Month: December 2022

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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UNICEF UK Launches ‘The C Stands For Children’ Campaign with Accomplice London

Stuart Mitchell

The UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK), the world’s leading humanitarian organisation for children, has partnered with Accomplice London to launch an integrated, multi-media campaign designed to highlight that children are at the heart of everything UNICEF do. Despite its iconic name, many aren’t aware that UNICEF exists to support children, working in 190 countries to build a better world for every child, every day, everywhere. Working in some of the world’s toughest places, UNICEF reach children who are the furthest from help, the most disadvantaged and the most at…

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New ‘123 Pledge’ Set to Mobilize Global Action on Food Loss and Waste as Key Climate Strategy

Stuart Mitchell

Timed with COP27, the new ‘123 Pledge’ kicked off to accelerate action to reduce food loss and waste worldwide. The Pledge challenges governments, businesses, chefs and other important actors in the food system to commit to concrete steps that will make reducing food loss and waste a part of their action agendas on greenhouse gas emissions. The way food is produced and consumed today results in high rates of food loss and waste. An estimated 14% of food is lost in the food supply chain from post-harvest up to wholesale…

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WRAP’s Retail Survey Shows Retailers Are Taking Steps To Reduce Household Food Waste, But More Needs To Be Done

Stuart Mitchell

WRAP’s latest Retail Survey shows that actions are being taken on how food is labelled by retailers and brands to help people avoid food waste happening at home. However, with COP27 fresh in people’s minds, the climate action NGO also warns that more needs to be done to help curb the impact the UK’s food waste is having on climate change. To help reduce food waste further and faster, WRAP’s Retail Survey assessed actions against best practice guidance developed by WRAP, in association with the Food Standards Agency and Defra.…

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