Boris Johnson and cricket legend Shane Warne launch volunteering drive. The Mayor and Shane enjoyed a game of cricket with local school children this week at The Oval to launch the Mayor’s latest recruitment drive for his volunteering programme Team London. The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson said: “Our volunteers have had the chance …
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Jun 09
City women hitting new heights
A website that set out to be a “little black book” for professional women in London, providing professional development, networking and lifestyle information, is celebrating after achieving a new record of over 60,000 unique visitors and 1.6 million page views in May, up 47% on the month before. WeAreTheCity.com was founded by Vanessa Vallely, considered …
Oct 17
Community-Upon-Thames: Bringing People Together
Community-upon-Thames is a not-for-profit social enterprise, set up and run by Ben Mallet and Maundy Todd. Frost was incredibly impressed by the difference they are making to people’s lives in Kingston and Richmond, so we went to their offices to find out more. Frost: Tell me about Community-upon-Thames. Ben: Community-upon-Thames was founded in the New …