Year: 2022

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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SteelZero launches in India with support from leading Indian businesses

Stuart Mitchell

The international non-profit Climate Group, in partnership with ResponsibleSteel, is launching SteelZero in India, a global initiative that brings together leading organisations to speed up the transition to a net zero steel industry.   India is the second-largest producer of steel after China. Emissions from India’s steel industry are projected to triple over the next three decades (source: IEA). The country’s push to meet its net zero targets will rely heavily on the decarbonisation of its steel sector. SteelZero brings together businesses across the steel industry to make a public commitment…

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CIPR launches first-of-its-kind diploma in Sustainability Communications

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has launched the first-of-its-kind professional qualification focused on sustainable communications. Developed in line with the UN Principles for Responsible Management Education, the new specialist diploma will provide a theoretical and practical understanding in how to strategically manage sustainability communications in complex situations. With the syllabus taught and assessed at the same level as a postgraduate degree, the Specialist Diploma in Sustainability Communications covers topics including; The role of organisations in society and how public relations practitioners can help shape communication strategies related to Environmental, Social and Corporate…

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