Month: October 2018

ASA/CAP Say Don’t let your promotions fade to Black (Friday)

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have launched a new guide to “Don’t let your promotions fade to Black (Friday)”. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. One of the UK’s biggest days of bargains is coming up and it’s important that your ads do not mislead consumers.  Here are some key things to bear in mind to ensure you’re heading in the right direction of complying…

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Creative Shootout 2019 opens for entries

Stuart Mitchell

The UK’s most creative one day creative award is back! Open for entries now, the 2019 Creative Shootout is calling on agency teams from any marketing discipline to show off their creative clout for a cause that is literally global – plastic pollution. For this year’s awards, The Creative Shootout has teamed up with A Plastic Planet (APP). Already famous after making headlines around the world with the launch of the world’s first Plastic Free Aisle, the non-profit social impact movement will be challenging agencies to come up with a…

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Fondation CHANEL and UN Women partner to accelerate women’s economic empowerment and counter climate change

Stuart Mitchell

Fondation CHANEL and UN Women have announced a three-year programme to accelerate rural women’s economic empowerment, many facing the brunt of climate change, in South and East Asia by addressing the barriers women entrepreneurs commonly face through business skills training, financial services and support networks of peers and mentors. With an investment of USD 3 million, Fondation CHANEL–in line with its mission and commitment to gender equality and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—will support UN Women’s programming in China, Nepal and Viet Nam. The initiatives will support a range of…

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Stunning photos of a Barnardo’s Girl and teenager who was supported by the charity chosen from 13,000 entries to appear in Portrait of Britain 2018 book

Stuart Mitchell

A “Barnardo’s Girl” and a man who was supported by Barnardo’s as a teenager are celebrating after their photographs were chosen out of thousands of entries to appear in a collection of stunning portraits illustrating modern Britain. Following an open call for submissions, the British Journal of Photography received more than 13,000 images and these were eventually whittled down to 200 shortlisted photos to appear in the Portrait of Britain 2018 book.   Photographer Matt Grayson, from Leyton, previously worked with Barnardo’s on a book to commemorate the charity’s 150th…

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Ask twice, people urged, as new research shows three quarters of Brits would say they are ‘fine’ even if struggling with a mental health problem

Stuart Mitchell

New research released by the mental health anti-stigma campaign, Time to Change, reveals that when asked, over three quarters (78%) of us would tell friends and family we are ‘fine’, even if struggling with a mental health problem. When asked why, responses suggest we doubt whether people really want to hear the honest answer. The top concerns were: Just because people ask how you are, doesn’t mean they really want to know (54%) I don’t want to burden people (52%) I’d only talk if I was confident my friend or…

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