Month: May 2018

Barclays backs sustainability with new Green Trade Loans

Stuart Mitchell

Barclays Corporate Banking has launched a new Green Trade Loans product, designed to help meet clients’ working capital needs when pursuing sustainable activities. The move follows the bank’s decision late last year to develop a suite of products aimed at boosting investment in green projects, with Green Trade Loans focused on tackling funding challenges related specifically to trade and working capital financing. Accessing the right funding options can be crucial for businesses who are attempting to reduce their environmental impact alongside their day to day business activities. The new Barclays…

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Barnardo’s awarded funding to evaluate the needs of imprisoned ex-Armed Forces personnel and their families

Stuart Mitchell

Barnardo’s has been awarded £91,707 from the Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) to assess the needs of ex-Service personnel and their families who are serving, or have served, a custodial prison sentence. Focusing on the Southwest and West Midlands areas, the project will access the connections that Barnardo’s have already developed in prisons, the Criminal Justice System and Armed Forces charities. The 18-month study will consist of interviews with ex-Service personnel and their children and families to ascertain the need, unmet need, the availability of support services and the impact…

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Toy Company Launched to Empower Children of Color Wins $100K Grand Prize in National Competition

Stuart Mitchell

Healthy Roots Dolls took both the judges’ prize and the people’s choice award at the American Underground’s Startup Stampede. As a result, the Cincinnati-based company will partake in a suite of services valued at $100,000 provided by event co-sponsor McKinney. Healthy Roots Dolls is a toy company that creates dolls and storybooks that teach natural hair care because, as the startup points out, every girl should feel empowered by the beauty of the kink of her curl and the color of her skin. “The Startup Stampede created an open and…

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WeTransfer presents ‘Mr. Wash’: A story of hope and the power of art in America’s unforgiving prison system

Stuart Mitchell

A new short documentary film about the artist Fulton Leroy Washington is now available on WePresent. WeTransfer has released a new documentary film telling the story of Fulton Leroy Washington, aka Mr. Wash. The film leverages WeTransfer’s unique platform for storytelling and celebrates WeTransfer’s role in bringing creative voices to the fore and sharing creative perspectives on the issues of the day. The short premiered on WeTransfer’s editorial platform WePresent following a screening at CAAM (California African American Museum) in Los Angeles – home to both Mr. Wash and WeTransfer.…

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U by Kotex® addresses need for period products, serves as founding sponsor of Alliance for Period Supplies

Stuart Mitchell

New research from U by Kotex found that one in four women struggled to purchase period products within the past year due to lack of income. As the founding sponsor of the Alliance for Period Supplies, a program of the National Diaper Bank Network, U by Kotex expands its commitment to getting period products into the hands of those that need them most. “U by Kotex is launching the With U, She Can program because we believe that a woman’s period should never stand in the way of her progress.…

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