Day: 19 July 2024

Lotteries Council launches society lottery election manifesto, urges parliament to better support Britain’s charity fundraisers

Stuart Mitchell

The Lotteries Council has launched its sector manifesto for the forthcoming general election, urging Britain’s next government to implement a raft of policies to better support the vital fundraising work of charity lottery operators countrywide. Society lotteries in Britain currently raise over £420 million for charities and good causes at no cost to the taxpayer. In a time where charitable giving as a whole has been shown to be falling as a result of cost-of-living pressures, society lotteries have proven a resilient income stream for many charities, who value the…

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Linklaters partners with Pilotlight to launch UK’s first social impact programme

Stuart Mitchell

Linklaters has partnered with Pilotlight, the UK’s leading cross-profession pro bono charity, to support the UK’s first social impact programme for climate action.  The programme aims to enhance the effectiveness of charities tackling climate and sustainability challenges by bringing in skills and expertise from businesses to assist. The initiatives included in the programme range from Pilotlight Impact Day, a high energy event where teams of professionals take on specific, strategic challenges that charities face and provide suggested solutions, to Pilotlight Insight programme, in which teams are matched to emerging and…

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OpenAI Introduce OpenAI for Nonprofits

Stuart Mitchell

OpenAI are  introducing OpenAI for Nonprofits, a new initiative to enhance the accessibility of their tools for nonprofit organizations. Below is the announcement made here. Nonprofits are already using ChatGPT to increase productivity and serve their communities in novel ways. Operational challenges, limited funding, and staffing shortages can often constrain their social impact. ChatGPT can help nonprofits of all sizes overcome these barriers, enabling them to achieve more with fewer resources. Whether it’s drafting grant proposals, refining data analysis, or tailoring communication strategies for diverse audiences, ChatGPT can serve as…

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Arrival of the laser-etched avocado as Tesco makes plastic-saving move

Stuart Mitchell

Avocado fans will notice some dramatic changes when they pick up one of Britain’s most popular salad items at Tesco. In a move to help the environment, the supermarket will trial the scrapping of barcode stickers currently on extra large avocados and replace them with a bold laser etching. At the same time it is also trialling replacing the plastic tray packaging for two of its most popular avocado lines and moving to a cardboard container that is easier to recycle. If rolled out across all stores, the moves, made…

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BHF becomes a funding charity partner of Our Future Health

Stuart Mitchell

The British Heart Foundation are delighted to become a funding charity partner in Our Future Health, a leading health research programme.   Despite advances in healthcare and medicine, large numbers of people in the UK still spend many years of their later life in poor health because of common diseases and health conditions such as cancer, Alzheimer’s, heart disease, arthritis, diabetes and stroke.  Our Future Health helps health researchers to tackle these major diseases. Using data, Our Future Health aims to develop new ways to detect diseases at an earlier…

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