Year: 2022

Airbnb donates £1.25 million to support heritage tourism in England

Stuart Mitchell

Airbnb has made a £1.25 million donation to English Heritage, supporting the charity’s conservation and repair of historic houses, castles, abbeys and other ancient sites in its care. The commitment is a boost to heritage tourism and will help restore some of England’s most important historical attractions and homes.  English Heritage looks after more than 400 historic sites across England, from Stonehenge to Hadrian’s Wall, Dover Castle to the York Cold War Bunker, and as a registered charity, relies on donation support to protect the future of these iconic sites.…

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Rotary and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation extending fundraising partnership to eradicate polio

Stuart Mitchell

Rotary and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are renewing their longstanding partnership to end polio, announcing a joint commitment of up to $450 million to support the global polio eradication effort. “We’ve made tremendous progress, but the world is facing multiple pandemics, and vaccine hesitancy is on the rise. Recent polio outbreaks in Malawi and Mozambique, plus detection of poliovirus in Israel, the UK, and the United States prove that if polio exists anywhere, it threatens children everywhere,” said Ian Riseley, chair of the Rotary Foundation and Past President…

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Youth Against AIDS and Serviceplan Suisse Demand Renaming of HIV in Open Letter to World Health Organization on the occasion of World AIDS Day

Stuart Mitchell

“Change the name, end the stigma” is the core message of the global campaign of the Initiative Youth Against AIDS with Serviceplan Switzerland. On the occasion of World AIDS Day today, an open letter to the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has been published, calling on him to officially rename HIV. The letter describes HIV as an “Epidemic of the Mind,” and it caused and perpetuated primarily by non-medical factors. This call is supported by a report released today titled ‘Epidemic of the Mind‘. The…

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Currys celebrates diversity within the gaming industry with Jungle Creations content partnership 

Stuart Mitchell

Currys launches a month-long content partnership with Jungle Creations titled Currys. The home of gaming, brokered by Spark Foundry and SPP Media.   The gaming community is currently made up of people of any age, ethnicity, gender and background. However, there are still pervasive stereotypes around the attributes of the ‘average’ gamer. This campaign celebrates the diverse modern gaming community and shows that whatever kind of a gamer you are, Currys is the home for you. Our research, compiled by our gaming proposition Publicis Play, shows that 46% of gamers are…

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Bank of Scotland launches sustainability support for agriculture sector

Stuart Mitchell

UK farmers are set to benefit from a practical sustainability service and discounted lending as Bank of Scotland increases its support for the agriculture sector. The bank is working with the Soil Association to pilot a new service – called the Soil Association Exchange (the “Exchange”). The scheme is designed to help British farmers accelerate their transition to Net Zero and identify financial and environmental advantages for their land.   Lloyds Banking Group, of which Bank of Scotland is part, will fund the service for up to 1,000 of its largest…

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