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Congratulations to Hand in Hand

Max Rayne Hand in Hand School for Bilingual Education have won the Jerusalem Education Authority Prize 2016-17.

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18th April 2017

Congratulations to Hand in Hand on being awarded the Jerusalem Education Authority prize.

Hand in Hand currently has six schools educating over 1000 Israeli children including Muslims, Jews, Christians, Druze, Circassian, and Armenian. The schools bring children together in a framework of equality, working to break the cycle of preconceived notions, fears and misunderstandings in a way that strengthens tolerance and respect for the other.

You can find out more about the winning school here.

Pears Youth Fund for Leeds and Bradford opens!

We are pleased to announce the new £100,000 Pears Youth Fund in partnership with Leeds Community Foundation.

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Awareness and the ‘autism’ label

World Autism Awareness Day

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Congratulations to our Executive Chair!

Knighthood for Trevor Pears.

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2016 Pears Scholars graduate

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Funder statement on Covid-19, March 2020

We, along with a wider group of funders, recognise that the covid-19 outbreak is an exceptional event that will have…

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NHS Expo 2017: The Role of Young People in Improving Health and Transforming Care

Bridget attends NHS Expo 2017 to mark the launch of the first six NHS pilot sites funded through the Pears #iwill Fund.

We need to talk about dying: why stories from the end of life matter

Our guest blogger Dr Jane Collins, Chief Executive of Marie Curie writes for The Great Daffodil Appeal.

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Hand in Hand featured on the BBC

BBC News and BBC World Service Podcast feature Hand in Hand integrated schools.

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“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers”: A peer learning approach to supporting youth volunteering in health

To celebrate the #PowerOfYouth this Volunteering Week, we’re delighted to publish a special blog from IVAR and our Pears #iWill Fund NHS Peer Network

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Women and Girls on the autism spectrum, Autism Awareness Week with the National Autistic Society

To mark Autism Awareness Week, we are thrilled to welcome guest blogger, Carol Povey, Director of the Centre for Autism…

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The Family School featured on the BBC

BBC1 broadcast their feature documentary: Back to School with Mum and Dad, focusing on The Family School.

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Women and Girls on the Autism Spectrum

National Autistic Society launch a training module to help understand and diagnose autism in women and girls.

Meet the team: Spotlight on Israel

An interview with Dina Gidron, Pears Foundation representative in Israel.

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Pears #iwill Beacon Award for Social Action and Student Engagement

We are pleased to announce the list of commended colleges for the Pears #iwill Beacon Award for Social Action and…

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Christmas Gifts 2017

A seasonal boost for young carers

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