Tag: Alastair Campbell

Alastair Campbell to speak at free PRCA mental health event

Stuart Mitchell

Writer, communicator and strategist Alastair Campbell will join a special virtual PRCA event on mental health on Friday, 2nd October.  A former director of communications and strategy for No 10, Alastair has been a consistent campaigner for better mental health services, awareness and understanding.  The PRCA’s latest research indicates 9 out of 10 (89%) of PR professionals have struggled with their mental health at some point over the past year.  In his new book, ‘Living Better’, Alastair writes not just about his own struggles with depression, but what all of us…

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Grace and Alastair Campbell talk periods as they team up with End Water Poverty and WaterAid to tackle period stigma

Stuart Mitchell

Comedian Grace Campbell and her father, journalist Alastair Campbell are encouraging people to open up and talk about periods through a series of amusing and endearing films they have created with NGOs End Water Poverty and WaterAid. In the three films, the pair completes a period quiz, explore euphemisms and taboos around the world, and discuss their own education on the subject. According to a WaterAid survey, a quarter of British women feel too embarrassed to chat to their dads about period pain or PMT, while only a third of Brits…

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