Month: January 2021

Exeter Northcott partners with Creative Industries Federation to stream Le Navet Bete’s Treasure Island

Stuart Mitchell

A trailblazing partnership has been set up to enable global audiences the chance to enjoy an hilarious version of a British classic – Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. Le Navet Bete’s version of this swashbuckling adventure at the Northcott Theatre was one of the few productions able to play to a live socially-distanced audience over the Christmas period. With standing ovations and rapturous applause, audiences praised the show for offering much-needed laughter and escapism after a difficult year. Unfortunately, with tightening lockdown restrictions, the run was cut short but not before…

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Fund Launched To Support Families Of Healthcare Workers Who Gave Everything In 2020

Stuart Mitchell

The Healthcare Workers’ Foundation (HWF), the charity founded by NHS workers for NHS workers, has launched a Family Fund dedicated to support the families of NHS staff who have died from COVID-19. The Fund was created following direct feedback from healthcare workers, who expressed fear and anxiety about the impact their work may have on their lives and the lives of their loved ones. Through this initiative, the HWF will provide access to counselling and other practical support services, both during the grieving process and into the future, including respite…

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Close Brothers Motor Finance raise £34k for charity

Stuart Mitchell

Close Brothers Motor Finance employees have raised an impressive £34,000 for Make-A-Wish® and Cancer Research UK through a series of fundraising events. In a year like no other, with Covid-19, social distancing measures and people up and down the country working from home, employees were challenged to think of other ways to raise money for charity. Embracing the challenge, they collectively held a series of fundraising initiatives including hosting an online quiz, a Halloween trick or treat challenge and shopping at a Boo-Tique event. Testing the knowledge of colleagues, the…

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CAP – Taking care with ads for self-care

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Taking care with ads for self-care. 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. Self-Care refers to the actions that individuals take for themselves, on behalf of and with others, in order to develop, protect, maintain and improve their health, wellbeing or wellness.  Because of the on-going pandemic, this year has been a significant challenge for everyone…

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M3 Wake Research Partners With RIP Medical Debt To Help Relieve Americans Of $1 Million Of Medical Bills

Stuart Mitchell

M3 Wake Research, a national network of clinical investigative sites and one of North America’s largest leading providers of Phase I-IV clinical research trials, donated funds to RIP Medical Debt, a 503(c)(3) non-profit organization that buys and eradicates medical debt for people struggling to pay mountains of medical bills. The sole purpose of RIP Medical Debt is to locate, purchase, and abolish unpaid and unpayable medical debt. Every $100 donated to RIP Medical Debt relieves approximately $10,000 of medical debt. Wake Research’s debt eradication campaign specifically targets the states where…

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