Month: August 2022

Game-changing international conference to provide platform for global food system transformation solutions

Stuart Mitchell

A game-changing international conference providing a platform for experts across the globe to share solutions on global food system transformation has been announced by Compassion in World Farming in partnership with IPES-Food, Birdlife International and other partners. The Extinction or Regeneration conference, to be held in London on 11th and 12th of May 2023, will offer individuals, organisations, companies and other experts the opportunity to present solutions for transforming our global food and farming systems for better human, animal and planetary health. Hosted as a hybrid meeting – at the…

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Type Director Club Announces 25 Winners For Global Ascenders 3 Competition

Stuart Mitchell

The Type Directors Club, the world’s leading typography organization, today announced the 25 talented young winners from 13 countries in the Ascenders 3 competition, celebrating international typographers, letterers, and type designers age 35 and under. Ascenders is the world’s premier portfolio-based competition dedicated to type in all its versatile forms, and the inspiring up and coming designers — individuals or teams — who are elevating the medium.   Ascenders 3 winners are: Andrej Barčák, Andrej Čanecký (Andrej & Andrej), Bratislava  Au Chon Hin, Macao David Barnett, Brooklyn Scott Biersack, Phoenix…

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FareShare Midlands Launches Meal Production Initiative at Loxley House with Nottingham City Council and Sainsbury’s

Stuart Mitchell

In July, FareShare Midlands launched an innovative new meal production project in the commercial kitchen at Loxley House, Nottingham City Council’s HQ. In partnership with Nottingham Catering at the City Council, FareShare UK and Sainsbury’s, FareShare Midlands will produce meals that will be delivered directly to local charitable and not-for-profit organisations who are tackling hunger, poverty and the escalating effects of the cost of living crisis. Turning an environmental problem into a social solution, FareShare Midlands is the region’s largest food redistribution charity. Currently, 8.4m people in the UK are…

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Power to Change appoints three new trustee directors

Stuart Mitchell

Anne-Marie Harris, Deepa Shah and Hardev Virdee have joined the Board of Trustee Directors at Power to Change, the charitable trust which backs community business — businesses run by and for the benefit of local people and which help places to thrive. The new trustee directors, who hail from a range of professional and personal backgrounds, bring a wealth of experience, passion and perspective to Power to Change and the community business sector. From finance to human resources, they all share a common determination to strengthen communities through growing, nurturing…

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The Screwfix Foundation raises £10m since launching in 2013

Stuart Mitchell

Thanks to Screwfix customers’ and colleagues’ extraordinary generosity, The Screwfix Foundation celebrates an incredible milestone of raising £10 million to support charities and non-profit organisations across the UK. Set up in 2013 after recognising the need to give back, The Screwfix Foundation’s purpose is to support projects that have a significant impact on the lives of people in need by fixing, repairing, maintaining, and improving community facilities and homes. Through Screwfix’s partnership with micro-donation charity Pennies, The Screwfix Foundation has received more than 29 million micro-donations from customers rounding up…

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