Month: January 2019

IPA commits to Home Secretary’s mission to stamp out online Child Sexual Exploitation

Stuart Mitchell

The IPA has welcomed the Home Secretary’s mission to tackling the online sexual exploitation of children (CSE) and has committed to helping stamp it out. IPA joins Government mission to stamp out online CSE “Despite the UK having the most robust cross-industry online brand safety initiative in the world (in the form of JICWEBS Digital Trading Standards Group), which the IPA co-founded, more must clearly be done. “We take the issue of CSE and indeed terrorist content extremely seriously and are happy to engage with Government, the Internet Watch Foundation,…

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Experts lay out plans to prepare the UN Decade of Ocean Science

Stuart Mitchell

Nineteen experts from diverse fields in ocean science, technology, policy, management and advocacy met at UNESCO from 17-19 December during the first meeting of the Executive Planning Group (EPG) of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030). A ten-year framework to foster scientific research and technological innovation toward a healthier, more sustainable ocean. The Decade of Ocean Science was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly on December 2017, and is set to begin officially in 2021. Meet the members of the Decade’s Executive Planning Group UNESCO’s…

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Mental Health UK and Lloyds Banking Group launch new programme to tackle mental health challenge in young people across the UK

Stuart Mitchell

Mental Health UK and Lloyds Banking Group launch a new project to support the mental health of young people as part of their partnership which will continue for an additional year. Research shows that one in eight children and young people have experienced a mental health issue in the past year. The charity’s focus for next year, as chosen by Lloyds Banking Group colleagues, will be to look at the main issues affecting young people, equipping them with the skills and knowledge to protect their mental health. The new programme…

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Christmas Charity Cheer as Scottish Retail Giving Tops £40 million

Stuart Mitchell

The Scottish Retail Consortium publishes its third annual report into charitable giving by the sector. The report found Scottish retailers had raised or donated over £14.7 million in 2018 to good causes in Scotland – bringing the cumulative amount raised since the first report was published in 2016 to £41 million. Hundreds of charities, good causes and community groups from across Scotland have benefitted; together with support for Children in Need, Poppy Scotland, and other events. The report shows how 26 leading retail brands are making a difference in communities…

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Edinburgh Airport annouces new charity partner

Stuart Mitchell

Support worth £100,000 has been donated to Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA), a record sum for one of Edinburgh Airport’s corporate charities. It comes as Edinburgh-based The Yard is announced as the airport’s new corporate charity for 2019. The Yard work with children and young people with additional support needs. The support was donated through a range of activities, including advertising space, a staff runway run and a variety of intern fundraising initiatives. Sealed, untampered liquids that were confiscated in the security hall were donated to be used as raffle…

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