Day: 11 July 2022

Soccer Aid For UNICEF Raises Record £15.6 Million For Children Around The World

Stuart Mitchell

Soccer Aid for UNICEF 2022, broadcast live and exclusively on ITV and STV in June from the London Stadium, has raised a record-breaking £15,673,728 so far for UNICEF’s vital work giving children around the world the care-free, play filled childhoods they are entitled to. This record-breaking amount was raised thanks to the generous support of the UK public, ITV and STV viewers, and The Power of Nutrition who have matched donations up to £4 million, meaning double the difference for children. This figure has smashed last year’s record total for…

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Charity Bank announces record lending and surplus

Stuart Mitchell

Charity Bank, the loans and savings bank for charities and social enterprises, has announced its annual results for the year ended December 2021. The ethical bank made its largest ever surplus of £0.9 million that will be re-invested in support of its social mission, whilst making £51 million in new loans to charities and social enterprises, more than at any other point in its history. In addition, the bank was the most active intermediary of loans made by the Resilience and Recovery Loan Fund (RRLF) across 2020 and 2021, helping…

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McCain Foods donates the equivalent of 1 million meals to FareShare

Stuart Mitchell

Since March 2020 McCain Foods has donated the equivalent of 1 million meals to leading food charity FareShare which supports vulnerable people facing food insecurity throughout the UK. During this time, McCain Foods have supported over 3000 charities and community groups within the FareShare network who have benefitted from receiving McCain Foods surplus. This includes raw potatoes, as well as a range of frozen potato products from their portfolio including oven chips and jacket potatoes. McCain Foods have been supporting FareShare with food supplies since 2013, developing thriving communities is…

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Dairy farmers unite to bring back threatened swifts and swallows to UK countryside

Stuart Mitchell

In recent years these species, which are all summer migrants and fly 6000 miles to Africa to raise their young and feed on insects, have been dwindling and failing to return due to habitat loss and climate change.   But now Tesco is working with its network of 500 dairy farmers on a project to provide a safe haven for these migratory birds and boost biodiversity.   The farmers, all members of the Tesco Sustainable Dairy Group (TSDG), are being encouraged to install 5000 nest boxes on their farmland – an ideal habitat to the birds…

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CAP – Keeping your “Free Trials” trial free

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called:  Keeping your “Free Trials” trial free. 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. “Free trials” can be a great incentive to draw in new customers and are offered in a wide range of sectors, from food and entertainment to beauty and leisure.  While consumers are feeling the pinch of increased cost of living, free trials of…

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