• Impact Visits Hockley Hustle Festival 2023

    Alicia Lacey On the 22nd October, the annual Hockley Hustle festival welcomed the Nottingham community to celebrate some of the best local talent in the city. Spanning various live music venues across the city, Impact went along to the event to explore some up and coming artists. Impact’s Alicia...
  • Celebrating Nottingham’s Creative Side – Hockley Hustle Festival is Back!

    Alicia Lacey With a lineup of 350 outstanding performers, Nottingham’s Hockley Hustle is back to honour the diverse talent of local musicians and artists on Sunday 22nd October 2023. Hockley Hustle has been raising money for local charities such as Emmanuel House and Base 51 since 2006 – this...
  • From Lockdown To Learning: Adjusting To University Post-Lockdown

    Life under lockdown became the norm for nearly half a year. This means that the sudden change to fast-paced university living, can seem  daunting and off-putting. These natural anxieties are a completely normal feeling and adjusting back to student life need not be a struggle....
  • Foodprint: Making Food Go Further

    Foodprint is a Social Supermarket and food distribution network run by volunteer students at University of Nottingham for the local community. Our food editor, Alice Nott, sat down with their Volunteer Recruitment Manager, Beth Plunkett, a first-year Economics student at University of Nottingham. Beth told her about what Foodprint...
  • Is Nationalism the Answer to Fighting Coronavirus?

    ‘Other than rationing – which we don’t have – it all feels very similar, really.’ Said our very own Captain Tom, a 96-year-old neighbour, former royal correspondent at the Telegraph and World War II veteran. Still, Tom walks four miles a day to keep healthy and (before lockdown) would...
  • Courage from Phillip Schofield 

    Mr Schofield made an emotional announcement on ITV's This Morning, with his close friend Holly Willoughby, that it has taken many years for him to open up and let others know that he is gay. Prior to his television announcement, Phillip posted on Instagram, that he has been conflicted...
  • Talk, Talk, Talk: University Mental Health Day and the Importance of Using our Voice

    University Mental Health Day falls on 7th March 2019, and the campaign this year is all about the power of using your voice. The importance of communication is something repeatedly highlighted when discussing mental health, yet we can’t underestimate how difficult it is for people struggling with their mental...