Tag: online

NCT switches to virtual antenatal courses in response to coronavirus

Stuart Mitchell

NCT has responded to the coronavirus crisis by moving its antenatal courses online. The charity is now running virtual classes for expectant mums and dads instead of its usual face-to-face courses. Chief Executive of NCT, Angela McConville, said: “We want to support mums and dads-to-be at a very stressful time while taking on board Government guidance about social distancing. So this week we’ve launched our antenatal classes in a virtual format and will be providing online courses for the foreseeable future. Expectant parents need social connection now more than ever.…

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Nominet launches online mental health funding programme: #RESET

Stuart Mitchell

Nominet, the profit with a purpose company operating at the heart of the internet infrastructure, today launches the Nominet #RESET Mental Health Programme. #RESET aims to increase the reach and impact of mental health services for young people. It is part of Nominet’s public benefit activity to improve 1 million lives, and will provide grants totaling over £500,000 across some of the UK’s leading mental health and youth charities to provide support for over half a million young people a year. The organisations receiving Nominet #RESET funding include The Mix,…

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Online ads overtake TV ads for complaints, with double the cases

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA have put out a blog post talking about Online ads overtaking TV ads for complaints, with double the cases that I have copied below (c) of post is the ASA’s, I hope you will find interesting, please see their site for more info: We have today published our Annual Report, Showing More Impact. The report sets out changes in the balance of advertising regulation during 2017, a year which saw a record number of ads amended or withdrawn following ASA action (7,099), as well as a record number of…

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