTap founder Edwin after his £10k Be The Start win
You can read more about the competition in our news story here, but briefly, as part of Start's Be The Start campaign, Virgin Money ran a competition for entrepreneurs with sustainable businesses....
View ArticleGive a can of paint a home - today
Many of us hold onto leftover paint - just in case - but more often than not, don't get around to "touching up" that pesky patch of paintwork, collecting our cast-off cans in the cupboard instead!...
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The ULTIMATE Start gift guide for people who are bored of giving cr*p at...
In 2011 we spent £594 million on unwanted Christmas gifts and on Boxing Day 2011, 1.5 million new items for sale were listed on eBay *. If celebs like Jamie Oliver and Lily Cole are jumping on the...
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The ULTIMATE Start gift guide for people who are bored of giving cr*p at...
We know there's plenty of info out there about gift giving so we've gone ahead and done all the hard work for you by creating ultimate gift guide for those of us who are looking for something more...
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