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Feature - For love and money: charities with trading arms

Gone are the days when charities struggled through a hand-to-mouth existence, subsiding solely on one-off donations from local authorities and grant-making bodies. Many of today's third-sector organisations have evolved with a changing funding landscape to develop trading arms, generating their own income and making themselves financially sustainable in the process. Libby Peake finds out how it's done

The anti-litter movement has been gathering a great deal of momentum throughout the UK in recent months. But in Winchester, a dedicated group of volunteers has been dealing with the issue since 1995. Libby Peake talks to the co-founder of Winchester Litterpickers about the organisation's efforts to keep its city tidy