Pacific Life Foundation Announces $8 Million Charitable Giving Program for 2022

The Pacific Life Foundation has announced plans to make $8 million in charitable contributions in 2022. Supporting communities where Pacific Life employees live and work, including Orange County, California; Omaha, Nebraska; and Lynchburg, Virginia, grants will focus on the areas of arts and culture; civic, community and economic development; environment; education; and health and human services. National grants will focus on the areas of food security, disaster relief, financial stability, and the environment, specifically ocean health and marine mammals. In January 2022, the Pacific Life Foundation distributed more than $2.1…

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Asda donates £100,000 to FareShare to support charities and faith groups throughout Ramadan

Asda will be donating £100,000 to FareShare to support charities and faith groups during Ramadan. Asda has donated over £10 million in five years to help FareShare support over 10,500 charities across the country. “We’re extremely grateful for Asda’s ongoing support and we’re proud to be working hard to get good food to communities and faith groups throughout Ramadan and all year round.”Lindsay Boswell, Chief Executive, FareShare The donation will support food contributions made by Asda, with the equivalent of 6.6 million meals donated by its stores depots and home…

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The PRCA steps up its commitment to the LGBTQ+ Community with relaunched Network

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) has relaunched its LGBTQ+ Network with a mission to help the PR and communications industry ‘show up’ for the LGBTQ+ community as colleagues and consultants.  With a long-standing commitment to inclusivity, the PRCA announced its LGBTQ+ group two and a half years ago working in partnership with YouGov. Since then, the group has hosted on and offline events, worked with YouGov to conduct cross-industry research into whether individuals’ gender or sexual identity impacts how they’re treated at work and run a series of blogs on LGBTQ+ role models…

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2021 IPA Annual Review highlights accelerating opportunities for growth

The 2021 IPA Annual Review – Accelerating Opportunities for Growth – highlights how the IPA continued to support their members as they began to slowly head back to the office in a new hybrid working model. There was a palpable urge to safely reconnect in person where possible. The IPA Annual Review includes the roundup of all 2021 activities including their calendar of courses, qualifications and events; the topline from our industry surveys which showed another slight decline in employee numbers, the first signs of an economic recovery (Bellwether) and…

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UNESCO Handbook for Journalists on Reporting on Violence against Women and Girls Released in Chinese

Conceived in the framework of UNESCO’s mandate to promote media development, journalism education and gender equality in media, the publication Reporting on Violence against Women and Girls – A Handbook for Journalists is a resource for media professionals from across the world with the intention to stimulate reflections on current reporting practices, provide information and promote and improve ethical coverage of gender-based violence.Conceived in the framework of UNESCO’s mandate to promote media development, journalism education and gender equality in media, the publication Reporting on Violence against Women and Girls –…

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