Month: June 2018

Barnardo’s calls for more help to get vulnerable young people leaving care into education, employment and training

Stuart Mitchell

Barnardo’s is calling for local authorities to find better ways to help vulnerable young people who have left care to secure an education, employment or training. As local authorities are starting work on publishing their new local offer of services for care leavers, Barnardo’s is calling on them to carefully consider what can be done to help them. Barnardo’s believes local authorities should commission improved quality services as part of their local offer for care leavers. This would include: advice on employment, training and skills a range of suitable accommodation…

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NBA’s Jeremy Lin Fights Bullying Through DoSomething.org’s “You’ve Got the Power” Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Jeremy Lin has spent his entire career overcoming haters, doubters, and bullies. Now, through a groundbreaking campaign, he’s inspiring a generation of young people to help other students do the same. Lin is the face of “You’ve Got the Power,” a national anti-bullying campaign from DoSomething.org and Saban’s Power Rangers. In the campaign’s PSA, he tells the inspiring story of the college coach who helped him find the power to overcome hecklers and bullies. Then Lin tells young viewers that they can be that person for a younger student. That’s…

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Pride in London launches Community Parade Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

The volunteer-run organisation that organises the world’s biggest LGBT+ Festival and London’s third biggest public event has launched its Community Parade Campaign. From today over 1,000 screens across London will show parade groups ‘marching’ across them with messages of why they take part in Pride in London. As part of its Pride Matters campaign, the community interest group has been asking people what Pride means to them ahead of the official parade on July 7. For the first time, the artwork and delivery was managed by the in-house agency of…

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Life-changing and culture-shifting creativity honoured in the Reach and Innovation Track Lions winners

Stuart Mitchell

Cannes Lions, the world’s largest Festival dedicated to world-class creativity, brought the fourth day to a close with an Awards Show to honour the winners of the Lions in the Reach Track and Innovation Track. The Reach Track Lions celebrate the insight, strategy and planning that enables brands to effectively reach consumers, at scale, in the ongoing war for attention: In the Creative Data Lions, 525 entries were received and 26 Lions awarded: 4 Gold, 8 Silver and 13 Bronze. The Grand Prix went to: ‘JFK Unsilenced’, by Rothco |…

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Monroe & Kent Collaborates With W42ST Magazine On Pride Advert Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Monroe & Kent, the high end home furniture and decor brand from Local Deals Group, Inc, today unveiled its Pride advertising campaign which has been developed in collaboration with New York’s W42ST magazine. Titled “House Proud”, the advertisement is a nod to the diverse neighborhood that W42ST magazine covers, and a celebration of New York City’s Pride month in June. Commenting on the campaign, Richard Eib, Chief Executive Officer said: “For June we wanted to do something different with our advertising, something which embraced the diversity of New York, one…

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