In April, 2019, Humankind merged with London-based charity Blenheim CDP to form a new organisation with national reach, focused on addressing health and social inequalities across the country. Almost three years later, that project evolved and culminated in a re-brand to Humankind. However, in the summer of 2015 we embarked on an exercise with our staff and service users to explore our true values, and to develop a mission and vision for our organisation that really reflects what we are today. We continued to develop the range of spread of services that we deliver. In 1992, to reflect our broadening footprint, we changed our name to DISC – Developing Initiatives for Support in the Community. This then led the development of innovative services for people who were homeless through the establishment of ‘accommodation registers’ and independent living support for care leavers. In the late 1980s, we began working with youth and adult offenders. Back then, we were called Durham Training and Enterprise and focused primarily on vocational preparation programmes for the young, long-term unemployed in County Durham. By Humankind has the lofty ambition of helping organizations banish single-use plastics from our lifestyle. EWGs Skin Deep database gives you practical solutions to protect yourself and your family from everyday exposures to chemicals in personal care products. Developed by Endless Space's Amplitude Studios, Humankindis a 4X turn-based strategy game(Opens in a new tab)which puts you in charge of building an empire and managing resources, diplomacy, and.

Humankind was first listed as a registered charity and company in 1984. If teeth can be fancy, I guess my gums are entering the big time now.We value the contribution of all service users, families and carers, partners, stakeholders, commissioners, volunteers and our staff. Each floss is refillable - although, confusingly, the price for the refill and the price for the refill plus the container seem to be the same? - and also plastic-free. The floss comes in different “flavors,” including lemongrass, peppermint, and cardamom (you can also get unflavored). The floss also seems less prone to breakage, so I’m never stuck with irritating bits of broken floss between my teeth. I also find that the string is slightly softer and less likely to cut into my gums, so they’re less likely to bleed. Much like with blackhead strips, I find disgusting joy in seeing what my gloss has collected, because it makes me feel like I’m doing a good job - and I can do that with By Humankind’s more substantial thread. While my gums can’t tell the difference between waxed nylon and protein fibers woven by a silkworm, I can tell you with certainty that By Humankind’s sturdier string is better at scraping out gunk from your teeth than the ordinary drugstore floss. It’s also lightly coated with jojoba oil and vegan wax. Silk dental floss! As they say on Twitter, what a time to be alive. Extricating celery roughage from your gums has never looked so good.īut the real kicker is that the floss string itself is made of Italian silk. The small curved disk - which comes in shades of matte spearmint green, coconut white, or chocolaty burgundy - is just the right size for your palm. The container is sleek, elegant, and smart, like Alexa had a baby with a French macaron.

For better or worse, it’s dominated that particular subgenre for so long that for it would be a tall order for any new competitor to step up. I’d never considered the idea of luxury floss before I tried the one from By Humankind. Humankind - Windows (2021) SidMeier’s Civilization has not only been a household brand for decades, but has also become the de facto benchmark for historical turn-based 4X games. But I think flossing can at least be luxurious? Maybe? The poster's best friend has been 'hooking up' with a married man 30 years older than her. And no matter how handsome your dentist is, the act of loosening plaque from between your teeth just isn’t arousing. A stock photo of a middle-aged man clinking glasses with a young woman at a restaurant. While basic self-care practices such as moisturizing, bathing, or even washing your hair can be seen as sensual, flossing involves plaque. Unfortunately for flossing, it will never be sexy.

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