CAP – Consultation on the placement and scheduling of ads for cosmetic interventions

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: On the road again: Consultation on the placement and scheduling of ads for cosmetic interventions. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. The Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP) – the body responsible for writing the UK Advertising Codes – are today, launching a public consultation on introducing new rules that would prohibit advertising for cosmetic interventions…

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Bowel & Cancer Research and Bowel Disease Research Foundation merge to become Bowel Research UK

Bringing together the wider research community, healthcare professionals, patients, their families, and those with an interest in bowel cancer and bowel disease is the ambition of Bowel & Cancer Research and Bowel Disease Research Foundation (BDRF). On the 29th September 2020, the two charities merged to become a leading player in the fight against bowel cancer and bowel disease called Bowel Research UK. Over 42,000 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer every year in the UK and one million people live with bowel disease including chronic life-long conditions such as…

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FerryFast and Waste Knot partnership with FareShare provides over 1.5 million meals for vulnerable people within one year

A partnership between fresh produce company FerryFast and food redistributors Waste Knot and FareShare has seen more than 643 tonnes of surplus fruit and veg saved from waste and diverted to charities within its first year – enough to create more than 1.5 million meals for vulnerable people. “Everyone has a right to access fresh fruit and vegetables. Wasted produce should no longer be a factor in our communities especially with the aid of the FareShare Surplus with Purpose Fund.” Pete Osborne, Managing Director at FerryFast Waste Knot works to…

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Girlguiding Scotland Launch Media Mindful campaign

Girlguiding Scotland have launched their latest campaign called Media Mindful campaign, we have included their launch news item below: The campaign came about as a result of our experiences with harmful gender stereotypes, seeing so much sexism in the media and our desire to teach girls not to accept this. Our Media Mindful campaign is all about giving girls the skills they need to be critical and challenge what they read, watch, create and share. We want to encourage young people to take action and make sure the media is…

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Secret Partners With YWCA to Launch #RaiseItUp Campaign To Help Women Impacted Most by the 2020 Pandemic

Secret Deodorant has announced the launch of #RaiseItUp, a multi-phased initiative that empowers and supports women at a time when COVID-19 threatens to be the biggest setback to gender equality in a decade1. As part of Secret’s pledge to donate an additional $1 million in support of equality programs, the brand is taking immediate action in partnership with YWCA USA to establish a “Secret Missions” fund that will provide direct assistance to women. These “Secret Missions” will focus on childcare, career development and other key areas that make a difference…

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