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Helping Others
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Record-Breaking Medical Detection Dogs
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Sewing2Gether’s Help For Refugees
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Samaritans at Christmas
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Taxi Charity Pulls Out All The Stops
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How To Help The Hedgehogs
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The Good Work Of Charities
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21st National Whale And Dolphin Watch
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Help To Keep Our Beaches Clean
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Cool Crutches: The Women Revolutionising Walking Aids
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How Reading Can Support People Living With Dementia
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Celebrating The Repair Café Portsmouth (National Volunteers’ Week)
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Nature and Mental Health: Mental Health Awareness Week
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Smokey Paws Charity Helps Save Animals
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A Love Darg Case Study
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Love Darg 2021: Cat Comforter Instructions
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Love Darg 2021: Cat Toy Knitting Pattern
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Walk A Mayday Mile For The RNLI
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Hand Of Friendship: A Winnie Mabaso Update
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Giving Tuesday 2020: How Have We Given Back?
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A Close-knit Friends Campaign Update
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“Close-knit Friends”: Meet Yarn-Bomber Emma
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“Close-knit Friends”: Nominate A Street For A Colourful Visit
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International Day Of Charity: Re-engage
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Become One Of Our Close-knit Friends Today!
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Hand Of Friendship: Winnie Mabaso Update
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Karen’s Marching On For Alzheimer’s Research
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Love Darg 2020: Cat Comforter Pattern
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Love Darg 2020: Cat Toy Knitting Pattern
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Winnie Mabaso Grannies Go To The Seaside
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Hand Of Friendship: Book Bus Update
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An Update From The Winnie Mabaso Foundation
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Celebrating World Children’s Day 2019
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A Helping Hand: Children In Need 2019
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This World Kindness Day Rocks!
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Pets As Therapy: Request A Visit
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Make A Difference Day: Support Your Local Charity
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Hand Of Friendship: Greenfingers Charity Update
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Revisiting The Love Darg 2018
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Love Darg 2019: Cat Comforters
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Love Darg 2019: Cat Toy Knitting Pattern
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Love Darg 2019: Cat Toy Crochet Pattern
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Hand Of Friendship: The Book Bus & Literacy Levels
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Hand Of Friendship: Appreciation For The Book Bus
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Hand Of Friendship: Book Bus And “I Am A Reader”
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Hand Of Friendship: Adopt A Book Bus
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Hand Of Friendship: The Book Bus
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Strawberry Tea: Cake For A Good Cause
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HiLife PAT Dog Of The Year Announced At Crufts
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Pets As Therapy: Meet Yvonne and Rosy
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Pets As Therapy: Hansie Visits Marston Court
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Pets As Therapy: Honey’s A Scruffts Winner
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Emma And Hansie Receive An Award
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Love From Loki
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Knitting Easter Chicks For Charity
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Pets As Therapy: Emma and Hansie’s Journey Continues
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Pets As Therapy: Christmas Cheer
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A Perfect Match
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Read2Dogs, starring Doug the Pug
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Pets As Therapy: The Cat’s Whiskers
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Hansie’s First Visit to a Hospital
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Rolo To The Rescue
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Pets As Therapy
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PAT Team Work
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Assessment day for Hansie and Emma
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The PAT Temperament Assessment
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Pets As Therapy: Meet Emma And Hansie
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Volunteering, The Gift of Time
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Fifty Years of Christingle
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