Month: June 2020

New Chair announced for PRCA Public Sector Group

Stuart Mitchell

The Public Relations and Communications Association’s (PRCA) Public Sector group has been re-launched with new Chair, Marcus Chrysostomou CMPRCA, Senior Account Director from Westco Communications. Marcus has over 20 years of experience working in the public and private sector. His experience includes the Downing Street Press Office and other government departments, running his own business, and working at a number of local authorities in senior roles. Marcus currently works for public sector agency Westco Communications, where he supports Havering Council as Head of Communications. He is also on the PRCA…

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Vodafone UK and Barnardo’s launch ‘The Great British Tech Appeal’

Stuart Mitchell

Vodafone UK, with charity partner Barnardo’s, have launched ‘The Great British Tech Appeal’ and called on the public to donate pre-loved smartphones and tablets for redistribution to disadvantaged children, families and the charity workers who support them. Vodafone will cover all postage and packaging costs, and will provide three months’ free connectivity for every device distributed. The Great British Tech Appeal will run for six weeks and will also provide devices to the British Red Cross and to services for victims of domestic abuse via the charity SafeLives. It’s estimated…

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12 community organisations launch platform to unleash new wave of community activism

Stuart Mitchell

Leading community sector infrastructure organisations in the UK have come together to create an online network to inspire and enable local people to act for themselves on the issues they care about in their community. My Community is the brainchild of 12 leading organisations including Power to Change, Locality, Acre, Groundwork, Local Trust, Plunkett Foundation, Co-operatives UK, MHCLG, NAVCA, New Economics Foundation, NCVO and Semble. Launching this week, it provides a go-to space of trusted resources to help people find the information they need about the support options available, while…

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Advertising Association, ISBA and IPA launch inclusion drive

Stuart Mitchell

The Advertising Association, ISBA and the IPA have come together to form a new Inclusion Group, chaired by Kathryn Jacob, CEO, Pearl & Dean, to improve the diversity of UK advertising’s industry through its workforce and creative output. Its first action has been the creation of UK Advertising Needs You – a showcase for the industry’s many diversity and inclusion schemes. The unique one-stop-shop features advice for candidates looking to join the industry alongside useful resources for employers wishing to develop ways to recruit from the widest range of candidates. The launch…

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National Trust leader calls for urgent support for nature and wildlife sectors and a ‘green, not grey’ recovery

Stuart Mitchell

The National Trust is urging the Government to ensure its recovery plans support a greener economy, don’t sacrifice environmental progress and ensure more people have better access to nature-rich green space. Writing in the Daily Telegraph, the National Trust’s Director-General Hilary McGrady said: “As the country starts to look beyond the immediate crisis, we need the sort of forward-thinking we showed after the second world war when the National Health Service, National Parks and a planning system to protect green space were created.   “The nation’s attention is rightly on dealing…

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