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Kate Middleton and Prince William pledge £1.8 million to support nation’s mental health

Kate Middleton has revealed she is ‘in awe’ of frontline staff as she and Prince William launch a £1.8 million fund to support emergency workers and the nation’s mental health amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, 38, who have spent lockdown at their Norfolk home of Anmer Hall with their children Prince George, seven, Princess Charlotte, five, and Prince Louis, two, have pledged the grants through ten charities at the heart of mental health and frontline support. 

The couple’s Royal Foundation Covid-19 Response Fund is helping a range of projects, from ensuring all emergency workers have access to individual grief trauma from Hospice UK, to helping early years charity Best Beginnings support an extra 20,000 new mothers.

Kate and William spoke privately earlier this week at the Queen’s Sandringham estate with two emergency responders and two mental health counsellors whose organisations are being supported by the fund, telling them: ‘Over recent months we have all been in awe of the incredible work that frontline staff and emergency responders have been doing in response to Covid-19.’

Kate Middleton, 38, has said she is ‘in awe’ of frontline staff as she and Prince William announced their Royal Foundation has granted nearly GBP 1.8 million in supporting the frontline community and the nation’s mental health

She continued: ‘But we know that for many of them, their families, and for thousands of others across the UK, the pandemic will have a lasting impact on their mental health.’

The Duchess opted for a relaxed white shirt dress for the occasion, with a light blue polkadot pattern, and accessorised with gold hoop earrings.

Meanwhile she wore her highlighted locks down, showcasing her usual bouncy blow dry style. 

Prince William explained: ‘It’s great to hear how the Royal Foundation is supporting you and many others to build resilience and give you the networks you need through its Covid-19 Response Fund, which will help 10 leading charities continue their crucial work.’

Meanwhile the Duke of Cambridge, 38, beamed as he chatted with a group representing the four organisations that will benefit from the Royal Foundation COVID-19 response fund

The group, which consisted of two emergency workers and two mental health counsellors, could be seen socially distancing from one another in the gardens of Sandringham

Kate and Prince William appeared in high spirits as they met with the group earlier this week, who represented four of the organisations that will benefit from the Royal Foundation’s £1.8 million fund 

The Duchess donned a smart white short-sleeved shirtdress for the socially-distanced meeting, which featured a light blue polkadot pattern

The grants will also ensure Blue Light, a project from mental health charity Mind, is able to support more than 250,000 working or volunteering in the ambulance, fire, police, and search and rescue services, giving them access to peer-to-peer support, training and mental health resources.

The Ambulance Staff Charity will be able to provide an additional 2,780 hours of support for crews, and teachers, pupils and their parents will be helped to cope with issues like anxiety as schools reopen thanks to training and resources from Place2Be and The Anna Freud Centre.

Alison Baum, chief executive of Best Beginnings, said: ‘The pandemic has led to greatly increased levels of anxiety and isolation for parents across the UK and in collaboration with many charities and frontline professionals, we are here to help.

‘This vital funding will enable us to deliver an engaging digital outreach programme as well as maternal mental health training with Home-Start volunteers and midwives.

The Duke said it had been ‘great’ hearing how the Royal Foundation was supporting the workers to ‘build resilience and give you the networks you need through its Covid-19 Response Fund’

The Royal Foundation’s fund will be granted to 10 different charities which are at the heart of supporting the mental health and frontline workers 

‘Together we’ll ensure that 20,000 more parents will benefit from the personalised, supportive and empowering daily information – 300 films in (our app) Baby Buddy designed to give them the knowledge and confidence to look after themselves and give their children the best start in life.’  

Since the start of the pandemic, Kate and Prince William have brought together partners from across the mental health, frontline and bereavement sectors to understand for themselves the challenges faced by these sectors during COVID-19 and to identify what support was needed. 

The Royal Foundation has also consulted extensively with these sectors, identifying where it is uniquely placed to add value.

In April, the Foundation came together with four leading mental health charities, Samaritans, Mind, Hospice UK and Shout 85258, to launch Our Frontline, an initiative designed to ensure that frontline staff and key workers have access to vital mental health resources and support.  

Prince William donned a smart light blue jacket for the meeting, and carried a pair of sunglasses while chatting with the group at the Sandringham Estate 

The royal appeared relaxed as he spoke with emergency responders during the meeting at the Queen’s estate, which took place earlier this week 

The Royal Foundation’s COVID-19 Response Fund is The Royal Foundation’s first crisis response fund and reinforces hteir ongoing commitment to the frontline community and the nation’s mental health – two of the areas that will continue to feel the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the months and years ahead.  

In April, Prince William and Kate Middleton’s Royal Foundation site revealed the couple’s plan to provide ‘practical support’ and help frontline workers with ‘mental health needs’ amid the coronavirus crisis. 

 A statement on the Duke and Duchess’ official website details how their organisation will ‘do all it can to support those on the frontline of responding to COVID-19 in the UK.’

 The update detailed the couple’s plans to connect their patronages with charities that can offer practical support for frontline responders, and plans to promote and support mental health charities, as well as ‘thanking and celebrating those working on the frontline’ of the crisis.

The statement about their on-going work, which is displayed on the site’s homepage, said that during the pandemic, the foundation will be focused on the coronavirus crisis.   

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Gable House / Sheri Baby Architects

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Architects: Sheri Baby Architects

Location: Sandringham, Australia

Area: 217.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Lisbeth Grosmann

Building Surveyor: Tony Middling

Builder: Ryan Gregory

Structural Engineer: Bernhard Waschl

Site Area: 491 m2

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Text description provided by the architects. Gable House is an Edwardian timber cottage in Sandringham, close to the train station, shops and beach. Typical of many of the period houses in the area, a previous extension had added a room on the back incorporating the main bedroom, kitchen and meals area but this space suffered the ailments of a south orientation and poor room configuration.

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We needed to consider how this space could be better utilized. The client was comfortable that they didn't need a bigger house, just one that worked better. The design brief was to provide a spacious, light-filled, open plan area at the back that better connected to the backyard and corrected the lack of privacy between the main bedroom and living area. The existing house already measured 207 m2 and with a site area of 491 m2, the client was reluctant to sacrifice any backyard nor overcapitalize on the relatively small site.

Floor Plan

The period house at the front was retained, incorporating 3 good-sized bedrooms, formal lounge, dining room and original hallway. The bathroom and laundry were refurbished and reworked to include a separate powder room. At the rear of the house, the new addition was kept as small as possible to retain the rear garden and meet Council requirements for site coverage. 2 gable roof forms were added, one each for the main bedroom and family area, to lift the ceilings and give a quality of spaciousness.

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The master bedroom was extended slightly to provide a walk in robe and ensuite and its entry reworked to obscure views to it from the living area. The kitchen and living area were flipped to connect the kitchen with a new outside deck, while the lofty gable roof form was extended over the deck as a timber pergola. When the glazed sliding stacking doors are open the whole thing becomes an outdoor space and the interior and exterior work really well together.

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To catch the sun a new window and skylight were carved into the east side of the house at the end of the kitchen, providing lovely moments of sunlight at different times of the day. The kitchen bench juts out under the skylight as a timber breakfast bar. Passive energy designThe new window and skylight offer the south facing kitchen and meals area great solar access. The kitchen and meals area are organized to enjoy these moments of sun, while orientated and connected to the south facing backyard.

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Sustainability Most of the existing house was retained or reworked, reducing waste. The roof is insulated with Kingspan Air-cell and R3.5 batts. R3.5 batts were also added to the existing ceiling. New lightweight walls are insulated with R2 batts and sisalation and the floor is fitted with new R2 insulation. All new windows are painted Australian hardwood timber frames with low E clear double glazing. The house uses low energy LED lighting. The existing floor ducted gas heating system was retained and reworked to suit the alterations, as was the existing evaporative cooling system.

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Materials The house sits in a street of predominantly light colored, timber houses. The materials selected were chosen for their quality and aesthetics. The client sought a relaxed, neutral interior that sat comfortably with the original Edwardian and proximity to the beach. The interiors are fairly restrained white spaces with subtle shifts in tone and texture by use of wall tiles, brick, and timber.The kitchen is a white 2-pack with a reconstituted stone bench top and incorporates a recycled Blackbutt breakfast bar. Site painted finishes are low-VOC. The roof sheeting is Zincalume. The new timber flooring is Blackbutt and finished with Bona Traffic. The ceramic tiles are from Classic Ceramics.

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Water pumps are a basic necessity for irrigation systems. They are extremely useful for workers and farmers, as they are the medium to hydrate all crops, plants and trees in the field. There are several models and types of pumps within this category like centrifugal pumps, propeller pumps, well pumps, submersible pumps, booster pumps, turbine pumps, floating pumps and many others.

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An Easy Guide to Choose Best Irrigation and Sprinkler Repair Services

All greenery you see around needs a few basic things to survive and thrive. Like water, air and sunlight. But which plants and trees need more or less of these can be done with the accurate installation of an irrigation system. It will help in maintaining the greenery in plants and help them grow in the right way with blooming flowers and fruits. A poor system can lead to bad conditions for plants, like dehydration or famishment, which will invite a lot of repairing work, and may kill some plants. It might also need a new installation of systems for watering. In conditions like these, trusted irrigation repair services will be much in need, or it will further spoil the condition of your garden space. Let’s see major factors that will assist you in choosing the best services:

➔ Check if the service providers are willing to provide details of their previous clientele. If you have a talk or get word from old customers of the service providers, it will give you reviews about their quality of work. The service company should be happy to do so, as they will also let their work do the talking with the new customers. It’s a kind of vocal feedback from the customers. If the company refuses to do so, then they might be hiding something, or may not have happy clients in their previous affairs. a ➔ In case the repair work in your garden is intricate and requires a heavy revamp or correction, the choice of your service firm should have experience in handling works like that. Even if the companies say yes immediately to the task, you need to get a background check on them as well. Check online about their feedback on search engines, and service-providing websites. Read about the review or testimonials posted by the previous customers and see if the jobs are similar to your work or congruent to the size of work you require. If the service provider’s website has an absence of those pages, see if there are reviews on the Google business page profiles or similar search engines. See if they are present on various social media platforms, and how is the comment section on them. Are they full of complaints or have gratitude and happy feedback? The better ratings they carry, the more content you should be in choosing them.

➔ Do observe whether the company admits to the job and sends a quotation right away, or check the details of your work first. Don’t trust the words of the company employees just when they say yes right after listening to your query on phone or reading your email. A good service company will get persons over your address and see what all things they need for repair in your garden. Some good observations can save cost, or they can show you some hidden patches to be done which might miss your eyes. Without observing the place and work, quotations would always be fake. What’s on the ground, needs to be checked on the ground!

➔ See if the quotation covers everything, or are they excluding stuff like taxation, labour costs, material costs, spare part costs, etc. Be thorough about the pricing before they hand you an extra cost bill which they tell you after the work is done.

➔ Lastly, check whether they add something extra to make your place beautiful or just what’s needed. A good company always tries to provide extra than what’s asked of them.

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It mostly happens for various types of liquids but sometimes it also occurs for gases. If left unchecked, it may burst the pipes and collapse the structures. It is a concept mostly faced and treated by water pump repair Brighton. In this blog, we will understand the kind of conditions that lead to the occurrence of a water hammer and how to deal with it.

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It is one of the most common reasons behind failing of water pumps in Melbourne, Sydney, and every other place that faces heat waves in Australia. Most electric pumps produce heat automatically as the duration of their usage exceeds a specific time period. Ask any water pump repair provider in Brighton and they will confirm that excessive heat inside and out is one of the common reasons for the failure of water pumps.

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Top Five Reasons For Why Your Electric Water Pump Might Be Failing?

So, you went out of your way to import a high-quality water pump but after a few days, you start facing new issues every other day. It is a highly frustrating process, after spending so much money and time, you still fail to get smooth water flow. How amazing would it be to just switch on the pump and let it run in the long run? But the bad news is even the finest of water pumps develop problems once in a while. Here is a small synopsis of what kind of issues can obstruct the normal working of an electric water pump:

● Excess Heat: It is one of the most common reasons behind failing of water pumps in Melbourne, Sydney, and every other place that faces heat waves in Australia. Most electric pumps produce heat automatically as the duration of their usage exceeds a specific time period. Aks any water pump repair Brighton and they will confirm that excessive heat inside and out is one of the common reasons for the failure of water pumps. The thumb rule states that the mere addition of 10 degrees to motor windings can reduce the life of an electric motor to half. The rule applies to both domestic and industrial pumps equally well.

● Contamination And Dust: Unless a submersible pump is sealed hermetically, an electric motor can easily draw dust particles to itself from its surroundings. It is a bigger problem during summers when dry and dusty winds are frequent. When dust particles accumulate inside the pump windings they result in unexpected damage to the windings of the pump.  The extent of damage relies heavily on the physical properties and size of accumulated particles. If the particles are abrasive in nature (like sand), they bring down the contact components of the electric motor. However, if the accumulated particles have electrical properties they may move across the components and result in a bigger damage. If several particles block the inner workings of the motor, they start generating heat inside the pump which leads to short circuits, excessive heat and several other such problems.

● Anomalies With Power Supply: Not all pumps work on a “plug and play” Modus Operandi. But it is not easy to find specific parameters for a unique application. Apart from this, high frequency switching and pulse width modulation are some of the primary causes of harmonic currents. It can result in voltage and current distortion leading to overheating and overloading. Such factors reduce the motor’s life and add several extra costs to its maintenance. Also, power surges can result in several other malfunctioning and problems in other parts of your electrical connection.

● Humidity And Moisture: Moisture and humidity present in the air can have devastating effects on an electric pump. It may not affect the person in one day, week or month, but regular contact with moist air can easily lead to corrosion in the pump. If any toxic particles are mixed with moisture, it may lead to ‘negative synergy’ that can accelerate the rate of damage exponentially.

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We sell only Australian made water tanks and use suppliers that are accredited and have been in business more than 10 years to ensure your warranty is protected.  We have contracted plumbers that will quote to install all kinds of tank and pump systems to suit your needs. Get more information on water transfer pumps Hampton and water pumps repair Brighton visit our Website.

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Waterpros Moorabbin stocks Ponds, pond pumps and filters ,Pool products and chemicals Irrigation Lighting water tanks and water pumps instant and synthetic turf fertilizers seed and chemicals for turf together with all the required fittings that you would require. We have a servicing Installation and design division that will ensure your garden is irrigated to the best specifications that currently exist.

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The continent is full of highs and lows and is currently passing through a frequent shortage of water. Therefore, it is a must to find the right ways to minimize water wastage and maximize optimum usage of available water. You may have seen big ads and hoarding for water pumps in Melbourne, water transfer pumps in Hampton, as well as related services like water pump repair in Brighton.

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Once you are done with outdoor lighting you need to find the right place to keep the landscape lights. But before that make sure you have placed enough fixtures to light up your house and keep it safe and tight during the nights. Position the lighting fixtures in a way that they highlight the architectural features and walls of the house in the right way.

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Top 5 Outdoor Wall Lighting Ideas

Your outdoor designs and paint colours may define your home during the day but at night its beauty is illuminated by the kind of lighting you choose for your outdoors. Even the simplest of designs and minimal colours can look great if the place is lit up well. That is the reason why outdoor and garden lighting gets such high importance in Melbourne, Sydney, and all other parts of the world. If you get it right, you can have the most intriguing and charming outdoors. However, it is a must to remember that the idea is to catch the eye and not dazzle the onlooker. Therefore, you need to plan your lighting well to balance warmth and depth for your outdoor lighting designs. Here are the top 5 ways recommended by experts in this respect:

●      Landscape Lighting: It is not easy to plan garden LED lighting Sandringham for a landscape since the process needs close consideration of several factors and elements. You can always hire lighting experts to take care of all aspects of your property. A lighting technician will let your know that the right kind of illumination is about setting the balance between shade and shadows.

●      Spotlighting: If your property has any architectural features, then you may want to use spotlights to highlight them. But make sure the lights are scattered evenly in all corners. If you throw too much in a single spot, you may subject other parts to darkness. A better idea is to go for LED cube wall lights and place them in corners that you wish to illuminate. If your garden is rectangular in shape, you can always break up the longest stretch by pointing up the lights to highlight decorative features, plants, and trees. But if you wish to accentuate the garden bed you can always point the LED lights downwards. Lastly, spotlights are great when you need to point at potential hazards like pools and keep an eye on areas that may look darker than other parts.

●      Blending Different Lighting Options: If you plan to entertain guests often in your garden or outdoor space, you can always go for ambient lighting. Ambient LED lights can easily be installed over the nearby walls. If you wish to introduce ambient vibes then you can always use LED up and down lighting that sweeps across the yard softly highlighting the best features of your outdoor space.

●      Door Frame Lighting: You can always upgrade the appeal of your curb by placing wall lights on either side of the door. Make sure you find energy-efficient options that produce a gentle glow on the door and keep things elegant.

●      Front Porch Lighting: Circular wall lights are most recommended for lighting up porches located next to the front door. They not only enhance the curb appeal but also keep the entrance safe for incomers. Make sure you use damp proof fixtures for all kinds of outdoor lighting that keep them safe from different weather conditions.

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What Kind of Benefits Can You Expect From A High-Pressure Water Pump?

Ask any pump expert and they will tell you that “high-pressure pump” is a rather broad term that includes both centrifugal and positive-displacement pumps. But what further adds to the confusion is that different companies have different definitions for a high-pressure water pump. Despite all these confusions and dilemmas the fact that underlines this discussion is that we all need to cope with the challenges presented by our everyday lives.

 There are so many areas where high-pressure water pumps can make an existential difference. These areas include manufacturing, sewage, agriculture, gardening, and so forth. Here is a summary of the different types and advantages associated with high pressure pumps.

 Types of High-Pressure Pumps

 ●      Boiler Feed Pump: It is normally used for power generation. Whenever the inner rotators of this pump move, power is produced. The high-pressure steam produced in the process moves the turbine to generate power. The boiler consumes the water sent by the boiler and generates heat from the stream. Similarly, high pressure pumps help in nuclear power generation where they are used as reactor feed pumps.

●      Descaling Pump: Descaling pumps are normally used in manufacturing units. They have a role in the making of large-sized complicated appliances like washing machines, refrigerators, and automobiles. Most of these appliances are products of steelworks. Here, the steel ingots are heated to a temperature of a thousand degrees centigrade to be moulded into steel plates for the manufacturing of appliances. This heating leads to the formation of oxidized scales over the plates that need to be cleared away or they will degrade the quality of the finished product. High-pressure water pumps are used to remove these scales and other impurities from the steel sheet before they are sent to rolling mills.

●      Desalination Pump: Desalination pumps are mostly used in Middle East countries and all those places that face acute shortages of water. These pumps help turn seawater into freshwater. Since these pumps mostly deal with seawater, they are manufactured from corrosion-resistant high-grade stainless steel.

●      Agriculture: Here, high-pressure pumps are used as centrifugal pumps. Here the rotors inside the pump draw in water at a rapid force and then throw it out with force from another outlet. Most of these pumps are used for irrigation and watering large-sized fields that need more water in less time. Apart from that, they also have been used in landscaping and gardening on a medium to large scale area.