Day: 11 November 2020

Elvie UK enable the Hearts Milk Bank to provide free breast pumps to bereaved mums wishing to donate their milk to help other babies

Stuart Mitchell

The Hearts Milk Bank has launched a new programme of support for milk donors in partnership with Elvie UK, to offer mums who wish to donate their milk following the death of their baby the use of a free breast pump if they are otherwise unable to access one. The milk bank, supported by the charity The Human Milk Foundation provides donor human milk to sick premature babies in hospital neonatal intensive care units and to mums at home with cancer and other conditions. Much like donated blood, donor human…

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Nottinghamshire YMCA launches charity bond to support investment in local community

Stuart Mitchell

Triodos Bank UK is launching a £3 million charity bond on its crowdfunding platform to support Nottinghamshire YMCA with the completion of the Newark and Sherwood Community and Activity Village, a pioneering project that, with its partners, will deliver transformational services for the town and local area. Nottinghamshire YMCA has been working to build stronger communities since 1871 and is devoted to promoting youth development, healthy living and social responsibility for all. The charity delivers a broad range of frontline services and works tirelessly in its mission to encourage young…

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UK marketing budgets continue to contract markedly amid impact of COVID-19

Stuart Mitchell

UK companies registered another drastic reduction in marketing budgets during the third quarter amid ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, according to the latest IPA Bellwether Report. The result followed a record reduction in available funds during the second quarter, when many businesses were either temporarily closed or operating at reduced capacity.   The Q3 2020 IPA Bellwether Report indicated that a net balance of -41.0% of panellists saw their marketing budgets cut in the third quarter (up from -50.7% in Q2). The result represented the second-quickest decline since the survey’s inception in…

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Maisie Williams, Zoe Sugg and Adwoa Aboah team up with WaterAid to launch stylish period bags so you can proudly own your flow

Stuart Mitchell

Actress Maisie Williams, entrepreneur-vlogger-writer and founder of Zoella, Zoe Sugg, and activist, model and founder of Gurls Talk, Adwoa Aboah, have helped design a range of limited-edition period bags on behalf of Fempowered, WaterAid’s new period subscription box. The female stars are supporting WaterAid’s drive to see people talking more openly about periods to help tackle stigma and taboos, while raising money to support women and girls around the world to manage their periods safely and with dignity. On any given day around 300 million people are menstruating, but for…

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Peppy Group donate sanitiser to universities

Stuart Mitchell

University students are receiving free donations of hand sanitiser in a bid to wipe out the rising number of Covid infections. Higher education has been at the heart of a dramatic rise in positive Covid cases across Britain, urging London-based sanitiser manufacturer Peppy Group to take action. So far, more than 2,500 hand gels have been given to Brunel University, 300 to student nurses at the University of West London, 200 to students and staff at the University of Portsmouth and talks are ongoing to donate to other universities. This…

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