Day: 9 October 2017

The Drum aim to destigmatize mental health with Do It Day 2017

Stuart Mitchell

Marketing Magazine and hub The Drum has launched its new mission is to empower marketers to change the world and that is precisely what Do It Day is about. After the success of Do It Day 2016 which saw 20 campaigns based on social good launched in the UK and USA, this year The Drum will be focus on destigmatizing mental health. In collaboration with the UN’s World Mental Health Day on 10th October, The Drum, together with its partners, will invite the industry to help tackle areas of mental…

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FareShare is the UK’s 2017 Charity of the Year at the Third Sector Awards

Stuart Mitchell

The food redistribution charity FareShare has been named Charity of the Year at the Third Sector Awards. The winners of the awards, which recognise the outstanding work carried out by charities, not-for-profit organisations and their partners, were announced at a black-tie dinner at the London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square, hosted by the comedian Hal Cruttenden. The awards were supported by the headline sponsor Markel, the specialist insurance firm. FareShare sends good food that would otherwise be thrown away to charities and community groups, which turn it into meals for vulnerable…

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H&M Foundation helps makes breakthrough in recycling garments

Stuart Mitchell

The four-year innovative partnership between the non-profit H&M Foundation and The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA) has found groundbreaking solutions to recycle blend textiles into new fabrics and yarns – without any quality loss – through a hydrothermal (chemical) process. The technology will be scaled up and made available to the global fashion industry. The finding is a major breakthrough in the journey towards a closed loop for textiles. “For too long the fashion industry has not been able to properly recycle its products, since there’s…

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Oxfam & the Moomins launch Campaign to empower women and girls

Stuart Mitchell

The world’s favourite fictional Finnish family, The Moomins, represented by Moomin Characters Ltd, and Oxfam have today announced a new partnership to help women and girls around the world fight inequality and escape poverty for good. The partnership centres around The Invisible Child, a short story by Moomin creator Tove Jansson, which will be available to buy from Waterstones, the Moomin Shop Covent Garden and Oxfam shops, with at least £4 from each sale being donated to Oxfam’s women’s projects worldwide. Published as a standalone title for the first time…

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PC Chandra Jewellers & JWT Kolkata present Kanya Rupeno, Daughters of Clay

Stuart Mitchell

PC Chandra Jewellers, working with JWT Kolkata, have released a short documentary entitled ‘Daughters of Clay’ to highlight the great work female sculptors are doing and also to highlight the gender bias in the community. Since time immemorial, the worship of Devi Durga has been the biggest celebration of women power. However, even to this day women don’t get equal recognition for their talent, as their male counterparts. Even in Kumartuli, the potter’s colony that creates nearly 4000 durga idols every year, women’s contribution is either almost non-existent or not…

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