Month: September 2024

Newly-launched global campaign tackles the impact of heat stress on workers worldwide

Stuart Mitchell

The United States of America and Brazil, in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) and through the Partnership for Workers’ Rights (PWR), has launched a global campaign to protect workers from excessive heat stress. Led by Brazil’s Ministry of Labour and Employment (MTE), the U.S. Department of Labour (USDOL), and the ILO, the PWR campaign aims to build partnerships, foster social dialogue, conduct research, raise awareness and enhance international cooperation to safeguard workers from the impact of rising temperatures worldwide. “I congratulate the governments of Brazil and the United…

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MullenLowe launches ‘This Counts As Care’ campaign for Carers UK

Stuart Mitchell

On 25th January this year, integrated marketing agency MullenLowe was crowned winner of The Creative Shootout 2024 at BAFTA London.  A creative team from the agency has since been working with Creative Shootout Charity of the Year 2024, Carers UK, on a major new campaign which will go live across multiple channels this week.  Following insight that many carers believe their actions are simply a natural part of family life, MullenLowe developed the strategic direction; namely that all forms of caring really count, regardless of the relationship – and placing…

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BHF urges streamers to join lifesaving CPR campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Twitch streamers can help to save lives from cardiac arrest by getting involved in our BHF CPR campaign with media agency PHD.  Each week in the UK, 12 under 35-year-olds lose their lives to sudden cardiac death. However, early CPR and defibrillation can more than double the chance of survival from an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.  Together with PHD, we are asking for the help of UK gamers on streaming service Twitch to raise awareness of the vital skill of CPR.  Streamers can use breaks in play to help save lives…

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UK civic space under pressure: findings from Bond’s first annual review

Stuart Mitchell

Bond, the UK network for civil society organisations working in international development, has released its first annual UK civic space review. Under mounting pressure, civic space in the UK has faced unprecedented challenges over the past year. Bond’s latest review details key trends that threaten civil society’s core functions, including harsher anti-protest laws, tone-policing of charity campaigns, restrictions on public scrutiny and an emerging trend on the expansion of the definition of extremism. More on the key trends: Protest rights Trend 1: There has been a move towards ever stricter…

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Revolutionary fundraising app enables people to donate when air ambulance charity is tasked to medical emergencies

Stuart Mitchell

Supporters of East Anglian Air Ambulance can now support life-saving missions through a new fundraising app each time a helicopter takes off or a rapid response vehicle is deployed. This new opportunity is thanks to a revolutionary new type of fundraising app developed by a technology business building on research by computer scientists at Lancaster University. East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) is a charity providing advanced out of hospital critical care 24 hours a day,365 days a year to the most seriously ill and injured people in the region by…

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