Day: 28 March 2021

Secret Deodorant Brings Relief to Over 100,000 Women and Their Families with YWCA Partnership

Stuart Mitchell

As part of a $1 million pledge to help foster gender equality,Secret Deodorant is helping to pay for childcare, workforce development and barrier reduction programs and services for more than 100,000 women and their families across the YWCA network. Spanning across 12 communities that continue to be impacted by the pandemic, the donation will aid YWCA to provide safe and affordable care for children and workforce development programs to ensure that moms are able to re-enter the workforce with family-sustaining jobs. This latest installment of the Raise It Up campaign…

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WWF teams up with global brands to show the emptiness of a #WorldWithoutNature

Stuart Mitchell

On World Wildlife Day (March 3, 2021) World Wildlife Fund (WWF) joined some of the world’s best-known companies, NGOs, and sports teams in removing animals and nature references from their branding in an action that aims to highlight the dramatic loss of biodiversity globally and the social and economic risks it poses. For the first time in its 60-year history, WWF will remove the iconic panda from its logo for the day, while more than 40 famous brands from around the world including AS Roma, Hootsuite, and OL Reign will…

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St. Jude launches program to boost HPV cancer prevention across the globe

Stuart Mitchell

On International HPV Awareness Day, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has announced the launch of the HPV Cancer Prevention Program. With an investment of $12 million, St. Jude has hired a dedicated staff of six to develop outreach programs to reduce human papillomavirus (HPV)-related cancer deaths by increasing HPV vaccination rates locally and nationally, and eventually, globally. Development for this program began as a response to the 2016 Biden Cancer Moonshot initiative that highlighted the impact of HPV-associated cancers and the need to do more to prevent them. In 2018,…

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Amnesty launches bitesize lessons to teach a new generation of human rights defenders

Stuart Mitchell

Amnesty International UK has developed a series of bitesize activities to explore human rights at home and in the wider world. The resources will help parents and teachers educate children aged between 5 and19 years old with a set of fun activities. Kate Allen, Director of Amnesty International UK, said: “During these challenging times, it’s important to keep young people feeling positive about the future. “These fun activities will help them understand equality and know their rights on how they should be treated, and how they should treat others. “We…

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George at Asda launches clothes recycling scheme which rewards customers for bringing back unwanted clothes

Stuart Mitchell

In partnership with Yellow Octopus Group, Asda has launched a new ‘Take Back’ scheme which supports customers to recycle their unwanted clothes and textiles with ease. Customers will receive a 10% off voucher for George.com when they pack up their old and unwanted clothes, returning them to one of the retailers participating stores which can be located through the store locator page. The ‘Take Back’ scheme provides customers with a label or QR code so they can drop their clothes through Asda’s ‘toyou’ click and collect service. The move is…

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