Month: January 2020

International Women’s Day 2020 theme announced — “I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights”

Stuart Mitchell

The theme for International Women’s Day (8 March) 2020 is, I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights. The theme is aligned with UN Women’s new multigenerational campaign, Generation Equality, which marks the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Adopted in 1995 at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China, the Beijing Platform for Action is recognized as the most progressive roadmap for the empowerment of women and girls, everywhere. The year 2020 is a pivotal year for advancing gender equality worldwide, as the global…

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Amazon Announces Three New Renewable Energy Projects in the US and Spain to Support Amazon’s Pledge to Reach 80% Renewable Energy by 2024 and 100% Renewable Energy by 2030

Stuart Mitchell

Amazon have announced three new renewable energy projects in the US and Spain that support Amazon’s commitment to The Climate Pledge and reaching 80% renewable energy by 2024 and 100% renewable energy target by 2030 on its path to net zero carbon by 2040. Amazon is committed to major investments in renewable energy as a critical step toward addressing the company’s carbon footprint globally, and Amazon’s newest renewable energy project in Europe will be the company’s first large-scale project in Spain, located southeast of Sevilla. Once complete, the new solar…

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Lloyds Bank Foundation relaunches grants programme with a simpler, more flexible and transparent approach

Stuart Mitchell

Lloyds Bank Foundation relaunches grants programme with a simpler, more flexible and transparent approach Core funding grants worth up to £100,000 are now available for small and local charities through a new simplified, more flexible and transparent approach, Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales has announced. The Foundation – an independent charitable trust funded by Lloyds Banking Group – partners with small and local charities who help people overcome complex social issues. Through long-term funding, developmental support and influencing policy and practice, the Foundation helps small charities make life-changing…

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CAF Launches UK’s Only Cash Deposit Platform Exclusively For Charities

Stuart Mitchell

The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) is offering a dedicated cash deposit platform that gives charities exclusive access to market-leading interest rates. CAF has partnered with Flagstone, the UK’s leading cash deposit platform provider, to offer charities access to interest rates that could make a real difference to the amount of money earned on their reserve funds. CAF’s platform will give charities access to a choice of more than 170 deposit accounts from 22 banks and building societies – and enable them to open multiple accounts in minutes (rather than weeks…

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Top health charities merge to bring significant benefits for those with lung disease

Stuart Mitchell

Asthma UK (AUK) and the British Lung Foundation (BLF) will merge after the final step in the formal process was completed on Monday 9 December. Both organisations announced their intention to merge in November ahead of a vote by AUK’s members at an extraordinary general meeting on 2 December and a meeting of the BLF’s board of trustees yesterday. With the formal preparations completed, the newly formed Asthma UK and British Lung Foundation Partnership is now looking forward to continuing to safeguard and improve the nation’s respiratory health. The new…

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