Tag: charity

IBM and Cisco partner to support remote teaching and charity work across the UK

Stuart Mitchell

IBM and Cisco have joined forces to offer teachers in over 24,000 schools and staff in over 185,000 charities across the UK free access to video conferencing through use of the Cisco Webex web conferencing tool. The technology offers simple and intuitive features for online collaboration in response to the challenges of the COVID-19 outbreak. To support new users get started IBM and Cisco employees are volunteering their time to help install the video-conferencing technology and provide ongoing guidance to maximise the tools. The pandemic and resulting lockdown pose huge challenges for…

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St Mirren FC could be ‘fan-owned’ by 2021 under unique charity partnership plans

Stuart Mitchell

St Mirren could become Scotland’s latest fan-owned football club as soon as next year through a unique link-up – the first of its kind in the UK – between the club’s supporters’ trust and one of the country’s biggest charities. Under plans unveiled today, the St Mirren Independent Supporters Trust (SMISA) would enter a unique partnership with social care charity and leading social enterprise Kibble which would transform how the club is owned and run. SMISA is already on track for majority fan ownership of the club but is not…

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Riders raise an amazing £11.5 million for charity in 2019

Stuart Mitchell

Participants in the 2019 Prudential RideLondon events raised an amazing £11.5 million for charity, bringing the total raised for good causes to more than £77 million in the first seven years of the world’s greatest festival of cycling. The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said: “My congratulations go to everyone who helped raise this fantastic sum for charity at the 2019 edition of Prudential RideLondon. Their efforts will help some great causes make a real difference to people’s lives.” Denise Turner-Stewart, Surrey County Council’s Cabinet Member for Community Safety, Fire…

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CAP – Four top tips for charity advertising

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Four top tips for charity advertising. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. It’s perfectly understandable that charitable organisations want to do everything possible to raise awareness and funds for their causes.  However, marketers must take care not to overstep the mark by misleading consumers or causing unjustified distress. Read on for four key learnings from…

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Steadfast Collective launch £5,000 website giveaway to support a local organisation

Stuart Mitchell

Southampton web agency, Steadfast Collective, are celebrating their fourth birthday by giving away a website worth £5,000 to a local charity, small business or non-profit organisation in Hampshire. Having been through the business start-up phase as a company, Steadfast Collective know the pressures charities,  small businesses, and non-profits face in trying to build an online presence without breaking the bank. That’s why, for their fourth birthday, they have launched a giveaway supporting the work of one of these organisations within Hampshire, with a website, up to the value of £5,000.…

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