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Discussing plastic waste in the health care system with Clare Atkinson of Nu Green
Check out the podcast by Clare Atkinson, Founder and Director of R&D at NuGreen, a sustainability consultancy researching the use of plastic in the health care sector and how resources from medical waste can be recovered and recycled.
Learn about NuGreen’s work to date, the challenges and opportunities when it comes to using plastic in the health care sector, and a new project funded through the Cumbria Action for Sustainability’s W&F Green Enterprise hub looking at reducing plastic waste from medical equipment.
Through their commitment to supporting net zero and developing skills for the jobs of the future, the City & Guilds Foundation offer bursaries for qualifications which would support careers in skills shortage areas such as agriculture, equine, floristry, environment, countryside and conservation.
University of Cumbria has partnered with the World Food Prize Foundation to become the first UK university to offer the Global Challenge youth programme, including hosting the UK Youth Institute in April 2026. The Global Challenge is an international, self-led development programme for young…
LANSS were delighted to attend this event alongside other employers, educators and local leaders from across Cumbria. The aim of the event was to explore how the region can better unite to support young people to understand and build skills essential for their future, ensuring consistency across…
LANSS was proud to be part of a Skills Fair recently held in Barrow Town Hall. There were 45 organisations represented and as well as jobseekers in attendance, several schools from the local community visited throughout the day so that their students could discover possible career options for the…
