Local culture, good causes, good times.
Repair cafés are part social club, part classroom and part gentle rebellion against the bin. Here's how the UK's volunteer fixers work, what they can rescue, and how to join or start one in 2026.
Speed-friending nights are quietly filling function rooms across the UK — a few quid on the door, five minutes a conversation, and a local cause on the other end of the money. Here's how a night runs, why it works on loneliness, and how to get one going in your own town this winter.
Forget the big gesture — December is built out of small ones. Here are 24 affordable, genuinely fun ways to back grassroots culture and local charities over the next few weeks, one for every day until Christmas Eve.