Month: April 2020

WRAP launches £1.5m Grant Fund to support textiles projects

Stuart Mitchell

WRAP is offering a total of £1.5 million in grants to support projects that provide innovative ways for textile waste to be recycled or re-used, keeping it out of landfill or incineration so that it remains a valuable resource. The money is part of Defra’s £18m Resource Action Fund, set up to support key priority policy areas. The grants, of between £20,000 and £170,000, are available to organisations of any size, both commercial and not-for-profit. The money is for capital expenditure only; either for equipment or technologies (excluding software and…

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Centre for Ageing Better launch report on portrayals on how the media portrays ageing

Stuart Mitchell

Media portrayals of later life are overwhelmingly negative, according to a new report by the Centre for Ageing Better, with print media, entertainment and advertising promoting damaging stereotypes of older people.   The print media tends to represent the age shift in the population as a crisis or a societal burden, according to the report, with the ageing population described using metaphors like “grey tsunami”, “demographic cliff” and “demographic timebomb”. Often, older people are depicted as “villains” unfairly consuming too many of society’s resources. This language also contributes to the process of ‘othering’…

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Cox Partners With Girls Inc.

Stuart Mitchell

Today’s girls face very real and profound issues as they navigate gender, economic and social barriers. But Girls Inc. is working to ensure positive outcomes for all girls — like increasing their graduation rate, helping them solve real-life problems and inspiring them to get involved in their communities — and Cox has committed itself to the cause.  In fact, during the recent annual Girls Inc. New York Luncheon, Janet Barnard, EVP & Chief People Officer, Cox Automotive, accepted the Corporate Vision Award on behalf of Cox Enterprises for helping to…

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Burrell Communications Group Launches New “Black is Human” Campaign to Address the Disparity of COVID-19 Impact on the African American Community

Stuart Mitchell

In response to the devastating impact COVID-19 continues to have on the African American community, Burrell Communications Group will release a video PSA entitled “For Jason” as part of its “Black is Human” initiative. The PSA pays tribute to Detroit Transit Authority veteran, Jason Hargrove, who died in late March from COVID-19 complications after posting an impassioned plea for public safety via (Facebook) social media. The video quickly went viral, garnering more than 805,000 views and 23,000 reshares as it brought national attention to the dire need for all essential…

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Amnesty steps in to help homeschoolers on lockdown with bite size activities

Stuart Mitchell

Amnesty International UK has launched the first in a new series of education materials designed specifically to be uplifting and help parents and carers homeschool. Amnesty has a long record of working with teachers and schools, but this is the first time the human rights organisation has produced something specifically for parents and carers. The timing of the release ties in with the new term that begins for the vast majority of pupils in England next week. Each week while lockdown continues Amnesty will share three new activities on its…

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