Day: 20 June 2024

Ex-offenders “neglected” in the workplace due to lack of digital skills, warns Digital Poverty Alliance

Stuart Mitchell

With current reoffending rates on the rise, prison leavers are facing neglect when seeking to reintegrate into society due to insufficient digital skills, according to the Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA). Government statistics reveal that the criminal reoffending rate is currently at 26 per cent, and has increased since 2021. The DPA believes that schemes like Tech4PrisonLeavers would largely decrease reoffending rates by providing ex-offenders with essential skills to make them an asset to society and employers. The DPA highlights a pressing need for all bodies to provide support and training…

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Triodos Bank announced as Best Ethical Financial Provider at the British Bank Awards

Stuart Mitchell

Triodos Bank UK has been named Best Ethical Financial Provider at the British Bank Awards for the third consecutive year. The awards are determined by customers’ reviews and feedback on the Smart Money People website, with over 150,000 people contributing to this year’s awards. In their reviews, customers highlighted Triodos Bank’s ethical credentials, its customer service and the ease of managing their money through the banking app or online. Triodos Bank UK was a finalist in seven further categories, including Best British Bank, Best Banking App, Customer Service Champion, Best…

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Media Smart & Advertising Association double down on Political Advertising awareness campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Media Smart and the Advertising Association are renewing their awareness campaign ‘What’s the deal with political advertising?’ to help voters understand the ads by political parties they may see in the run up to the General Election. The campaign highlights a 10-point guide, freely available to download, which aims to improve political literacy, particularly among young people preparing to vote for the first time. A 30” video creative, designed by Pearl & Dean Productions, part of CREATE at Pearl & Dean, will appear in Pearl & Dean cinemas and on…

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Photoplay’s Dropbear Fights For Our Forests in latest Greenpeace Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Australia is undergoing a mostly hidden deforestation crisis of a globally concerning scale. To help spread awareness, Greenpeace has teamed up with Photoplay director Dropbear to release a compelling animated campaign that pulls on the heartstrings of all Australians who care about our native animals and environment. Every two minutes, an MCG-sized area of forest and bushland is bulldozed in Australia, killing millions of native animals each year, while harming the land. To convey the devastation of deforestation, Greenpeace’s ‘Fight For Our Forests’ national campaign centers on a koala and…

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Fathers of the Global Seed Vault Named 2024 World Food Prize Laureates

Stuart Mitchell

Two scientists who were instrumental in creating a back-up vault of the world’s crop seeds to protect global food security have been named the 2024 World Food Prize Laureates. Dr. Geoffrey Hawtin OBE, Founding Director and Executive Board member at the Global Crop Diversity Trust, and Dr. Cary Fowler, currently the U.S. Special Envoy for Global Food Security, were chosen by the World Food Prize Laureate Selection Committee for their longstanding contribution to seed conservation and crop biodiversity. The two men played key roles in establishing the Svalbard Global Seed…

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