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Nottingham Resident Diala Isid Talks Us About the Current Situation in Palestine and How She Started a Palestinian Running Campaign
Tue 23 Apr 2024Marhaba! I’m Diala Isid and I’ve been living here in Nottingham for around four years. I moved from Palestine to do my masters at the University of Nottingham and then found a job at a Renewable Energy Company in Beeston called EvoEnergy. I decided to make Nottingham my second home because it felt like one!
A Deep Dive into William ‘Bendigo’ Thompson - Nottingham's 19th Century Bareknuckle Boxer
Sat 20 Apr 2024This month we take you on a trip back to the early 19th century, to paint a picture of a very different Nottingham, where prize-fighter turned evangelist Bendigo rose from the slums to become a national hero in the ring.
Rock City To House Ashes of Lemmy From Motorhead in New Statue
Thu 14 Mar 2024Rock City and the Derbyshire-based Bloodstock festival have announced that the legendary, late, great Lemmy Kilmister will be memorialised with a new bust containing his ashes appearing at both venues...
Nottingham Charity raises awareness around domestic violence disclosure with ‘Right to Ask’ scheme
Tue 27 Feb 2024Equation, a Nottingham-based charity working to prevent domestic abuse, has launched a new campaign to raise awareness for the ‘Right to Ask’ domestic violence disclosure scheme.
Thousands Showed Up For DHP’s Beat The Streets Raising Vital Funds For Framework
Wed 31 Jan 2024DHP Family’s Beat The Streets saw huge crowds gather to enjoy a full day of live music on Sunday, with tens of thousands of pounds expected to be added to the fundraising total for Framework from this year’s event...
Standing in This Place: A New Statue Commemorating the Historical Women of Nottingham
Thu 16 Nov 2023In April of 2024, Rachel Carter & The Legacy Makers are due to raise a statue titled Standing in This Place in the rejuvenated Broadmarsh. It depicts two women hand in hand - a white female garment worker and an enslaved African woman. The project is still seeking fundraising so that it can stand life-size and do justice to its inspiration...
Beat the Streets Raised £89,500 for Framework This Year
Thu 18 May 2023Vital funds raised by DHP Family's charity festival Beat the Streets in 2023 have been handed over to Framework to support its work helping the homeless population in Nottingham...
Known as 'Little Italy', The Hungry Pumpkin is a Proper Gem in the Lace Market
Wed 15 Feb 2023Hungry? Why not try The Hungry Pumpkin? A treasure trove of quality food nestled in the Lace Market, this small cafe has already gained a big following. Our new Food Co-Editor Julia Head stops by to find out why so many people are so in love with Nottingham’s own ‘Little Italy’...
Peggy's Skylight Campaign To 'Buy More Time' Appears To Have Worked. For Now.
Mon 09 Jan 2023Nottingham jazz club Peggy’s Skylight's building was scheduled to be auctioned next month as part of Nottingham City Council's debt-reducing measures. However, we have since received word from Nottingham City Council that the building will not be sold next month. But that it will be at some point later on this year...
How Maggie’s Support Centre Is Aiming to Raise Money With a Culture-Filled Tour of Nottingham
Fri 23 Sept 2022Providing care to patients and their families, Maggie’s are the free cancer support centre stationed outside City Hospital. Now they’re raising money to keep the centre running through their annual Culture Crawl - the five-mile night walk kept lively by a selection of Nottingham personalities and performers. We catch up with Maggie’s about the work they do, the celebratory nature of the walk and how to get involved…
How the A-Z of Consent Campaign Is Helping to Keep Students in Nottingham Safe
Thu 15 Sept 2022Consent is incredibly important, but it’s a topic that’s often overlooked or shied away from. Not in Nottingham, though - the Consent Coalition is making sure it’s at the forefront of our minds. Here’s everything you need to know about this crucial campaign, and how it’s helping to make our city a safer place…
Local Campaigner Kedijah Eaves-O’Connor Shares How We Can All Do Our Bit to Protect the Environment
Thu 11 Aug 2022Starting off as a geography student, Kedijah Eaves-O'Connor quickly shifted to environmental science upon learning more about the scary reality of climate change. Now the young activist is committed to sustainability and getting more people of colour involved in the environmental sector…
Framework Powers Up New Gaming Fundraising Campaign to Help Fight Homelessness
Wed 03 Aug 2022Fancy topping off some aliens, growing your own virtual utopia, or maybe sitting down for a game of Magic: The Gathering with your mates, but want to raise money to help fight homelessness at the same time? Local charity Framework have just the answer you're looking for. Introducing their new gaming-oriented campaign, Power Up
Nottingham Artist Victoria Hayward Discusses Pysanky, the Traditional Egg-Decorating Technique She's Using to Raise Money for Ukraine
Mon 11 Jul 2022Victoria Hayward explains how she is using her artist residency at City Arts to decorate 100 eggs using a traditional Ukrainian batik dye technique, raising money for the Ukraine DEC appeal in the process
Campaigners Launch Petition for Safe Active Travel Route From Sherwood to West Bridgford
Fri 13 May 2022Nottingham’s North-South travel route - stretching from Sherwood to suburban West Bridgford - is notoriously geared towards motor vehicles, with safety concerns and pollution deterring many wishing to use more environmentally friendly options. As a result, campaigners have launched a petition this week calling for a dedicated safe route to make it safer for those. Catherine Mayhew, one of the locals behind the calls, explains why it’s so important…
Former LeftLion Editor Bridie Squires Signs Up for Tough Mudder to Raise Money for The Tomorrow Project
Sat 02 Apr 2022Having lost their friend to suicide in April 2020, Bridie Squires is one of fourteen people undertaking Tough Mudder to celebrating the legacy of Harry McCormick, highlighting the issue of male suicide and raising vital funds for The Tomorrow Project
The Wolfpack Project Launch Campaign to Combat Winter Loneliness
Wed 08 Dec 2021They are encouraging young people to open up about their mental health...
Emmanuel House Launch T-Shirt Designed By Nottingham Trent University Student
Wed 08 Dec 2021Sales of the t-shirt will help to raise money for the charity's Winter Appeal...
"When you have community, you have hope." How Notts Campaigners Saved Mature Trees in Newark-On-Trent
Wed 08 Dec 2021When the council planned to cut down four mature trees in Newark-on-Trent, the local community stepped up to save them. Emma Oldham, one of the movement’s campaigners, tells us all about it…
Why COP26 Campaigners Will Be Demonstrating in Nottingham
Tue 19 Oct 2021During COP26 in Glasgow, Nottingham will host a mass environmental demonstration on Saturday 6 November. Those taking part tells us why they're getting involved...