Month: December 2018

UK’s first Charity Digital Code of Practice, co-funded by the Co-op Foundation, launches today

Stuart Mitchell

The UK’s first Charity Digital Code of Practice has launched today following an extensive consultation and input from across the sector. The Code, which has been produced to provide charities with practical advice on incorporating digital technology into their work, has been co-funded by Lloyds Banking Group and our charity, the Co-op Foundation. It has been managed by a steering group of representatives from across the sector and chaired by independent digital expert Zoe Amar. It is voluntary and free to access for all charities. The need for The Charity…

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Four years into its #IBelong Campaign to end statelessness, UNHCR calls for more resolute action by states

Stuart Mitchell

Four years after the launch of a decade-long campaign to eradicate statelessness globally, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, called today on states to take faster and more resolute action to help meet the campaign goal. Important results have been achieved since November 2014 when UNHCR’s #IBelong campaign began. More than 166,000 stateless people have acquired or had their nationality confirmed, 20 states have acceded to the Statelessness Conventions bringing the total number of parties to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons to 91 and 73 to…

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Emmy-Winning TV/Film Wig Artist Launches “Wacky Wig Challenge” to Fund WIGwell Medical Wigs for Cancer Patients

Stuart Mitchell

At CHRISTALine Studios, every hair is on mission to support women facing the fight of their lives. The social enterprise, founded by Christal Schanes, an Emmy award-winning TV and film hair stylist (Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Spiderman 3), offers ready-to-wear and custom hair products. CHRISTALine Studios devotes 20% of the proceeds from the sale of every product to support the Studios’ WIGwell initiative, which provides free custom wigs to women experiencing medically-related hair loss. On Tuesday, Dec. 11, Schanes launched the organization’s first-ever “Wacky Wig Challenge,” an online…

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BBC outlines further commitment to sustainable broadcasting with new strategy

Stuart Mitchell

The BBC has cut out more than half a million items of single-use plastic cutlery since April 2018; is piloting one of the world’s first electric broadcast vehicles as part of a drive to be more environmentally-friendly; and is now purchasing renewable electricity for all major sites. The BBC is today publishing a new sustainability strategy, Greener Broadcasting, which sets out the corporation’s ongoing commitment to environmental sustainability throughout the current charter period. The strategy concentrates on three areas where the BBC can add value, in: Helping audiences understand the…

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UK fashion brands take action to tackle modern slavery

Stuart Mitchell

The UK’s multi-billion fashion industry employs tens of thousands of people, which can make its companies vulnerable to unscrupulous providers and criminals who exploit workers for their labour. The new anti-slavery agreement will commit its signatories, John Lewis, M&S, New Look, NEXT, River Island and Shop Direct, to work together with the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA), and others, to root out criminality and shine a light on hidden victims. These efforts to uncover hidden slavery in businesses come as activity to respond to modern slavery offences has reached…

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