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St Peter’s Educational Trust, Malawi

Friends of ours have for some time been supporting the village of Chalizya in Malawi. Their work has included building new classrooms so school can continue no matter what the weather is, providing malaria prevention nets and other enabling support. [...]

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New Year, New Dreams

Whatever your dreams are for this new year, we hope they take flight for you. Whether you have clear ideas of a new project for your home, or need some help crystallising your thoughts and teasing a brief into shape, [...]

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End of Year Review

November 31st is our end-of-year, and as always it's arrival has given us cause to reflect on the past twelve months. We've been as busy as ever with new commissions as well as seeing a range of projects come to [...]

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Christmas break

Please note our office will be closed from Monday 19th Dec to Tues 3rd Jan incl. All phone or email messages will be dealt with as swiftly as possible on our return. Whatever your plans for the festive season, we [...]

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Housing

As figures emerge from the government that the rate of new home-building is falling behind their target of 1,000,000 by 2020, the CPRE offers an interesting take on the hidden potential of brown-field sites across the UK. They claim in [...]

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Inspiring sustainable community action

Take 15 minutes to be inspired here by Cormac Russell's frank plea to 'shift the focus from what's wrong to what's strong'. He's encouraging a pro-active and positive approach to sustainable community development, working closely with communities to build on [...]

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CRASH

CRASH are one of the charities we have supported in the past with our annual review of giving. They are a building-industry based charity doing fantastic work caring for homeless people with a range of projects. See their latest newsletter [...]

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Robust Planning in Exeter

Hot off the press, this report outlines the detail of a robust and fair planning decision on proposed out of town development on the edge of Exeter. When properly applied, one of the strengths of a sound planning system is [...]

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Dark skies

We all know that light pollution is at a minimum in the least developed parts of our country; now the Campaign for Rural England has released interactive maps revealing the country's least and most light-polluted areas. It's not a surprise [...]

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CRASH

CRASH are celebrating their 20th anniversary this month; they do fantastic work bringing together designers, constructors, and sponsors from the construction industry to provide caring environments for people in homelessness projects. See their latest News bulletin here. [...]

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