Football Welcomes 2018 has kicked off and it’s even bigger than last year. Over the weekend of 21-22 April, sixty football clubs across the country – from the Premier League to grassroots refugee teams and celebrity fans– laid aside their rivalries and come together to celebrate the contribution refugee players have made, and continue to make, to the beautiful game. More than half of the Premier League football clubs – including Arsenal, Everton, Crystal Palace, Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle United and Leicester City -took part. They were joined by clubs from…
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Pantene and Priyanka Chopra Team Up to Encourage Others to #GoGentle in a Harsh World
Pantene, with the help of Brand Ambassador Priyanka Chopra, is encouraging people to take the gentler, and sometimes more difficult, approach of being kind in the midst of harshness. In today’s world, where a lot of conversations are happening online, harsh comments often outnumber and outshine the kind ones. To demonstrate the impact a positive voice can have versus a negative one, Pantene created a new video highlighting Chopra’s reactions to actual social media comments about her – both negative and positive. Pantene hopes to inspire women to use their…
Read More‘Fashion Re-told’ pop-up pops up on Sloane Street in support of the NSPCC
The ultimate pre-loved fashion pop-up, Fashion Re-told will sell donated high end, designer items, to raise funds for the NSPCC’s important work in London. The concept has been brought to life by Harrods and Cadogan who are donating their considerable resources; a prime London location, retail expertise and mentoring, unrivalled service proposition and visual merchandising assets, to make this possible. All proceeds from Fashion Re-told will go directly towards helping to support NSPCC’s services in the London area. This is the first time that London institutions Harrods and Cadogan have…
Read More‘Twitter is failing us’: High-profile women, MPs, women’s rights organisations and celebs pressure Twitter CEO to tackle online abuse
Women’s rights organisations, politicians, celebrities and activists have put pressure on Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey to do more to keep women safe from the violence and abuse against women which is rife on the social media platform. In a letter published by Amnesty International and signed by more than 20 high-profile women, including Dr Helen Pankhurst, CARE International UK; Caroline Lucas MP, Co-leader of the Green Party; Laura Bates, Founder of the Everyday Sexism Project; Lauren Mayberry, frontwoman of band Chvrches; Deborah Frances-White, of The Guilty Feminist Podcast and Kate…
Read MoreWater Company Encourages Donations or Random Acts of Kindness to Raise Awareness for Pediatric Cancer
evamor Water in collaboration with Kevin Kline and founder of Snowdrop Foundation raises money for pediatric cancer patients and childhood cancer survivors. In honor of Chelsey Campbell (#ForChelsey), radio host Kevin Kline uses his herculean strength to run marathons (now over 150) raising funds for childhood cancer after meeting a remarkable cancer patient who touched his life and now the lives of many, forever. In 2005, Kline met Chelsey Campbell, who was not expected to live to see her 16th birthday, but she defied the odds and celebrated her birthday…
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