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Be Proud Awards 2022
This week, we received an email saying that MPCF has been shortlisted as one of the finalists for the 2022 Be Proud Awards' "Community Response to COVID19 - Working Effectively Together" category."Your group received a nomination
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Your Feedback: Redbank House Sensory Rooms
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