Day: 6 August 2020

Barnardo’s launches Windrush Generation oral history project

Stuart Mitchell

Members of the Windrush Generation who have links to Barnardo’s are being urged to share their stories as part of an oral history project. The leading children’s charity has worked across the UK supporting children, young people and families of African Caribbean heritage since the charity began in 1866. And on Windrush Day (June 22), it started a project to celebrate the impact and achievements of the Windrush Generation and their descendants. The first people to  share their stories on the oral history project site are Barnardo’s Vice President Baroness Floella…

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WeTransfer Achieves B Corporation Certification

Stuart Mitchell

WeTransfer, the company that makes tools to move ideas, today announced it has become a Certified B Corporation, marking WeTransfer among the few global technology organizations to earn the prestigious designation indicating high environmental, social, and legal standards. Also today, WeTransfer announced it has appointed Baroness Martha Lane Fox to chair its board of directors. Martha co-founded the travel deal website, Lastminute.com, in 1998 before it went public two years later. She also serves as the founder of DotEveryone, a think tank focused on championing responsible technology, and sits on…

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What does a statuette of Ronald McDonald have to do with a keyboard, a water bottle and a syringe?

Stuart Mitchell

They are all plastic objects washed ashore on the beaches of the North Kent coast. Found by artist Steve McPherson these objects and hundreds like them have been transformed into complex, thought provoking pieces of art. In 1950 the global plastic production was 2.3 million tonnes which has now increased exponentially to 448 million in 2015. The majority of it is dumped into the natural environment and finds its way into our rivers, our oceans and ultimately our foods. Tiny particles of microplastics have been found in the majority of the world’s tap…

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The One Club Launches ONE School Portfolio Program For Black Creatives

Stuart Mitchell

The One Club for Creativity, the world’s foremost non-profit organization recognizing creative excellence in advertising and design, announced the launch of ONE School, a free portfolio program for young Black creatives. ONE School will be run by award-winning Spotify creative director Oriel Davis-Lyons, as part of The One Club’s Professional Development programming.  The initiative quickly came together as a result of his early-June LinkedIn post lamenting the high cost barrier of US portfolio schools for young creatives of color, and his pledge to find a way to rectify the situation.…

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Ad agency Quiet Storm sends open invitation to businesses to support founder Trevor Robinson OBE’s Create Not Hate initiative

Stuart Mitchell

A major new initiative which aims to give London’s untapped talent amongst young people of colour a pathway to jobs in the creative and media industries is being launched – and the organisers are asking everyone who works in those industries to get involved. The initiative, called Create Not Hate, aims to see marginalised young people across the capital being coached by experts from the worlds of advertising, TV, film, design, digital and online media to make, write and design short films, posters, graphics and more with anti-racism messages inspired…

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