Month: May 2018

Love Matters India and Ogilvy Mumbai go beyond the label with #LforLove Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Love Matters (India) – a platform that provides information on relationships, sex and gender equality is hoping to change the view many Indians have on lesbian relationships. With #LforLove – a campaign that shines the light on the emotions that connect two people. Irrespective of their sexual preference.And end the portrayal of homosexual women asobjects of fantasy. So they are accepted for who they are –ordinary human beings. The campaign, created in consultation with the community made it possible for audiences to ask questions to a lesbian, anonymously. And answered them through a photographic series…

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Localgiving report finds local charities fearful of their long term survival

Stuart Mitchell

On Thursday the 26th of April, key voluntary sector bodies including NCVO, IoF, DCMS, SCC, Lloyds Foundation and DSC gathered at the headquarters of the Sage Foundation,  to debate the findings of Localgiving’s latest Local Charity and Community Group Sustainability Report. The report found that local charities and community groups in the UK are stretched to breaking point. Over recent years, cuts and austerity measures have increased the burden on local charities and community groups. Many groups are now facing a trade-off between the quality and the durability of their…

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Volkswagen And Trafikskadefonden Create Phone Case To Highlight The Dangers Of Distracted Driving

Stuart Mitchell

Since February first 2018 it has been illegal to drive with a phone in your hand in Sweden. Despite that, there seems to be no change in the number of accidents on Swedish roads since the new law been running. To remind people of the danger of using your phone while driving, Volkswagen and Trafikskadefonden has created a phone case – made by crumple metal from crashed cars. “We know how easily it happens that you accidentally pick up your phone to receive a call or to send a text.…

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Boston Tea Party Become First Coffee Chain To Ban Disposable Coffee Cups

Stuart Mitchell

An independently owned coffee chain stands to lose over one million pounds intakeaway coffee sales when it bans all single use coffee cups on 1st June this year.  Takeaway hot drinks are 5.2% of Boston Tea Party’s total turnover of £19.8m. Boston Tea Party (BTP), which has 21 cafes across the South West and the Midlands, is asking customers to make the move to reusable cups. They can bring their own reusable cups, take advantage of a cup loan scheme or buy a cup in store when disposable cups are banned…

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2018 ADCAN Awards Launch Fifth-Annual Competition

Stuart Mitchell

The creative organization ADCAN has announced the launch of its fifth-annual filmmaking competition. ADCAN’s mission is three-pronged: to shine a light on various global issues and the charities addressing them, to foster the careers of unsigned talent in creative industries, and to promote the use of creativity as a force for good. The 2018 ADCAN Awards ceremony will be held in Los Angeles on October 18, 2018. ADCAN partners with a group of different charities each year and invites unsigned filmmakers and animators from across the globe to participate in…

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