Home / Action / Train As A Mental Health First Aider According to Mental Health First Aid US, “Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders in your community.” In the UK, missed work days due to mental ill-health…

What is Bounce Works? It is a company dedicated to making digital products that build emotional resilience and wellbeing amongst children. Our first project is Apart of Me ; a safe, virtual space that helps children that have suffered bereavement. It’s a platform game for IOS and Android. We won a…

Plastic straws are almost always used only once before being disposed of. Further, they really are non-essential (we can drink soda without right?). Plastic straws are single-use, lightweight, and made from Polypropylene , a material which isn’t easily recycled and degrades slowly. As a result, the…

A few weeks ago we received the wonderful news that our Ecoed app was granted a Social Impact award from the Techies SW via our partners and app developers ojo solutions. The Social Impact Award seeks to reward “a product or service driven by technology that is making a difference to its users and…

Have we opened Pandora’s Box in terms of plastics? Can we close it again? Noelle Pisacano offers us a glimpse into her new blog , her childhood inspiration and how an insulated, reusable lunchbox and pasta e fajioli can change the world. T hinking back to the early 2000’s when I would unzip my…

$12 trillion could be added to global GDP by 2025 by advancing women’s equality, according to a McKinsey report from 2015. Given the stagnant growth across many economies, surely that’s a statistic that should grab investors’ attention. Gender lens investing – the use of financial capital to achieve…

CAF (Charities Aid Foundation) is posing exactly this question at a session at Marmalade Festival in Oxford on 12th April. They’re bringing people together to re-imagine their city around what really matters to them. Organiser, Ana-Julia Van Bilsen Irias , explains why she’s so excited about…

Home / Inspiration / Washed Ashore: The Making of Turtle Ocean. Art To Save the Sea

2018 has seen the United Kingdom join the fight against ocean plastics in a big way. On January 9th, the ban on plastic microbeads in cosmetics went into effect, and in February the Queen herself entered the fray, banning plastic bottles and straws from Royal properties. But one enemy combatant has…

Our oceans need us more than ever. From ocean plastics , to coral reefs getting warmer to overfishing, they are being damaged at an alarming rate. Given the demand of fish as the main protein source for 1/5 of the world’s population and providing a livelihood to 260 million people globally, how can…

Stories have an incredible power to inform, inspire and challenge us. The entrants of the Koreo Prize did just that. TRVST’s Louis went along to their event to marvel at their creativity and probe a little deeper on why storytelling matters and how turn hype into real action for the SDGs. This…

I walk up a hill; the weight of my backpack forces me to move as quickly as possible— kicking earth and rocks out of my way. At the top of the incline, I meet an elderly woman with a cane. She nods at me. Behind her, a flock of sheep cover the field I must walk through. I sigh. I wish that she would…

Home / Action / Share Your Story The more people talk about mental health, the more normal the conversation becomes. Sharing your story can be a great way to encourage others to think about and look after their own mental health and debunk the myths that still surround many mental health issues.…

Richard Hardiman, the accidental environmentalist, speaks honestly about his entrepreneurial journey, discovering a passion for drones and plastic recycling he never dreamed of, and how the creative, entrepreneurial side lies in each of us- waiting to be unleashed. RanMarine Technology B.V. have…

Guest writer and activist, Olivia Rosan e, share her views on the complexity of activism and Martin Luther King’s legacy in today’s world. Martin Luther King Day is the only Federal holiday in the United States that honours someone specifically for activism, for working collectively with others to…

FabLittleBag aims to reduce aquatic pollution by providing a feel-good alternative to flushing tampons and pads – with the help of a little bag! The mission is to a) help to keep used sanitary items out of the rivers, seas and off our beaches and b) to make sanitary disposal a feel good, confident…

With the media constantly bombarding us with news on which food to eat, and those foods to avoid it can all be a little confusing. To be at our best selves we need to choose to eat well. What is healthy eating? Here’s we’ll have a look and see if we can make it a little easier for you. No one said…

With homelessness in Oxford growing at an alarming rate, the team at Homes4all Oxfordshire pioneered a drop-in café run out of a local shop. They focus on offering friendship and genuine hospitality. So far, they’ve been overwhelmed by the positive response from the homeless community and the…

This brief history of plastic straws looks their early uses in ancient times through to the modern day. Today plastic straws are found in many a kitchen cupboard or draw. They are so popular that they are readily associated with most takeaway meals the world over. Increasing the environmental impact…

Homelessness and rough sleeping is on the rise everywhere. When Jasper Thompson noticed an increase in rough sleeping in his home town, he decided to do something about it. “I started by handing out sandwiches to rough sleepers at a well known Bristol landmark, as I believe we can all be the change…

“Millions of people lack clean water. We can get it to them. Why wouldn’t we?” What happens when a leadership company take a couple of engineers to Kenya? That combination of vision and practical know how can make magic happen and that’s exactly what happened back in 2011. It all started when Nigel…

Plastic straws are becoming a no go area for diners across the world. This is good news. There have been various steps across the world to ban plastic straws. Several US cities, most notably Seattle and Miami Beach have banned plastic straws. The biggest move so far has been the European Parliament…

“When the human being is your main point of focus, your main value, you feel alive.” This is Jeroen van Overbeek’s reason for being and the reason he founded Social Impakt . The story started in 2010, when he was Vice-President for EMEA, working in an international corporation, managing a US$260m…

InsideOut is on a mission to smash the stigma around mental health in the workplace. Founded by Rob Stephenson in 2017, o ne of Inside Out’s main initiatives is the ‘People’s List’. Inspired by the excellent work of Suki Sandhu ( Out-standing ) and Karen Mattison MBE (with and Timewise Power 50 ),…

Once upon a time, as an 11-year-old I was enthused by OXFAM’s ‘Poverty Make History’ campaign. Once I believed that changing one life was enough. How often do you hear that story? And how often do we find a way to ignite that passion again? Well, for me, Tuesday evening at Tech For Good’s…

Francis Zoet, Anne Marieke Eveleens and Saskia Studer are three women with a passion for sailing and water. This is their story about The Great Bubble Barrier. “For quite a few years we had been busy with sustainability issues when one evening we brainstormed about the plastic soup. On the river…

Do you motivate people to take action even after you leave the room? Changemakers setting out on a journey to grow a social enterprise or scale an impact project will in all but the smallest enterprises require hard working teams behind them to help bring their plans to life. The idea of new tasks,…