EVOC 150 team make contact with long lost Edinburgh protester

Through the power of community and social media, the EVOC 150 team has made contact with its poster girl for protesting and civic action. The team had been using an image of a young girl protesting in Edinburgh about the state of damp housing in Pilton, in the north of Edinburgh as an integral part of the EVOC 150 project. After a powerful and moving piece of digital storytelling was made based around the image by 150 Communications Intern Alea Ibrahim, the decision was taken to try and find the…

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The Big Issue Foundation partners with Donr to launch Spring Appeal

The Big Issue Foundation, which addresses the wider needs of Big Issue vendors, has partnered up with Donr to enable supporters to donate via their card, digital wallet service or mobile phone. This is the first time the charity has been able to accept donation’s via digital wallet services like Apple Pay and Google Pay.  Following news of JustGiving’s decision to discontinue its JustTextGiving service, The Big Issue Foundation (TBIF) has been working closely with the Donr team to both prepare the technology to allow people to donate and to…

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Dopper launches awareness campaign against single-use plastic

Plastic soup is contaminating our oceans. So much so that the European Union has just announced plans to introduce new laws on single-use plastic to reduce marine litter (27 March 2019).  But, how many people have actually seen plastic soup? Not a lot. To date, our oceans have already been contaminated with 150 billion kilograms (165 million US tons) of plastic waste, and billions of kilos more are added every year. However as long as the problem is out of sight, it’s out of mind. This is exactly why Dopper,…

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UNESCO joins the Power of Zero campaign to help children use the internet safely

Classroom resources that teach important life skills to help children safely and constructively engage online have been released as part of the launch of Power of Zero, a global campaign calling for zero violence, zero hate and zero bullying from age zero. The anti-cyberbullying campaign, led by US-based NGO ‘No Bully’, seeks to promote digital civility, bringing together key partners, including UNESCO, Microsoft and Facebook, to provide early educators and families with books, games and learning materials to prepare children for the technology and connectivity they will experience in their…

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160 UK clubs pledge support for refugees in biggest ever ‘Football Welcomes’ weekend

Amnesty International UK’s Football Welcomes is back for its third year with a record-breaking number of clubs taking part in the weekend of activities (27-28 April) to celebrate the contribution players with refugee backgrounds make to the game. More than 160 clubs – almost triple the previous year’s number – are set to take part to highlight the important role football clubs can play in welcoming refugees into their local communities, and in helping them to settle in to a new country and culture. This year’s event will see football…

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