In challenging times for community groups, Crowdfund Wales hits £2m funding landmark.

From Holyhead to Hirwaun and Mold to Mumbles, and through economic challenges, government cuts and the Covid pandemic, since 2016 Crowdfund Wales has supported over 450 grassroots organisations across the length and breadth of the country to support their communities. And now Localgiving, the organisers of the fund are proud to announce that the total distributed has passed over £2million. Crowdfund Wales over the past six years has helped organisations across all 22 counties to explore online fundraising, access grants and succeed at growing their income sustainably to support community…

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The One Club’s “Where Are All The Black People” Conference and Career Fair Set for Oct. 6-7

Back in person for the first time since 2019, the 12th edition of The One Club for Creativity‘s free hybrid Where Are All The Black People (WAATBP) diversity conference and career fair will take place on October 6-7, 2022 in New York. WAATBP is an annual gathering that exists to address and correct the lack of diversity within the ad industry, bringing together Black voices from across the ad community – from eager students to C-suite leaders – to celebrate successes, examine setbacks, and assert their rightful place at the…

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USAID announce new partnership with Prevented Ocean Plastic South East Asia

At last months Road to G20 event—held as Indonesia prepares to host this year’s G20 summit—the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Clean Cities, Blue Ocean program; impact-focused investment management firm, Circulate Capital; and Prevented Ocean Plastic Southeast Asia, a pioneering plastic recycling company developing sorting and collection infrastructure to underserved communities across Indonesia —announced a new partnership that will expand collection and recycling infrastructure in Indonesia to generate high-quality, traceable recycled plastic to enter into global markets. The partnership will help generate high quality, traceable feedstocks to help meet the…

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Royal Trinity Hospice releases its own debit card allowing supporters to round-up spending into donations

Royal Trinity Hospice, the oldest hospice in the UK and a charity that cares for 2,500 patients each year, is enabling supporters to make charitable donations via the charity’s own debit card through its partnership with Currensea, which has created a money-saving card linked to existing bank accounts. Customers can now donate to Royal Trinity Hospice when spending both at home and abroad. Donations can be made by rounding up spending to the nearest 5p in the UK or from savings made on overseas transactions via this new branded card…

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IKEA Foundation Grants USD 25 Million to Clean Cooling Collaborative

Clean Cooling Collaborative, the leading global philanthropic program focused on curbing greenhouse gas emissions from cooling, has announced a $25 million grant from the IKEA Foundation over the next four years to advance solutions for efficient, climate-friendly cooling for all. The IKEA Foundation joins the Clean Cooling Collaborative to support its work to shift governments, industries, and consumers towards using efficient, climate-friendly cooling technologies, help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris Agreement and improve billions of lives. “Climate change is fueling record-setting heat waves around the globe,…

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