Month: November 2020

WaterAid brings showbiz stars straight to homes with virtual Christmas concert

Stuart Mitchell

WaterAid is hosting a star-studded virtual ‘Christmas Get Together’ on Tuesday 8 December from 6.30pm, bringing seasonal songs, festive readings and special performances to people’s homes to raise money for the charity’s Future on Tap appeal. The virtual gala will be hosted by The Three Degrees singer Sheila Ferguson. Joining the merriment will be actors Tobias Menzies and Dougray Scott, singer-songwriters KT Tunstall, Katie Melua, Cerys Matthews and Joe Stilgoe, harpist-composer Catrin Finch, and actor and broadcaster Sir Tony Robinson. Composer Sir Richard Stilgoe has penned an original song for…

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PRCA calls for greater transparency on the use of public funds

Stuart Mitchell

The PRCA has called for greater transparency on the use of public funds after a report in the Sunday Times suggested that the head of the Government’s vaccine taskforce had failed to undertake professional procurement processes when hiring a PR agency. The report alleges that Kate Bingham has acted improperly since her appointment and that she insisted on hiring a PR agency “despite concerns they would duplicate the work of government communications staff.” The agency featured in the report, Admiral PR, are not PRCA members. Koray Camgöz, PRCA Director of Communications…

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CAP – Get up to speed with broadband advertising

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Get up to speed with broadband advertising. 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. With the increase in routine ‘working from home’ this year, many consumers have been relying quite heavily on their home broadband to keep their professional lives ticking over remotely – and those with services that can’t meet their needs are likely to…

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International Women’s Day 2021 theme – “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world”

Stuart Mitchell

UN Women announces the theme for International Women’s Day, 8 March 2021 (IWD 2021) as, “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world.” The theme celebrates the tremendous efforts by women and girls around the world in shaping a more equal future and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. It is also aligned with the priority theme of the 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, “Women’s full and effective participation and decision-making in public life, as well as the elimination of violence, for achieving gender…

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Puddles are for splashing in, not drinking: 144 pairs of wellies line the V&A’s pond to highlight the 144 million people who rely on surface water to drink from

Stuart Mitchell

WaterAid laid a striking tribute of 144 pairs of brightly coloured wellington boots in the garden of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum to highlight the 144 million children, women and men across the world who rely on surface water like puddles, ponds and lakes to drink from. Archie, 2, from London is pictured splashing in the popular paddling pool in the V&A garden, which is currently closed to the public. As children have been playing in puddles across the UK during this wet autumn, WaterAid created the thought-provoking installation to…

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