Day: 31 August 2020

ICO launches self-assessment Freedom of Information toolkit

Stuart Mitchell

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has launched an online toolkit to help public authorities respond to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests as organisations prepare to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. The toolkit is designed to help public authorities self-assess their performance in responding to FOI requests. It generates a bespoke report which helps to identify areas for improvement and where action needs to be taken. Deborah Clark, ICO Group Manager Insight and Compliance, said: “Whilst the ICO remains pragmatic in its regulatory approach, we also now expect organisations to start putting…

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UNICEF Launches First Ever Domestic Emergency Response Programme To Provide Food Support For Vulnerable Children Across The UK

Stuart Mitchell

Unicef UK has launched its first ever domestic emergency response programme to support children in the UK during the coronavirus pandemic. ‘Food Power for Generation Covid’, a grant-funded programme, is launching today in partnership with the food and farming charity Sustain. The joint initiative will ensure that the most vulnerable children and their families have access to food during the coronavirus crisis by providing grants to community food projects until February 2021. The coronavirus pandemic is the most urgent crisis affecting children since the Second World War, upending children’s lives around…

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Morgan Stanley Announces $100,000 Grant to Doctors Without Borders to Support COVID-19 Recovery in Brazil and Mexico

Stuart Mitchell

Morgan Stanley has announced a $100,000 grant to Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) for its work in Latin America. This funding, which is in addition to an existing Morgan Stanley grant for MSF work across Europe, will support MSF in its mission to provide intensive care for critically ill patients, medical isolation for mild or moderate cases of COVID-19, and health promotion in urban and rural areas of Brazil and Mexico. MSF teams are working in projects around the world to fight the spread of COVID-19, and to sustain…

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The Phoenix Fund opens to grant £1 million to Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic community groups across England

Stuart Mitchell

Global Fund for Children (GFC) and The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK, have announced the opening of the Phoenix Fund. This new initiative, made possible thanks to National Lottery players, will provide £1 million in emergency grants to Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities and will support BAME leadership across England. As the COVID-19 pandemic and protests for racial justice sweep the world, the time to decisively support BAME leadership and relief efforts is long overdue. Survey data from the Ubele…

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Asda removes plastic from in-store printed media across the country, as it continues the fight against plastic pollution

Stuart Mitchell

As it continues its fight against plastic across the business, Asda has announced the removal of unnecessary plastic from freestanding display units and customer signage in stores across the country. As part of Asda’s accelerated target to reduce own brand plastic by 15% by 2021, the retailer is working to make in-store displays more sustainable, cutting down on plastic and non-recyclable materials. Working in partnership with DS Smith, a global packaging innovation company, Asda has already saved around 8 tonnes of plastic by removing plastic mop trays from the bottom…

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