Month: March 2020

WaterAid calls on public to March for Water

Stuart Mitchell

This March, WaterAid are challenging the public to go the distance and increase the distance they walk every day of the month, in solidarity with the 785 million people in the world, who have no access to clean water close to home. Money raised through March for Water will go towards helping communities get clean water for the first time, opening up a world of possibility. Tim Wainwright, WaterAid’s Chief Executive, said: “Safe water is a human right that everyone, everywhere should enjoy. Every day around the world, millions of…

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FCB Lisbon’s Coming OutDoor celebrates love and sexuality

Stuart Mitchell

In promotion of equal human rights for LGBTI+ communities, FCB Lisbon teamed up with the ILGA Portugal to create ‘The Coming OutDoor’ – a way of celebrating love and sexuality in all its many colours. The billboard, placed in Ribeira das Naus in the centre of Lisbon, had a built-in closet from which all were invited to physically come out. More than a billboard, The Coming OutDoor acts as a public space of empowerment where anyone may express pride in their own and respect for others’ sexuality. FCB Lisbon created…

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McCann fill a highway with sunblock in Peru

Stuart Mitchell

Peru ranks first in the world in matter of ultraviolet radiation, where skin cancer has been increasing alarmingly with about a thousand new cases of melanoma. To make people be aware and protect themselves, McCann Lima developed for Liga Contra el Cáncer the initiative  #YoUsoBloqueador (#IUseSunblock). So it painted with sunblock the faces on the billboards of 21 brands that advertise on the Panamericana Sur. This is the busiest highway among Lima and the country´s coastline, where in summer season an average of one million 600 thousand vehicles with millions…

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Small charities champion steps down after 23 years supporting small but vital Welsh charities

Stuart Mitchell

After 23 years and thousands of visits to small but vital charities across Wales, Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales is saying goodbye to its first and only grant manager for the country. Mike Lewis, 59, from Brecon, is retiring from the Foundation – a charitable trust which 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 charities make life-changing impact. Last year the Foundation distributed £25.7 million through new and existing…

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End Youth Homelessness Teams Up With Artists To Launch #Homeiswhere, A New T- Shirt Collection With Profits Helping Homeless Young People Into Housing

Stuart Mitchell

End Youth Homelessness’ (EYH), a national movement of local charities, has launched a new T-shirt collection #HomeIsWhere. EYH invited the artists to interpret the theme ‘Home is where…’ to help them raise money and awareness of the work they do getting vulnerable young people into safe and secure accommodation. Lending their creativity to the cause, illustrators Biff, Hannah Warren, Marylou, Tishk Barzanji, and Tom Guilmard have joined forces to help EYH to raise the profile of the 103,000 young people who faced homelessness last year. EYH’s concept invited the artists,…

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