Day: 26 September 2022

Benevity Surpasses $10 Billion in Global Donations, Adds 124 New Clients

Stuart Mitchell

Benevity, Inc., the leading provider of global corporate purpose software, today announced that more than $10 billion has been donated by Benevity clients and their people to over 326,000 nonprofits to-date. In addition, in the past year Benevity added 124 clients, taking the company’s total client portfolio to 940; almost 21 million users can now access Benevity’s platform, making it the largest corporate purpose software provider in the world*. Of the $10 billion in donations recorded on Benevity’s platform, $3.8 billion was donated by individuals and $6.3 billion by companies. Importantly,…

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PRSA Partners with News Literacy Project to Create Programming Exclusively for PRSA and PRSSA Members

Stuart Mitchell

PRSA, the nation’s leading professional organization serving the communications community, and the News Literacy Project, the nation’s leading provider of news literacy education, have partnered to create a series of webinars exclusively for PRSA and PRSSA members. Under the heading of “Are You as News Literate as You Can Be,” these three sessions are designed to strengthen communications professionals’ effectiveness in counseling clients, improve their ability to recognize and battle disinformation, and incorporate news literacy into their overall strategies and daily practice. “We are all in the news business, whether…

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Samaritans Supports Student Mental Health Through New Collaboration With The Positive Planner

Stuart Mitchell

Samaritans has co-created a brand new journal with The Positive Planner, aimed at supporting further education students with their wellbeing. They have worked alongside leading student mental health expert Dr Dominique Thompson and UK students to create a unique wellbeing journal specifically designed to support the needs of further education students. According to NUS1, half of students say their mental health is worse than before the Coronavirus pandemic, citing feelings of loneliness, anxiety, stress and depression. “The Positive Student Planner” supports students both emotionally and practically as they navigate the…

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More Living Roofs take root in Sunderland

Stuart Mitchell

Bus shelters with Living Roofs have started appearing across Sunderland, as Clear Channel supports the council’s drive to make the city a cleaner and greener place to live. Featured posts ‘Bee Bus Stops’ coming to Derby   New bus shelters outside of the University of Sunderland and the Chesters Pub on Chester Road are the first phase of a plan to install around 90 living roof bus shelters across the city as part of a new contract between Sunderland City Council and Clear Channel UK. Nicknamed ‘Bee Bus Stops’, Living…

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Waitrose takes steps to support fresh produce suppliers suffering through the heat wave

Stuart Mitchell

Waitrose is helping out British farmers impacted by the drought by pledging to take all shapes and sizes of fruits and vegetables over the coming months. The supermarket will relax size and shape guidelines for new season potatoes, carrots,strawberries, apples, pears and peppers – all forming part of a revamped lineup in its pioneering ‘A Little Less Than Perfect’ range.Waitrose will also divert millions of units of wonky carrots and other misshapen vegetables into its own label soups,ready meals,smoothies – ensuring that no food that’s good to eat is wasted.…

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