Year: 2020

Barnardo’s invites parents to unlock their child’s inner superpowers with downloadable activity packs

Stuart Mitchell

Children’s charity Barnardo’s has launched a series of activity packs for children aimed at building a range of life skills such as kindness, creativity and resilience.  The Super Seekers packs, which can be downloaded from the Barnardo’s website, are designed to help children aged three to five years old develop important life skills through fun and imaginative play. Children become Super Seekers by defeating the dreadfully dull Baron von Bore-them, earning badges along the way and collecting certificates to show their great achievement.    The charity says children’s imagination is important…

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CAP – Publishing the outcome of our consultation on children’s recognition of online advertising

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Publishing the outcome of our consultation on children’s recognition of online 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. The Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) has now published the outcome of its call for evidence on children’s ability to recognise online marketing communications. Ensuring that audiences recognise ads is basic principle of the UK Advertising Codes.…

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Apple commits to be 100 percent carbon neutral for its supply chain and products by 2030

Stuart Mitchell

Apple has unveiled its plan to become carbon neutral across its entire business, manufacturing supply chain, and product life cycle by 2030. The company is already carbon neutral today for its global corporate operations, and this new commitment means that by 2030, every Apple device sold will have net zero climate impact. “Businesses have a profound opportunity to help build a more sustainable future, one born of our common concern for the planet we share,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “The innovations powering our environmental journey are not only good…

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Internationally celebrated virtuoso violinist Tasmin Little OBE announced as Help Musicians ambassador

Stuart Mitchell

Help Musicians are proud to announce internationally renowned and respected classical violinist Tasmin Little as a Help Musicians ambassador. Gramophone Award winner and widely acclaimed concerto soloist and recording artist, Tasmin brings a wealth of experience and an ideal voice to Help Musicians. Her outstanding 30-year career has been recognised with an OBE for services to music, a Gramophone Award for Audience Innovation, a BASCA Gold Badge Award, 5 Honorary doctorates, and a Critics’ Award Classic BRIT Award, amongst many more accolades. Tasmin has performed all over the world with…

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National Emergencies Trust Announces First New Charity Partners to Enhance Support for At Risk Groups

Stuart Mitchell

The National Emergencies Trust (NET) is announcing plans to distribute £12million of funds from its Coronavirus Appeal to a range of charity partnerships offering targeted support to some of the UK’s most at risk groups. Each partner will provide support to a disproportionately impacted group that NET believes may have been underserved through the pandemic so far, according to its own detailed gap analysis. This analysis reviewed Coronavirus Appeal grants data to-date, as well as other funding made available to groups from external sources, to identify key areas of unmet…

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