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Chan Nam College named after my grandfather and grandmother (Chan Nam Cheong, rest his soul) a popular contractor and philanthropist during HK's British rule has a cat shelter named after him this year...... long after his passing! Go Global Empathetic Design! #heartwarming. #designthinking #innovatehealing #compassionworks #studentledprograms. #purposedrivenlearning. #motivation. #kindnessworks. #behaviormod #trainingpets #whyskids #trainingstudents #humanskills #anxietyrelief. #animalshelters.

#EngagedLibraries evolve to meet community needs. 💡 The Brooklyn Public Library - Sunset Park branch is one of its most popular in terms of attendance but was in desperate need of repair. With longstanding hopes of an expansion and the prospect of an expensive renovation, library and city officials decided to build a new library with a unique feature—seven floors of low-income housing above the library. The design not only saved the city money by combining two projects into one, but it also offered more space to meet user demand and brought needed housing and library services directly to those who needed it most. 📲 We want to know how your library has adjusted plans to solve community challenges. Share your story on social media and include #EngagedLibraries in your post. You could be featured in an upcoming issue of Abstracts, on our community engagement hub, in an upcoming blog or video, or across our social media channels. ⤵️ Click below to read Fast Company’s article on the Sunset Park project. --- #OCLC Brooklyn Public Library #PublicLibrary #PublicLibraries #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Librarians #LibraryLife #LibrarianLife #LibraryLove

Here is our first 🎄Christmas Shout Out to Charity...🎄 Whirlow Hall Farm Trust in Sheffield Ruth Gage Sarah Kerrigan "Whirlow provides educational and therapeutic programmes on our working farm in Sheffield, focusing on children and young people facing profound disadvantages and acute trauma.   Our aim is to inspire physical, emotional, and creative growth, prioritizing reducing anxieties to support re-engagement with education. 85% show reduced anxieties within 12 weeks, raising to 95% by six months for those staying longer.   In the year ending July 2023, 81% progressed in a way suitable for their capabilities; from returning to education to gaining qualifications.   Support for young people over 16 with learning disabilities is longer term and we have a 96% retention rate."   Instagram @whirlowhallfarm Facebook https://lnkd.in/eHv2Zs-P Twitter @WhirlowHallFarm LinkedIn https://lnkd.in/e3R8Rxjc   #whirlowhallfarmtrust #whirlowlife #farmlife #learninginafarmingenvironment #alterntativeprovision #alternativeeducation 

Church planting is hard but essential work. It isn’t enough to just recruit qualified men for this work—we must assess, support, and train them for the long haul. Acts 29 invests time, money, and resources into making sure our church planters are thoroughly prepared and theologically trained. Through Acts 29’s robust assessment process, church planters gain invaluable support and a realistic understanding of the journey ahead. Give to support church planters at acts29.com/give.

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EYFS practice in hot weather - phew – hot, hot, hot! In this video, I hope to give you at least one idea to help with this or the next heatwave. Apologies for my sketches – which I did in the wrong size for the video – but it was just too hot to go back and do them again! The message here is to plan and then review what you provide. I have suggested that this opportunity be used for your early years team to sit back and watch the children—how they learn, whom they interact with, and what they are achieving… giving themselves permission to observe and to stay less stressed and cooler by doing so. I am suggesting that your day nursery or preschool future proofs your EYFS provision by adding resources through careful selection. More money can be spent on lots of cheap resources that don’t work! Visiting charity shops and car boot sales for smaller items (especially when there isn’t a heatwave) for items that will extend children’s opportunities, make life more comfortable or easier for next time could be a good idea, all ready for hot spells to come! 👉🏼 What works well for you? Can you suggest more ideas? https://lnkd.in/egczujUk

The Cost of Church Planting Perhaps you have been thinking, yea but what will it cost to do church planting. It is a question that we need to face before we can jump into planting a church. Our family needs to eat (and so do we) and we need to pay our other bills as well so we have to consider how things will be paid. Yes, we can lay out some of the known cost before we begin. We should have a good handle on our own family finances; knowing what a monthly budget requires. We can get a general idea of rentals or other known expenses but where will we find the funding? There are a number of steps that we at Church Extension Ministries go through to help with the securing for funding and long term commitment in order to begin a church plant. Reach out to our office staff (cemoffice@bfc.org) and we can begin a conversation regarding planting a church.

Here are our top two picks for good news currently happening in Mahoning, Columbiana and Trumbull counties.

On May 26th I'll be back on my bike to ride the 100+ miles of the Ride London-Essex sportive https://lnkd.in/ezFauRnj for Heal Rewilding of which I'm a charity Trustee. The reason I’m doing this is to give land back to nature, forever. It’s vital a because the UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world, ranking 189th for biodiversity. This matters with 41% of animal species in decline and 1 in 10 UK species threatened with extinction. But times are currently tough for many so this year rather than just asking for a donation, I want to give something in return. Your money will sponsor a real bit of land at the Heal foundation site in Somerset. We’ve mapped the site with what3words and you can put your name to a 3x3 metre square piece of the West Country which we'll randomly allocate to you to help us bring back life through rewilding. The £20 sponsorship fee helps us to buy the land outright. Your sponsorship will last for a year and will continue for as long as you're happy to pay the small annual upkeep fee of £3. The upkeep fee helps us to safeguard the land in the long-term. It will fund essential maintenance costs such as veterinary fees for free-roaming animals and the maintenance of fences, paths and gates. You can sponsor multiple squares or give one as a gift. If you are feeling generous then you can sponsor a square for life for a one-off cost. All you have to do is to go to https://lnkd.in/d65qDSv and choose your option. You are welcome to visit Heal Somerset anytime, the site is open 24/7, at no cost. The team will be happy to welcome you and share how your donation is making a difference.   Find out more about Heal Rewilding and its simple mission: Raise money. Buy land. Rewild it. at https://lnkd.in/drmM5Ts Thanks! #healrewilding #rewilding #biodiversity #nature #somerset #what3words #sponsorship #ridelondon #extinction #globalwarming #climatecrisis

In this special article by Chris R. Shepherd for The Fur-Bearers, find out what you don't know about the #wildlifetrade in Canada : https://buff.ly/3QXaiS1