Month: December 2017

RSSB, Network Rail and BTP launch “keep a clear head” campaign

Stuart Mitchell

The festive season should be a time of year when everyone can enjoy themselves and have fun. But partygoers are being advised to take extra care as newly-released data from RSSB, Network Rail and British Transport Police (BTP) reveals a sharp increase in the number of alcohol-related incidents across the rail network during the festive period. Of the 7,419 recorded alcohol-related incidents on or around the railway in 2016/17, 16% of those took place over the festive period – between 24 November and 2 January 2017. 21 people have been killed…

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My Favourite 10 Charity/Non-Profit/Ethical Campaigns of November 2017

Stuart Mitchell

These are my top 10 favourite Non-Profit, Ethical or Charity Campaigns of the previous Month. This Month – November 2017. 10. UNICEF launched a new social media campaign, designed by VML called ‘Furniture that Hides from hurting’. The campaign includes videos of unsuspecting parents in a shop being introduced to a new line of furniture called ‘Furniture that Hides from Hurting.’ This is a shocking ad in many ways but definitely an important one. Unicef Launch ‘Furniture that Hides from Hurting’ Campaign 9. In 2016, the world lost one of…

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Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry and Vivienne Westwood write open letters to demand end to human rights abuses in Amnesty Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

UK celebrities have joined more than one million people from around the world who have written letters calling on governments and authorities to end the detention or persecution of individuals, as part of Amnesty International’s Write for Rights campaign. Amnesty’s annual campaign runs throughout November and December and encourages people to write messages in solidarity with a number of individuals whose basic human rights are being attacked. People being supported include those held unfairly in UK immigration detention, an Egyptian lawyer who is being persecuted by the authorities for defending…

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Dave Chappelle promotes New Netflix show with charitable campaign

Stuart Mitchell

American stand-up comedian Dave Chappelle is promoting his new Netflix show with a charitable campaign for The Ellington Fund, a 501(c)(3) organization established in 1978 to serve as the charitable arm of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts (DESA). The Ellington Fund administers and supports several programs and activities at DESA that are not funded by the DC Public School System (DCPS). This innovative campaign is part of the promotional strategy for his Netflix New Year’s Eve special, Equanimity. Chappelle, has taken to the website theCHIVE to urge fans…

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Hard-hitting campaign for the ICRC highlights the agony parents feel when children go missing

Stuart Mitchell

adam&eveDDB has launched a hard-hitting campaign to highlight the work of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in locating and reuniting families separated by conflict, violence and disaster. The film, uses CCTV footage of parents and grandparents desperately searching for children that they’ve lost and asks the audience to imagine that feeling lasting for years as opposed to just a few minutes. The film finishes by showingreal momentsoffamilies torn apart for years being reunited thanks to the work of the ICRC. Matt Clancy, Humanitarian Policy Spokesperson, InternationalCommittee of…

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