Day: 2 February 2021

Young people “unable to cope with life” since pandemic, warns Prince’s Trust

Stuart Mitchell

The pandemic has taken a “devastating toll” on young people’s mental health, with the unemployed significantly more likely to feel anxious and depressed, according to a new report from youth charity The Prince’s Trust. The Prince’s Trust Tesco Youth Index finds that one in four young people (26 per cent) admit they feel “unable to cope with life” since the start of the pandemic, increasing to 40 per cent among those not in work, education or training (NEETs). Half of 16 to 25-year-olds (50 per cent) say their mental health has worsened…

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2021: importance of communities set to remain high as people identify loneliness and isolation as a key issue to tackle in their local area

Stuart Mitchell

New research from The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK, shows that the pandemic has helped to reignite people’s interest in their local community and sparked a desire to be more involved in 2021. Across the UK almost seven in ten people (69%) feel like they are part of their local community, with around a third acknowledging that COVID has increased their sense of belonging (35%) and also made it more important for them to feel part of it (33%). The survey of…

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Comic Relief appoints digital expert Samir Patel as new CEO

Stuart Mitchell

Comic Relief has appointed digital expert Samir Patel to be its new CEO Samir has over 20 years of international digital, grassroot campaigns and communications experience and will join the charity from Blue State where he is the Head of Insights and Innovation and part of the senior management team leading Blue State in Europe. He has overseen major brand updates, helped charities innovate in fundraising, and has led digital initiatives to engage and mobilise communities for high profile global NGO’s, charities and commercial organisations including Oxfam, Google, Co-op, Amnesty…

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CAP – Making advertising to children ‘child’s play’

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Making advertising to children ‘child’s play’. 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 recent celebration of World Children’s Day, we thought it would be a good time to remind marketers of what is expected from them when advertising to children. This is especially topical with the festive season nearly upon us, where new toys…

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New vegan jam doughnut is launched by Tesco

Stuart Mitchell

We’ve recently had the plant-based sausage roll and turkey crown – and now another iconic staple is finally being launched for vegans – the jam doughnut. The Jazzy Jam Doughnut is entirely vegan and will be launched under Tesco’s exclusive Wicked Kitchen brand across the UK. The historic move further marks the supermarket’s commitment to grow its plant-based food range and offer shoppers exciting new vegan treats. In the last year, demand for chilled plant-based foods at Tesco has grown by more than 50 per cent. This growth has been…

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