Day: 2 May 2019

End Youth Homelessness Releases New Poster Campaign With Truant London And Jack

Stuart Mitchell

End Youth Homelessness’ (EYH), a national movement of local charities, has launched a new poster campaign with creative from Truant London and media provided by Jack. The message is striking; every hour, a shocking 11 young people ask their local authority for help because they are either homeless or at risk. Last year, 52% of these young people received no documented support whatsoever.  With nowhere else to turn, many are forced to ‘sofa-surf’; sleeping on the floors and sofas of friends or acquaintances. Once they exhaust goodwill they often resort…

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Charity Creates Line Of Baby Products For Newborns Withdrawing From Heroin And Opioids

Stuart Mitchell

Every 15 minutes a baby is born withdrawing from opioid dependency – primarily because their mothers have little-to-no access to treatment for their substance use disorder. As this crisis hits critical mass, the Urgent Love Initiative of Roanoke, VA has teamed up with ad agency, Grey New York, to help those very mothers and their soon- to-be newborns find treatment. Using insights from interviews conducted with Neonatal Intensive Care Unit professionals with experience at Carilion Clinic and other medical centers, Urgent Love created the first baby product line designed around…

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Celebrating progress one year on from historic Commonwealth commitment to halve malaria by 2023

Stuart Mitchell

Leaders from governments, civil society, the private sector and multilateral organisationswill today gather at the Commonwealth Malaria Commitment event at the Science Museum in London to mark the first anniversary of the 2018 landmark CHOGM commitment to halve malaria across the Commonwealth by 2023. Taking place on the eve of World Malaria Day and during a week of official celebrations for the 70th anniversary of the Commonwealth, the event will showcase the Commonwealth at its best; tackling one of the biggest global health threats of our time, which disproportionately impacts…

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Young People Join Dame Emma Thompson At Westminster To Call For Children’s Food Watchdog

Stuart Mitchell

The Children’s Future Food Inquiry ambassador Dame Emma Thompson joins young ‘Food Ambassadors’ at Westminster to deliver a new report which calls for an independent Children’s Food Watchdog to lead the charge on tackling children’s food insecurity in the UK. The Children’s Future Food Inquiry is the first attempt to directly and systematically seek the views of children and young people living in poverty across the UK. It has spent 12 months investigating children’s food insecurity in each of the four UK nations, and the project’s final report pulls together…

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South of England’s Top Tech Talent Seek Charity Challenges for Free Hack Day

Stuart Mitchell

Studio Republic is hosting its annual charity hack day on Friday 17th May to support Mental Health Awareness Week. ‘Hack for Good’ will bring together the South of England’s top tech agency talent to form five teams. In just one day, these teams will create digital solutions in response to five charity briefs completely free of charge. Why is this hack day dedicated to charities?Hack for Good is born out of the need to address the ever widening digital skills gap within charities. A recent report revealed that 75% of…

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