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UK Aid and the Villagers of the West Bank

Joe Ware | Posted 27.01.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Women's Rights, Foreign Aid, Ymca, UK Aid, West Bank, International Development, Dfid, Justine Greening, Israel, UK Impact, UK Politics News
Joe Ware

Often wrongly portrayed as a wasteful, cumbersome arm of bureaucratic government which just throws money at a problem, British aid is actually extremely innovative and operates in some very troubled and sensitive environments.

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Johnny Depp Performs YMCA At Party

WENN | Posted 27.10.2012 | Home
Read More: Gwen Stefani, UK News, Ymca, UK Music, David Furnish, David Beckham, UK Celebrity, Elton John, Johnny Depp, Village People, Home News

Johnny Depp let his cool image slip for just one night by performing the YMCA at David Furnish's birthday party. Johnny has a reputation for being ...

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APPG Body Image Report Is Just One Part of a Larger Campaign

Jo Swinson | Posted 11.08.2012 | UK Style
Read More: Fashion Colleges, APPG on Body Image, Eating Disorders, Retouching, Ben Barry, Photoshop, KarlJo Swinson, UK Style News, Dr Phillipa Diedrichs, APPG Report, UK Parliament, Centre for Appearance Research, Body Image, All Walks Beyond the Catwalk, House of Commons, Fashion Universities, Ymca, Geena Davis, Girglguiding, UK Style News
Jo Swinson

We're currently planning a retailer roundtable on diversity and retouching to deepen the debate on the use and prevalence of retouching and the lack of diversity - whether shape, age or colour - in the media. We want to get all sides talking to come to a shared idea of what responsible retouching and real diversity looks like.

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LOOK: Russian Bears Photographed 'Working Out' In Zoo Enclosure

Huffington Post UK | Alastair Plumb | Posted 23.04.2012 | UK Comedy
Read More: Russia, Working Out Bears, Dancing Bear, Working Out Bear, Russian Bear, Dancing Bears, Bear, Gym, The Village People, Funny Animals, UK Weird News, Ymca, Working Out, Bear Cubs, Bear at Gym, Kamchatka Peninsula, Bears, UK Comedy News

It's not often that we wish we'd been to the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, but today we do. We really do, in fact. It's all because of this e...

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The Rising Tide of Men Suffering Body Imagine Anxiety

Rosi Prescott | Posted 29.04.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: UK Impact, Body Imagine, Central Ymca, Body Confidence, Lynne Featherstone, Steroids, Ymca, Men's Health, Men's Body Confidence, UK Lifestyle News
Rosi Prescott

For countless years the female of the species has been under enormous pressure about her appearance, and the struggle only appears to have got worse in recent years. It appears that the contagion of body image insecurity that has historically afflicted women is beginning to infect men. Last year Central YMCA collaborated with the Centre for Appearance Research and the Succeed Foundation to undertake a major piece of research to better understand men's attitudes to their appearance.

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Are British Children In The Grip Of A Body Image Crisis?

The Huffington Post UK | Georgia James | Posted 28.11.2011 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Ukhealth-News, UK News, Ymca, Body Image Survey, Anorexia, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Children Body Image, Survey, Cosmetic Surgery, UK Lifestyle News

Half of girls and a third of boys are willing to take drastic measures to reach their ideal body shape or weight, a study has found. The survey of ...

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