Month: November 2022

Julia and Hans Rausing pledge £3.5 million to Trussell Trust emergency food bank appeal

Stuart Mitchell

Julia and Hans Rausing have pledged £3.5 million to the Trussell Trust’s emergency appeal to support its network of 1,300 foodbanks in what is expected to be a particularly difficult winter. The Trussell Trust is expecting to provide 1.3 million emergency food parcels in the next six months, including an estimated half a million for children. This is the first donation in a series to be made by Julia and Hans Rausing in the coming weeks, which will support people who are experiencing food poverty this winter. It is estimated…

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Fundraising Regulator publishes latest Annual Complaints Report for 2021/22

Stuart Mitchell

The Fundraising Regulator has recently published its latest Annual Complaints Report which covers the period 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022. The report analyses complaints received by the Fundraising Regulator and complaints reported to 56 of the UK’s largest fundraising charities. Data reported by the sample of charities that we surveyed shows that most have returned to in-person fundraising methods, such as door-to-door and in-person collections, after this activity was restricted throughout the pandemic. However, the volume of in-person fundraising activity generally remains below pre-pandemic levels, suggesting the sector…

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RVH Foundation Rallies Simcoe-Muskoka Residents to Help Them ‘Keep Life Wild’

Stuart Mitchell

Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) Foundation has launched the first wave of advertising in a new $100 million fundraising effort that is the largest in Simcoe-Muskoka history. Created by Toronto agency The Garden, which won the assignment earlier this year, “Keep Life Wild,” launched Oct. 31 and is running through the end of 2022 across broadcast, online video, out-of-home and direct mail. The creative approach is based on the insight that Simcoe-Muskoka is a one-of-a-kind place to live in Ontario. From tractor pulls, to polar bear dips, and mountain…

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84% of UK households are unintentionally contaminating their recycling bins

Stuart Mitchell

New public insights released by Recycle Now – part of climate action NGO, WRAP – have found that we are a nation of wish cyclers,with the vast majority of well-intentioned households trying to recycle items that should not go in the recycling bin, in an effort to do their bit. Contaminants affect the quality of the recycling, its value and in extreme cases mean that the recycling has to be disposed of rather than recycled. In response, this year’s Recycle Week 2022 (17th – 23rd October 2022) was themed ‘Let’s…

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Jaguar Land Rover Unveils Future Skills Programme To Train 29,000 For Modern Luxury, All-Electric Future

Stuart Mitchell

Jaguar Land Rover announces a global upskilling drive, in a bid to train 29,000 people in the next three years for its connected and data capabilities, and to support the rapid transition to electrification. The company’s Future Skills Programme will see more than 10,000 Jaguar Land Rover and franchised retailer employees in the UK, and nearly 19,000 across the rest of the world trained in skills vital to electrification, digital and autonomous cars. This underlines the company’s commitment to developing its future engineering and manufacturing skills and supports the delivery…

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