Month: February 2018

American Cancer Society and Fight Colorectal Cancer Campaign to Raise Awareness About Colorectal Cancer Screening

Stuart Mitchell

The American Cancer Society, Fight Colorectal Cancer (Fight CRC) and the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable will kick off Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month on March 8 at Smashbox Studios. The event will feature survivors, partners, experts, and celebrity guests, including actor Luke Perry, country singer Craig Campbell, and reporter and host of Accesso Total on Telemundo-52 Stephanie Himonidis also known as Chiquibaby. Guests will share their personal connections to the disease. This event is part of a coast to coast effort to increase the use of life saving screening tests and…

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NRAS Launches ‘Love Your Heart’ Interactive Video Programme

Stuart Mitchell

This Valentine’s Day, the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS) announced the launch of their online, interactive video educational programme ‘Love your Heart’ that will help those with the debilitating condition Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) understand why they are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and the impact RA can have on a critically important organ – the heart.   Love Your Heart is a new, interactive online video programme that has been developed in partnership with Consultant Rheumatologist, Dr. Holly John. This follows extremely promising results that it achieved in…

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PRCA launches Diversity and Inclusion Guidelines with cross-industry support

Stuart Mitchell

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) has launched its Diversity and Inclusion Guidelines, the latest step in its work to improve the diversity of the PR and communications industry. The comprehensive guidelines examine the current state of diversity in the industry, outline the business case for improving diversity, and offer clear and manageable steps to making the workplace more diverse and inclusive. Click here to take a look at the guidelines. The recommendations in the report range from offering flexible working practices and reforming recruitment practices to make them more…

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UNESCO and CHANEL empower women in Madagascar through sustainable tourism

Stuart Mitchell

A new programme aims to help women in Madagascar who have missed out on the economic benefits of growing tourism.  Madagascar is one of the poorest countries in the world with the almost 80% of the population living on less than $1.90 a day. Tourism has grown significantly in recent years but the industry has often failed to translate into economic prospects for local communities, and, in particular, women. UNESCO’s CapED Programme has been active in Madagascar since 2011 supporting the country’s vocational education and training, with particular emphasis on…

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BBC to ban single-use plastic

Stuart Mitchell

The BBC has announced a three-step plan to remove single-use plastic from our operations by 2020. Plastic cups and cutlery will be scrapped by the end of 2018, ending the use of around 2 million plastic cups used by visitors and staff across the BBC’s sites a year. Several BBC sites have already begun to remove plastic cups from kitchens and replace with glasses wherever possible. This will be rolled out to all BBC offices. Plastic containers will be removed from canteens by 2019 starting with a pilot in Salford this…

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