Month: February 2024

Newsquest announces £6 million support for NSPCC in anniversary year

Stuart Mitchell

Newsquest has announced a major partnership with the NSPCC worth more than £6 million to support the children’s charity’s work across the UK. From January and throughout 2024, the leading regional news publisher will join forces with national child protection charity NSPCC in its 140th anniversary year. As part of the partnership, Newsquest is gifting at least £6m worth of advertising to the charity across its extensive portfolio of titles, online and in print. Henry Faure Walker, Newsquest CEO, said: “The work of the NSPCC and in particular Childline is…

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Charity adverts supporting international causes still focus predominantly on Africa

Stuart Mitchell

There is a continued predominance of images with African characters in charity adverts supporting international causes, but on the whole the images used in charity fundraising appeals are improving – according to new research by the University of East Anglia (UEA).  The study, conducted over a six-month period in 2021, examines 541 images found in 17 national weekend newspapers in the UK. All the adverts were characterised as supporting issues in countries overseas.   In the past charities have been criticised for their shock tactics and using images of suffering…

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Crowdfunder celebrates an exciting new partnership with Co-operatives UK by reducing fees for all community share offers.

Stuart Mitchell

Crowdfunder is excited to share its new 2024 partnership with Co-operatives UK in order to provide exclusive benefits to any organisation looking to offer community shares. Together, this will see Crowdfunder offer a substantial reduction in its platform fee for community share offers. To further their commitment to fair pricing, fee transparency, and support for community ownership programmes across the UK. In addition, organisations that have achieved Co-operatives UK’s Community Shares Standard Mark will benefit from a special 0.5% platform fee discount*. The Standard Mark represents a commitment to nationally…

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Older renters forced out of homes and communities by high costs, new report finds

Stuart Mitchell

The housing crisis is forcing older renters living on low incomes out of their homes and the communities they may have lived most of their lives in, into less familiar areas that are typically deprived, says Independent Age, the charity supporting those in financial hardship in later life.   The organisation is calling on the UK Government to give private renters, including older people on a low income, greater security by:  passing the Renters (Reform) Bill in full as quickly as possible  committing to uprate Local Housing Allowance every year to…

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IFC Supports New Fund to Address Infrastructure Gaps, Cut Carbon Emissions Across Asia and Africa

Stuart Mitchell

A new IFC investment will help address critical infrastructure gaps, facilitate trade, and boost access to renewable energy in Asia and Africa, helping support job creation, foster GDP growth and tackle significant challenges such as food poverty, supply chain disruptions, and climate change. IFC is investing $50 million in equity to bolster A.P. Moller Capital’s $1 billion Emerging Markets Infrastructure Fund II (“EMIF II”), joining forces with a consortium of global partners. Approximately 50 percent of the fund will be invested in each of Africa and South and Southeast Asia.…

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