Month: July 2023

Geneva summit garners action to tackle gender discriminatory nationality laws

Stuart Mitchell

Leaders from governments, civil society and United Nations agencies convened in Geneva recently at a Global Summit on Gender Equality in Nationality Laws, calling for expedited action to end gender-based discrimination in nationality laws that deny people the equal right to acquire and confer nationality on their children and spouses.  Convened by the Global Campaign for Equal Nationality Rights, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, UNICEF, and UN Women, the Global Summit heard from Eswatini, Iraq and Kiribati states, which reaffirmed their commitment to achieve gender equality in their nationality laws. …

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Smiths Group announces launch of charitable foundation

Stuart Mitchell

Smiths Group, the industrial technology company, announces the launch of its new charitable foundation. The Smiths Group Foundation is committing an initial £10m of funding linked to engineering-related good causes, awarded through a grants process commencing in the Group’s new financial year (beginning 1 August 2023). The Foundation will be administered by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF). The mission of the Foundation is central to Smiths Group’s purpose of ‘Improving our world through smarter engineering’. The primary focus will be on expanding access to Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM)…

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Soccer Aid For UNICEF Tonight Raises £14.6 Million For Children Around The World – With A Total £90 Million Raised Since 2006

Stuart Mitchell

Soccer Aid for UNICEF 2023, broadcast live and exclusively on ITV1, STV and ITVX this evening from Old Trafford, Manchester, has raised £14.6 million for UNICEF’s vital work giving children around the world the happy, healthy, play-filled childhoods they are entitled to. Thanks to the generous support of the UK public, UNICEF UK supporters, ITV1, STV and ITVX viewers, this year’s amount brings the current total raised to date, since Soccer Aid for UNICEF was founded by UNICEF UK Ambassador Robbie Williams in 2006, to over £90 million for children…

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‘Maths Excellence Fund’ launches with commitments from XTX Markets and The Hg Foundation

Stuart Mitchell

A new £7mn Maths Excellence Fund (the ‘Fund’) has launched with support from founding donors XTX Markets and The Hg Foundation. The fund will be managed by Ark Ventures, a charity with an outstanding record in incubating and scaling education initiatives. The Fund has been established to support schools in England to improve attainment and progression in maths from 11-16 and 16-18 years of age, increasing the number of students who are on track to succeed in A-level maths and beyond, with a focus on students from disadvantaged backgrounds. The…

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Deliveroo Funding Thousands Of Restaurant Meals For LGBTQ+ People Experiencing Homelessness Who Tell Staff “I’m A Friend Of Dorothy” As New Data Shows Increase In Case Numbers

Stuart Mitchell

Deliveroo and its restaurant partners and LGBTQ+ youth homelessness charity Albert Kennedy Trust (akt) have joined forces to provide free meals to members of the LGBTQ+ community who find themselves in a homeless or vulnerable situation when it comes to affording food or shelter. The move for Deliveroo to fund the free meals follows new data from the akt charity, revealing referrals have increased by 58% within the last three years. Previously, data from 2021 by akt revealed that 24% of homeless people identify as LGBTQ+ with 77% believing coming…

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