Year: 2020

Designers and Musicians come to the rescue of live music venues with a limited T-shirt collection

Stuart Mitchell

Live2020 is the solidarity fund set up by the Belgian live music sector to support colleagues in financial difficulties. Today, ten well-known and up-and-coming Belgian designers and visual artists today launch the Live2020 Collection, under the impetus of Belgian creative agency Happiness, an FCB alliance. The Live2020 Collection is a collection of “Venue T-shirts” instead of band T-shirts. Everyone already has a favourite band shirt, but today more than ever, also our live clubs need their fans. The clubs – and everyone working there to facilitate live music – have…

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#ShowUs Grant of $10,000 open to Women, Female-Identifying and Non-Binary voices in Commercial Film and Photography

Stuart Mitchell

Getty Images, a world leader in visual communications, in partnership with Dove and Girlgaze, has today announced the launch of the latest #ShowUs Grant. Designed to support emerging talent, the #ShowUs Grant will award two grants of US$5,000 to women, female-identifying and non-binary commercial photographers and videographers from around the world who are using their talents to create inclusive visual stories depicting authentic representations of women relationships. Open for applications from today, the two $5,000 grants will be awarded to emerging commercial photographers or videographers who submit against the brief of creating…

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Kingfisher team up with Shelter to lead fundraising drive for emergency helpline

Stuart Mitchell

The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated issues of unfit housing, according to a new study by Kingfisher plc, the international home improvement company that includes B&Q. The report finds that some 9.5 million people in the UK (or 18%) live with significant housing issues. Problems range from inadequate heating or insulation, to pests and overcrowding, with the three most common problems being cold, damp, and noise.  Of the 18% who say they live with significant housing issues, 74% say they have little or no control over the situation. This has been…

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NSPCC to launch Young People’s Board for Change

Stuart Mitchell

Young people will have the chance to shape and influence the UK’s leading child protection charity with the announcement of a new advisory group. The Young People’s Board for Change will be a vital part of the NSPCC’s commitment to ensure children and young people are at the heart of its decision making. The charity is looking to recruit 15 young people aged between 13 and 16 to represent the views of young people and help to shape the work of the NSPCC across the UK. The Board members will…

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Whole Earth strengthens partnership with Sumatran Orangutan Society

Stuart Mitchell

Whole Earth, the UK’s number one peanut butter, is strengthening its partnership with the Sumatran Orangutan Society (SOS) with an on-pack and digital campaign to support reforestation in Sumatra.    The awareness and action-based partnership will see the SOS logo added to jars of Whole Earth peanut butter from December, plus a pledge to plant 20,000 trees in part of the Leuser Ecosystem in Sumatra, the only place in the world where orangutans, tigers, elephants, and rhinos all live together. The #maketherainforestwhole partnership is part of Whole Earth’s continued commitment to put the planet…

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