Learn, laugh, live with u3a

Learn, laugh, live with u3a

The dawning of a new year offers an exciting opportunity to make changes to your life and a chance to develop a new fulfilling hobby for 2022. Spending time engaged in an enjoyable activity is great for your mental health and starting a new hobby could even help you reach...

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Enjoy the bounty of summer without breaking the law

Enjoy the bounty of summer without breaking the law

With Elmhirst Parker Solicitors, Barnsley There’s an old saying that the only things that are truly free in this world are blackberries. Summer is the time for heading out into the countryside and (as long as you know what you’re doing) foraging for free wild goodies like juicy blackberries, wild...

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Double Celebrations for The Ethel Trust

Double Celebrations for The Ethel Trust

The team of volunteers at Sheffield-based charity, The Ethel Trust, are celebrating this summer after receiving the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service in recognition of the exceptional support they provide for disadvantaged people in South Yorkshire.

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Legal talk: What happens to joint property when cohabitation ends?

Legal talk: What happens to joint property when cohabitation ends?

When cohabitees separate, they are not afforded the same protections in law as married couples who are getting divorced. This can cause issues where property is concerned.

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Women who paid ‘married women’s stamp’ could be owed thousands in basic state pension

Women who paid ‘married women’s stamp’ could be owed thousands in basic state pension

If you are a married, divorced or widowed woman who was born before 6th April 1953 and paid a reduced rate of national insurance contributions during employment, then you could have been short-changed by a government blunder.

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Banking on mum and dad’s help to buy property

Banking on mum and dad’s help to buy property

Faced with high rental costs and soaring property prices, more parents are dipping into savings, releasing capital from property, or even taking out loans to support their children become homeowners.

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Andy’s Man Club: Breaking down the stigma of men’s mental health

Andy’s Man Club: Breaking down the stigma of men’s mental health

Andy’s Man Club in Rotherham is a male-only peer support group which aims to get men talking and reduce the stigma of men’s mental health.

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Yorkshire Air Ambulance: Celebrating 20 years of saving lives

Yorkshire Air Ambulance: Celebrating 20 years of saving lives

Yorkshire Air Ambulance celebrates its 20th anniversary this year since taking to the skies as a life-saving charity.

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We Meet the LimbBo Foundation

We Meet the LimbBo Foundation

Whether it’s the first time or fourth time, one of the most exciting parts of any pregnancy is seeing those fuzzy black and white images of your tiny human wriggling about on the screen at your routine antenatal ultrasound appointments. Along with giving expectant parents a first peep at the...

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