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Youth-led Animation: Volunteering in the NHS

Young volunteers share their volunteering experience through animation

Pears Foundation
1st September 2020

Supported by the Pears #iwill Fund, four NHS London Trusts (South London and Maudsley, Chelsea and Westminster, Imperial College and University College London) brought together young volunteers and animator Silver Machine Studio, to share their experience and the benefits of youth volunteering in the NHS.

We are very pleased to share this video below.

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New Beginnings Fund launched

Pears are proud to be part of New Beginnings Fund supporting organisations welcoming refugees and asylum seekers.

Pears Foundation
13.10.16
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Celebrating the Pears Youth Fund on Yorkshire Day

This Yorkshire Day, we wanted to celebrate the third year of partnering with Leeds Community Foundation to deliver the Pears Youth Fund.

Pears Foundation
01.08.19
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International Women’s Day 2017: Women and Girls on the Autistic spectrum

On International Women’s Day 2017 we are highlighting the efforts addressing the gender imbalances in autism.

Kari Holtung
08.03.17
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UCL Beacon Schools in Holocaust Education, 2018 London Residential

Every year, the UCL Centre for Holocaust Education look to recruit up to 20 secondary schools in England committed to…

Pears Foundation
25.10.18
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Pears Foundation become Dementia Friends

We are pleased to welcome our guest blogger Melina Pelling, a young volunteer and Dementia Friends trainer.

Pears Foundation
19.05.17
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New research finds Scouts and Guides provide ‘mental health boost for life’

A new report finds people who participate in the Scouts and Guides in childhood have better mental health in later life.

Pears Foundation
10.11.16
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Thinking About Sustainability

The Institute for Voluntary Action Research have launched a new study: Thinking about Sustainability.

Pears Foundation
24.11.16
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Share Your Pledge Day 2017

As part of Volunteering Week 2017 we are sharing our pledge and commitment to youth social action.

Pears Foundation
07.06.17
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“A Jew and a Muslim walk into a Hub in West Hampstead . . .”

This month marked a special occasion in which we welcomed the Aziz Foundation to JHub.

Shoshana Boyd Gelfand
27.04.17
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Helping those in dire need in the developing world is a Jewish cause

Reflections from Trevor Pears on helping those in the developing world.

Trevor Pears
05.12.16
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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.

Pears Foundation
22.02.17
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Congratulations to UCL Institute of Education

UCL Institute of Education tops the ranks again!

Pears Foundation
28.02.19
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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.

Pears Foundation
18.04.17
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Integrated Education Fund receive Nobel Peace Prize nomination!

Congratulations to IEF

Pears Foundation
05.07.19
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The 7th Dr. Yehuda Paz Annual International Development Day Conference

This week the Society for International Development , Israel held its annual conference at the Knesset

Pears Foundation
26.01.18
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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

Pears Foundation
05.06.19