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Changing Lives
Changing Lives

Stories of philanthropy from the University of York

Tag: Social Policy and Social Work

The life of a legacy

Thanks to those donors who have left a gift in their will, we can make a world of difference to generations to come.

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Innovation and discovery / 12 October 201612 October 2016

Community Insights: Tang Hall Big Local Project

Sociology lecturer Daryl Martin recaps the Big Local team’s presentation on campus

Tang Hall Big Local is a National Lottery funded and resident led plan in which a £1 million grant will be used to seed small-scale community projects over the next ten years.

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Innovation and discovery / 1 February 201627 April 2016

Documenting a tragedy

The University has launched major research projects which count the human cost of the refugee crisis

In a local cemetery on the Greek island of Lesbos, rows of hastily-dug graves contain human remains, barely covered with earth and marked only with broken stones on which is written a nationality, date of death and a number.

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Innovation and discovery / 1 February 201628 April 2016
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