Day: 29 December 2022

UNESCO Member States commit to invest at least 10% of education budget on early childhood education

Stuart Mitchell

Countries committed to invest at least 10% of total education spending on pre-primary education and to ensure that salaries and working conditions of pre-school personnel are at least at par with those of primary education teachers at the UNESCO Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from 14-16 November 2022. They also reaffirmed the commitment to guarantee at least one year of free pre-primary education, in line with Sustainable Development Goal 4. Research in neurosciences and social sciences shows that 85% of brain development takes place…

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25,000 online fundraising pages set up to help people with the cost-of-living crisis

Stuart Mitchell

Almost 25,000 online fundraising pages have been set up by charities and crowdfunders to help people cope with the cost-of-living crisis, according to insight from JustGiving, the UK’s leading online fundraising platform. Crowdfunders and charities have collectively raised over £12 million through the platform so far this year, to help ease the burden of rent, mortgage payments and energy bills, as well as helping people gain access to food. Pages created to support people with their energy bills have seen the biggest surge, growing by over 1,600% and collectively raising…

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Julia and Hans Rausing announce £3.5m Foodbank Fund

Stuart Mitchell

Julia and Hans Rausing are launching a £10 million grants programme to support charities and food banks across the UK to help tackle the growing food poverty crisis. Following the £3.5 million cornerstone donation to the Trussell Trust’s emergency foodbank appeal last month, Julia and Hans Rausing are launching the Food Bank Fund in which an additional £3.5 million will be donated. The Fund is open to all food banks across the UK. The Fund will help food banks meet the rising demand across the UK as well as to assist…

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Ground-breaking UK Youth report aims to realise #Untapped potential of youth work

Stuart Mitchell

UK Youth have launched a new report which reveals that annual investment in youth work saves the government as much £3.2bn – with even a modest increase in funding potentially saving billions more. The report, commissioned by UK Youth and produced by respected economics consultancy Frontier Economics, finds that investing in youth work can save the taxpayer billions thanks to improved societal health, increased employment and education, and a reduction in crime. The government currently invests between £0.5bn and £1bn in youth work every year – directly via Local Authority…

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Melanoma Fund partners with SQN for sport PR drive

Stuart Mitchell

The Melanoma Fund, a charity that raises awareness on how to prevent and detect skin cancer, has recruited the services of Henley-based agency SQN to boost its sport-focused PR efforts. The charity, founded in 1999, delivers national prevention campaigns, particularly for those in sport and outdoor recreation. It aims to ‘make sun protection famous’ to tackle the rapid rise of melanoma and skin cancer diagnoses. Melanoma is the fifth most common cancer in the UK, accounting for 4% of all new cancer cases. The Melanoma Fund’s campaigns provide tailored sun…

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