Given the increase of natural disasters in places such as Australia, Asia and more recently the South of Europe as well as the overall 'weird' weather that the UK has been facing in the past months (i.e, the supposed tornado of London from a few weeks back), now more than ever are people aware of climate change and the need to stop it.  But how can we? That is the average human being. The main perpetrators of excessive emissions of greenhouse gases is not the average person but large corporations. With certain billionaires at the helm of these corporations, who place a thrill ride to space over saving the planet, it seems that our plea to prevent the earth dying is being ignored by those who have the most power to stop climate change.  Whilst things look bleak on this front there is still much that we as individuals can do to prevent even the smallest amount of harm being done to our planet. Importantly if we, the average human beings, all chip in as much as we can, we ...

The 4th annual Romford Film Festival kicks off today with 'Kings of Mulberry Street' - a feel good film from South Africa where two local boys try to defeat local crime lords through Bollywood charm and 'Puppet Killer' a pseudo horror comedy that cleverly utilises every classic Horror Movie in its screentime to have you rolling in your seats! We are really proud that the festival is going ahead in its physical form and showing almost 200 films from around the world in 5 days. It could posibly be the first one since the covid-lockdown in March. It is so important that we do not let the pandemic collapse the great independent film networks that are created through festivals and we hope that the independent film industry is robust enough to prevail! We have been working with the festival since its creation, voluntarily supporting the brand, design and student volunteers that usually run the day to day festival - we also support the running of the ECG Film Festival that run...

Today, Natalie, co-founder of The NO Collective was invited to speak in an international conference facilitated by The Council on State Support to NGO's under the auspices of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (CSSN). The conference,  "Coronavirus Solidarity, International Experience" was attended by over 120 participants which represented NGO's across post soviet countries and invited political guests.  Guest Speakers included Professor Ilyas Topsakal on behalf of Istanbul University, Yekaterina Alekseeva, a member of the Russian Federations Civic Chamber, Jedrzej Chodzinski, a member of Krakow City Council, Ajna Dizdarevic from the EU's youth parliament and other key members of society from 10 different countries.  The conversation, led by CSSN's Nargiz Khalaf ranged from mutual problems in civil society caused by the pandemic, singular problems associated with the speed of infection within individual countries and optimistic happenings of internati...