Month: April 2020

Women Launch Campaign for Gender Parity in Investing

Stuart Mitchell

Research shows that gender diverse teams significantly outperform – but women are still highly underrepresented in the number of fund managers. PEWIN #HerWorth challenge hopes to change that. In managing their wealth, women are looking for investments that align with their values.  However, many women are finding that they don’t have any female-led funds in their investment portfolios.  “I retired this year and asked my financial advisor how much of my portfolio was managed by women.  His answer was zero.  I felt a call to action,” said Kim Jordan, recently…

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GCS offers job support to communication professionals

Stuart Mitchell

The Government Communication Service has put together an advisory panel to provide career support to communications professionals whose roles have been impacted by COVID-19. As one unified voice representing the communications sector, these organisations will provide strategic leadership for the profession and offer practical support for specialists. Advice and insight from these experts will also help shape the Government’s COVID-19 communication activities. The advisory panel will contribute to the implementation of this support, which includes: a new portal on the GCS website listing communication roles in government; the service is…

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Freedom from Torture along with 60 organisations call for more support for asylum seekers in UK during Coronavirus crisis

Stuart Mitchell

Freedom from Torture have launched an urgent fundraising appeal to provide emergency funding and basic essentials for asylum seekers who are struggling to get by at this time at https://dowhatwecan.raisely.com 60 leading refugee and migrants rights organisations have  written a joint letter to Home Secretary Priti Patel and the Chancellor of the Exchequer urging them to increase the weekly asylum support allowance by £20 per week, in line with the increase in Universal Credit. Asylum seekers are currently trying to survive the Covid-19 crisis on £5 a day (a maximum of £37.75 a week). This makes…

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Marie Curie and Saatchi & Saatchi launch emergency appeal campaign to support nurses caring for the terminally ill

Stuart Mitchell

The charity Marie Curie has launched an emergency appeal campaign with work created, at no cost, by Saatchi & Saatchi to raise the donations it needs to fund its vital work caring for terminally ill people during the current crisis. Marie Curie and Saatchi & Saatchi are appealing to advertisers and media owners to donate media space unused due to Coronavirus for the campaign. The ‘On Hold’ campaign, which will run across radio, printsocial media and soon hopes to run on tv – reminds the nation that while Coronavirus has put everything on hold,…

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Sydney Brand Team Creates Universal Symbol for Social Distancing with the launch of #onepointfiveplease

Stuart Mitchell

Physical distancing is an awkward part of our new reality yet reinforcing this vital message to perfect strangers on your government approved daily outing can trigger anxiety in some and complacency in others. To reinforce the importance of our new 1.5 meter distancing rule, Sydney brand consultants Jonathan Samuel and Scott Dunn have launched #onepointfiveplease, a cheeky range of t-shirts that provide the community with a universal symbol and strong visual reminder to social distance as we go about our daily lives. Via a purpose built website, onepointfiveplease.com.au, people can…

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