Tag: $20

New £20 note strengthens Bank’s commitment to making money accessible for people with sight loss

Stuart Mitchell

On 20 February 2020, the Bank of England’s new £20 note came into circulation with tactile markings to help make it easy for blind and partially sighted people to decipher it from existing £5 and £10 notes. The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has been working with the Bank of England for many years to make money accessible for people with sight loss, with the new polymer note featuring acclaimed artist JMW Turner. The new note has tactile markings on it with three separate clusters of dots along…

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Getty Images awards $20,000 LGBTQ+ Stories Creative Bursary to three emerging photographers as part of broader effort to encourage diverse, inclusive storytelling

Stuart Mitchell

Getty Images, has named three recipients of its bi-annual global Creative Bursary, titled LGBTQ+ Stories, with each photographer receiving one-time grants of $10,000, $7,000 and $3,000, for first, second and third place respectively.  As part of Getty Images’ global mission aimed at moving the world with images, the Bursary endeavors to elevate the work of emerging creatives, as well as foster a more visually-inclusive world, by encouraging artists to use their talents to create inclusive visual stories. For the first time, the latest Getty Images Creative Bursary centered its focus…

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