Day: 12 August 2019

Mosaic and CFP set to create the UK’s largest full-service charity expertise offering

Stuart Mitchell

Mosaic Fulfilment Solutions has boosted its position to become the UK’s most comprehensive charity services offering with the acquisition of an interest in dedicated charity lottery provider CFP Lottery & Raffles, and the creation of a formal partnership between the two firms. The deal follows Mosaic’s 2017 acquisitions of interests in online donation management platform Committed Giving and donation response handling agency Telebank. Mosaic adds specialist lottery and raffle services to its existing portfolio of end-to-end charity support services, which includes: response handling, payments processing, inbound and outbound contact centre,…

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Charity Bank takes to the road with free regional events in the UK for charity professionals

Stuart Mitchell

Charity Bank is inviting trustees, directors, CEOs and managers of charities, social enterprises and community organisations to attend a series of free regional events in September and October. Taking place in Edinburgh, London, Tunbridge Wells, Leeds, Reading, Derby and Manchester, these events will provide the latest insight on the state of the social sector at a time of change and challenge. NCVO will present an update on the state of the sector and then sector specialists will engage with the audience in unpicking some of the challenges and opportunities that…

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CenturyLink Collaborates with Alphabet’s Loon to Provide Internet Access in Earthquake-Affected Areas in Peru

Stuart Mitchell

Underserved areas in Peru affected by a magnitude 8.0 earthquake were able to access the internet thanks to Loon, a network of balloons traveling on the edge of space designed to extend internet connectivity to people in rural and remote areas worldwide. CenturyLink in collaboration with Alphabet’s Loon, deployed the solution delivering connectivity to tens of thousands of people cut off by the earthquake. “In 2017, Peru was struck by devastating floods and we saw how important an integrated balloon powered network is to communities struggling to recover from the…

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Public Affairs Board responds to CTF Partners propaganda network

Stuart Mitchell

Following The Guardian’s investigation into lobbying firm CTF Partners running a Facebook propaganda network, the Public Affairs Board have issued an official statement. George McGregor CMPRCA, Managing Partner, Interel Group, and Co-Chair, Public Affairs Board, said: “If the alleged activities of CTF Partners are confirmed as fact we would condemn such behaviour unreservedly. “Such alleged activity is a million miles from the professional public affairs industry in the UK which operates with the highest ethical standards. “If CTF were a Public Affairs Board member it would be bound by a…

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HeForShe at the World Scout Jamboree, Youth Leading the Way

Stuart Mitchell

The UN Women HeForShe Initiative and the World Scout Movement have this week helped move the needle on gender equality at the 24th World Scout Jamboree in West Virginia, USA, with 40,000 youth from over 150 countries. This partnership is the result of World Scouting’s commitment to the global solidarity movement HeForShe. The 24th World Scout Jamboree, the largest global youth education event and an international gathering of Scouts, was held from 22 July through 2 August and saw tens of thousands of international Scouts come to learn and discuss issues…

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