Day: 1 October 2021

Starcom and Channel 4 launch Brave Stories to celebrate unique personal experiences from neurodisability to introversion

Stuart Mitchell

Starcom and Channel 4 have teamed up to launch a brand-new documentary series encouraging people who identify as coming from diverse backgrounds or marginalised communities to open up about their personal experiences of working in media. The series of short documentaries – titled ‘Brave Stories’ – will celebrate some of the unique voices represented in the media industry and demonstrate the benefits that a diverse workforce can bring to businesses. Each session will explore a different story, highlighting the journeys of individuals who occupy marginalised identities under the protected characteristics…

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Pink Lady® apples release special LGBT+ Pride packs to support anti-abuse service Galop

Stuart Mitchell

Pink Lady® apples has released special LGBT+ Pride packs, supporting anti-abuse service Galop and offering a chance to win a glamping weekend at the new Out & Wild festival. Over 200,000 limited edition packs of delicious Pink Lady® apples will be available only in Co-Op stores across the UK over the next four weeks. All packs will proudly display the Progress Pride flag and include details of an exclusive prize draw. The packs reaffirm Pink Lady® as a long-term ally of the LGBT+ community, engaging in a meaningful and authentic…

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New CEO Announced For Magic Breakfast Charity

Stuart Mitchell

Magic Breakfast is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Lindsey MacDonald as the charity’s new CEO. She will officially join Magic Breakfast from 22 November 2021, replacing Interim CEO Antony Kildare who has been in post since January this year. Lindsey joins from the youth employment charity, Street League, where she has been since 2014, as their co-CEO. She helped lead strategic and transformational change, with a focus on more inclusive programmes, improved social impact reporting and, in the past two years, a financial turn-around that laid strong foundations for…

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Facebook announce water positivity by 2030

Stuart Mitchell

Facebook have announced tha they hope to be water positive by 2030 with the following post on their website: Restoring More Water Than We Consume by 2030 The climate crisis demands urgent action from all of us. At Facebook, we’ve invested in renewable energy and committed to reaching net zero emissions across our value chain in 2030. We’re also working to connect people with authoritative climate information. Today, we’re building on these efforts and announcing a new goal to be water positive by 2030. This means Facebook will return more…

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Welcome To A New Kind Of Agency For A New Era – FREEDM – The World’s Most Free Agency

Stuart Mitchell

FREEDM is a brand-new creative agency to service clients looking for exceptional work from a truly diverse, inclusive, and empowered workforce. A first of its kind agency worldwide, the business delivers industry leading creative work by empowering and elevating global creative professionals without barriers or bias. Their goal is to take a transformational look at the industry as we know it. Born out of the realisation that the pandemic continues to take away our most treasured, yet fragile, value – freedom – the new agency works to a model that…

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