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Hannah Dingley will take charge of the League Two side.Forest Green Rovers have made history by becoming the first professional men’s side in the English pyramid to appoint a woman as their manager.Club chairman Dale Vince added: “Hannah was the natural choice for us to be first team interim head coach – she’s done a fantastic job leading our academy and is well aligned with the values of the club.https://www.joe.co.uk/news/forest-green-become-first-english-mens-professional-side-to-appoint-female-boss-399038

A man born without fully formed arms and legs is kayaking 108 miles (174km) along the River Thames to raise awareness of inclusion in sport.John Willis began the journey on Monday in Cricklade, Wiltshire, and is due to finish on Sunday in Eton, Berkshire.Having made it his mission "to ensure that no-one is left on the bench", the 62-year-old said he would be pushing himself "to new limits".https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-66299827

The Nelson Mandela Youth Leadership Summit 2023 on 28 July at the Parliament House, allows a diverse youth population from Shepparton, Regional Australia, urban Australia and Asia-Pacific to create a group of connected future leaders of the region and Australia.  COO, Victor Perton, a founder from the Centre for Optimism. will be leading  a workshop on optimism and the positive outcomes related to governance. Young people are allowed to sit-in the chambers of the Victorian Parliament to  work on issues that they feel is important and learn to potentiate their voice in the very building where debate  and laws are promulgated.

Do you remember the REDcycle Fiasco where the supermarkets stockpiled warehouses of soft plastics that couldn't be recycled? Well, there's now an environmentally friendly way to recycle them.Plastic Back has developed an environmentally friendly technology for converting plastic waste back into crude oil and other valuable chemicals. Based on this technology, Plastic Back has created a conversion unit that enables waste treatment and disposal sites to reduce the amount of waste put in landfills. The company's solution also provides waste producers such as factories, agriculture operations, and hospitals with an alternative to costly waste removal and treatment service.