Day: 1 November 2018

Cannes Lions continues drive to combat harmful stereotyping

Stuart Mitchell

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, which is part of Ascential plc, has announced that €114,450 of the proceeds from the 2018 Glass Lions: The Lions for Change will be used to fund initiatives furthering research into identifying and combating harmful stereotypes in advertising. The beneficiaries are The Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media and UN Women’s Unstereotype Alliance. The Geena Davies Institute on Gender in Media is the first and only research-based organisation working within the media and entertainment industry to engage, educate, and influence content creators,…

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Avaya Partners With Save The Children Announcing a New Device Campaign in Support of Girls’ Educational Programming

Stuart Mitchell

Avaya Holdings Corp. have announced a partnership with Save The Children, the global humanitarian organization, to support its Center for Girls and Gender Equality through Avaya’s Devices Diversity Campaign. In the spirit of the US National Diversity Day, Avaya will kick off our Devices Diversity Campaign where for every one of Avaya’s diverse portfolio of multimedia devices sold for the remainder of the year, a contribution will be made to Save the Children’s Center for Girls and Gender Equality. “At Avaya, we fully embrace and advance a diverse, inclusive global…

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CureDuchenne Partners with Baebies to Accelerate Newborn Screening for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Stuart Mitchell

CureDuchenne, the nation’s leading nonprofit funding scientific research and innovation for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, announced today it has entered into a three-year partnership with Baebies. As a result of CureDuchenne’s investment and partnership, Baebies will add Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the most common and lethal form of muscular dystrophy that primarily affects young boys, to its expanded newborn screening service. CureDuchenne’s partnership with Baebies, along with the large National Institutes of Health SBIR grant awarded to the organization earlier this year, will significantly advance the identification of newborns with Duchenne muscular…

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The British Youth Council celebrates 70 years

Stuart Mitchell

On 3rd October, the British Youth Council welcomed members of alumni, current and former members of staff, current and former trustees and friends of British Youth Council to a drinks reception and celebration to commemorate 70 years since the British Youth Council was founded. With alumni reaching back to the 1970’s right up until the 2010’s, the event was the perfect recipe for exchanging stories and learning about how the British Youth Council has changed and developed over time. Guests were welcomed by the CEO, Jo Hobbs who then introduced…

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Co-op bans single-use plastics and unveils compostable carrier bags

Stuart Mitchell

The Co-op announced an end to single-use plastic. It will see around 60 million plastic carrier bags removed in a phased rollout and replaced with an environmentally-friendly alternative. The move is part of a new hard-hitting ethical strategy to be launched later this week by the Co-op, which will tackle plastic pollution as well as food waste, healthy eating, saving energy and trading fairly. The blue-print sets out how the Co-op will ban single-use own-brand plastic products and reduce its overall use of plastic packaging within five years and stop…

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