Day: 22 June 2022

SASC invests £2.05 million in London-based Peter Bedford Housing Association to expand its housing provision for socially excluded adults

Stuart Mitchell

Peter Bedford Housing Association (PBHA), which provides housing and support services to people who have suffered social exclusion in Hackney and Islington in London, has received a social investment loan of £2.05 million from Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC). Set up in 1971, PBHA is a Registered Provider (Housing Association) and provides housing with support and access to community activities, training and employment for people who have suffered from social exclusion. Using the loan from SASC’s Social and Sustainable Housing (SASH) fund, PBHA will expand its housing portfolio and support…

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Leo Burnett Chicago Named Top Global Agency In The One Show 2022 Global Creative Rankings

Stuart Mitchell

A stellar year for “The Lost Class” for Change the Ref earned Leo Burnett Chicago the distinction of the number one agency in the world, according to The One Show 2022 Global Creative Rankings. Overall, Leo Burnett Chicago won Best of Show, three Best of Disciplines, 20 Gold Pencils, three Silver, seven Bronze and 14 Merits. The second-ranked global agency is Ogilvy UK London, which with Dove was awarded the prestigious One Show 2022 Penta Pencil, presented to the agency and brand who together have created outstanding creative work for…

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New portal launches for cost of living crisis case studies

Stuart Mitchell

The Food Foundation is launching an online portal to share the experiences of people struggling to survive Britain’s cost of living crisis. Breadline Voices Breadline Voices, a new series from The Food Foundation, features powerful case studies highlighting the grim reality facing millions of families plunged into food and fuel poverty as food prices reach a 40-year high. We aim to give politicians, policymakers, businesses and the media access to case studies and people with lived experience of the current cost of living crisis.   The series will be spearheaded by…

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The University of Birmingham in collaboration with Music Football Fatherhood announces the winners of the inaugural Working Dads Employers Awards 2022

Stuart Mitchell

Birmingham Business School’s Equal Parenting Project and Music Football Fatherhood developed the awards to celebrate organisations that recognise and promote the role of fathers in driving gender equality in the workplace.  By supporting parents employers can aid working families, attract and retain top talent, help close the gender pay gap and alleviate the motherhood penalty.  The awards, not only celebrate current employers, but give companies the opportunity to further break down the gendered barriers to child-caring in order to promote gender equality in the workplace, reduce the gender pay-gap, encourage…

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Paying living wages can positively affect all aspects of business activity including bottom line

Stuart Mitchell

A new report indicates living wages not only offer a way out of in-work poverty and help tackle inequality, they also support business resilience, stability and growth. As a route out of working poverty and a prerequisite to tackling growing income inequalities, living wages have growing support among business, civil society, and governments. A new collaboration of academics and experts has explored the business benefits of living wages alongside the high cost of inaction and found that paying a living wage can deliver: More motivated and productive workforce, with lower…

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