Month: July 2019

Magnetic Tape Alert Project supported by IFAP

Stuart Mitchell

UNESCO’s Information for All Programme (IFAP) Working Group on Information Preservation launches an initiative to alert on the risk of losing access to audiovisual documents. Today’s knowledge of the linguistic and cultural diversity of humanity is widely based on magnetic tape recordings produced over the past 60 years. Magnetic audio and video tape formats are now obsolete, replay equipment in working condition is disappearing rapidly and the supply and service of spare parts is fading. As a result, the routine transfer of magnetic tape recordings is likely to cease around…

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The National CASA Association is increasing awareness about the nation’s most vulnerable children

Stuart Mitchell

The National Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Association announced the launch of a national brand awareness campaign. Though more than 260,000 children have a CASA volunteer advocating on their behalf in court, many more still need one. In conjunction with the launch of the new campaign, the organization will also now be known as the National Court Appointed Special Advocate/Guardian Ad Litem (CASA/GAL) Association for Children. This change reflects terminology used to describe advocates in different parts of the country and will ensure that programs are recognized for their affiliation…

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Barnardo’s shares real-life story to highlight shocking sexual abuse figures

Stuart Mitchell

A Barnardo’s project worker has shared the harrowing story of a young girl who was groomed online as the charity highlights around 15% of girls and 5% of boys experience some form of sexual abuse before the age of 16. In the last year, Barnardo’s supported 2,670 children and 398 parents or carers through its Child Sexual Exploitation services. The nature of the threat of child sexual abuse and exploitation is changing fast with new technologies like live-streaming, social media, gaming and the dark web providing new avenues to reach…

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News Corp UK partners with seven charity causes

Stuart Mitchell

News Corp UK, the owner of media brands including The Sun, The Times, The Sunday Times, talkSPORT, Virgin Radio, HarperCollins and Dow Jones has donated £100,000 to seven great causes via the News Corp Giving programme. This year News Corp UK is directing efforts towards providing opportunities for young people to build skills and confidence, with a focus on delivering results in the area of literacy, employability and social mobility. Donations of £25,000 have been given to the Young Women’s Trust helping young women on low or no pay get…

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Tesco launches Dance Beats fundraiser with three leading UK health charities

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco has launched a major national fundraising campaign to support the life-changing work of its three national health charity partners – Cancer Research UK, the British Heart Foundation and Diabetes UK. With cancer, heart and circulatory diseases and diabetes accounting for more than half of all deaths in the UK, Tesco has launched Dance Beats to support the life-changing work of its three national health charity partners – Cancer Research UK, the British Heart Foundation and Diabetes UK Throughout June and July, Dance Beats will bring the nation together to…

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