Month: January 2019

RNLI opens applications for ‘Britain’s best summer job’

Stuart Mitchell

It may be deepest January, but the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is in search of new recruits to spend the summer working as fundraisers on some of Britain’s most popular beaches, as applications open for 2019. An essential role in inspiring support for the RNLI’s lifesaving work, each year around 150 fundraisers spend the summer on the beach and at some of the UK’s top summer events, encouraging visitors to become supporters of the charity while also providing essential local safety advice to thousands of holidaymakers. Annabelle Hobson, Senior…

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Legacy training bursary now open

Stuart Mitchell

Legacy Link are pleased to announce the launch of the Crispin Ellison Bursary Award for 2019. The bursary aims to further the professional development of those working or volunteering in a legacy giving role the charity sector. The Crispin Ellison Bursary Award, now in its third year, is an annual award, for two successful applicants to complete the Certificate in Charity Legacy Administration (CiCLA), plus the cost of a year’s membership of the Institute of Legacy Management (ILM). Legacy Link Director, Ashley Rowthorn, said: “We’re passionate about legacy giving and…

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Danone accelerates the transition towards a circular economy of packaging

Stuart Mitchell

Danone announces a series of new commitments and actions to ensure its packaging will become 100% circular, and to accelerate the global transition towards a circular economy of packaging. This includes (1)initiatives to improve product design and develop alternative delivery and reuse models, (2) investments to develop effective, efficient and inclusive systems for increased collection and recycling, to boost recycling and (3) actions to preserve natural resources by reintegrating recycled materials into our packaging and developing use ofrenewable materials. Emmanuel Faber, Chairman and CEO of Danone said:“We believe the time…

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Finalists announced for Creative Shootout 2019 live final

Stuart Mitchell

Nine agencies have made it through to the Live Final of the 2019 Creative Shootout, to be held at BAFTA on Thursday 24th January 2019. The nine agencies, selected by a high-profile judging panel from across the industry, will now have the chance to show off their creative clout for a cause that is literally global – plastic pollution – for the Shootout’s cause of the year, A Plastic Planet (APP). The finalist agencies who’ve made it to BAFTA are (in alphabetical order): 3 Monkeys Zeno – Global creative communications consultancy…

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PRCA and Logeion sign agreement for UK-Netherlands cooperation

Stuart Mitchell

The UK Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for mutual cooperation with Logeion, the Netherlands association for communications professionals. Logeion provides an inspiring platform for all communication professionals in the Netherlands and currently has more than 4,000 members. It is the second oldest professional communications organisation worldwide and has a rich tradition of innovation since its founding 70 years ago. Founded in 1969, the PRCA operates in 66 countries around the world. Representing practitioners across the whole range of the PR and communications industry,…

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