Month: March 2020

Discovery Education Announces New Parent Toolkit Supporting Homebound Students

Stuart Mitchell

To help parents and guardians provide homebound students meaningful educational experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, Discovery Education has announced the launch of Daily DE. As the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms, the new Daily DE from Discovery Education provides a suite of no-cost activities and resources for students and families to help continue learning while schools are closed. Access the K-12 Daily DE resources here. Daily DE complements Discovery Education’s comprehensive response to educators supporting the continuity of learning during…

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Waitrose & Partners and John Lewis & Partners outline measures to support NHS workers

Stuart Mitchell

From Monday 23 March, Waitrose shops will set aside a proportion of hard-to-find and essential products from every delivery that arrives into its supermarkets – exclusively for NHS staff, on production of an NHS card. Whenever available, Partners in shops will reserve core grocery items to help get crucial basics to hard-working NHS workers – who often do not have flexibility over what time of the day they can visit a supermarket. Also from today, NHS staff will be given priority checkout service in the retailer’s shops to ensure they…

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Where It’s Going: Walmart’s $25 Million COVID-19 Commitment

Stuart Mitchell

Walmart and the Walmart Foundation announced a $25 million commitment on March 17 to support organizations on the frontlines responding to COVID-19. The money will be distributed in a series of grants, each furthering the capacity of organizations to help communities affected by the pandemic. The Walmart Foundation announced a $5 million grant to the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund, a program set up by the United Nations Foundation to support the World Health Organization (WHO) in the global effort to help countries prevent, detect and respond to the novel coronavirus.…

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John Lewis Partnership announces new measures to support customers and the vulnerable

Stuart Mitchell

The John Lewis Partnership, has announced new measures to help its shops meet the needs of customers with a particular focus on the elderly and the vulnerable. These include a £1million Community Support Fund to be distributed by Waitrose shops to local communities, and protected shopping time for the elderly and the vulnerable. The Partnership is also exploring offering online classes and advice from expert Partners to customers who are having to self-isolate at home. These could include craft classes and advice for expectant parents.  Sharon White, Chairman of the…

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NSC Postpones Distracted Driving Awareness Month

Stuart Mitchell

The National Safety Council has postponed observing Distracted Driving Awareness Month in April amidst the growing global coronavirus pandemic. For a decade, April has been earmarked to raise awareness of driver distraction, with NSC playing a founding role in the month’s Congressional designation in 2010. NSC will observe Distracted Driving Awareness Month at a later time this calendar year. It is just one of several events the Council has paused to ensure Americans are focusing on preventing and stemming the spread of COVID-19. NSC also has postponed its 2020 Southern…

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