Day: 31 October 2024

Finalists from 18 Countries Announced for Young Guns 22

Stuart Mitchell

The One Club for Creativity has announced 78 talented young creative individuals and teams based in 18 countries selected as finalists for the prestigious Young Guns 22 competition, celebrating global creative professionals age 30 or younger. Young Guns is the industry’s only global, cross-disciplinary, portfolio-based awards competition that identifies and celebrates today’s vanguard of young creatives.  This year’s entries were judged by a diverse jury of 101 creatives — many of whom are past YG winners — from 45 countries. The complete list of Young Guns 22 finalists based in…

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Lloyds Bank Foundation extends support for The Bridge Homelessness to Hope to deliver essential services to people experiencing homelessness in Leicester

Stuart Mitchell

Lloyds Bank Foundation is supporting The Bridge Homelessness to Hope charity in Leicester with a three-year unrestricted grant of £75,000. The funding will support the homeless charity’s core services, including individual casework, mental and physical health services, breakfast provision, access to hot showers, as well as the availability of clothing, toiletries, and washing and drying facilities. Recent data from Leicester City Council showed that the number of reported rough sleepers in the city has increased. There were 464 individuals reported to be rough sleeping in 2023/24, compared to 447 in…

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Regent College London launches tuition-free MAP courses for 2025

Stuart Mitchell

In collaboration with the Department for Education, Regent College London (RCL) will offer the Modular Acceleration Programme (MAP) from February 2025.   Regent College London (RCL) is excited to announce the launch of the Modular Acceleration Programme (MAP), starting in February 2025. This initiative, in collaboration with the Department for Education, offers tuition-free access to selected higher technical qualification (HTQ) modules in Engineering and Digital Technologies, funded by the UK Government. A pathway to in-demand skills MAP is a two-year pilot designed to provide residents of England, aged 19 to…

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National outdoor campaign reveals shocking state of waterways in the UK’s national parks

Stuart Mitchell

Environmental charity Campaign for National Parks has issued a shocking warning using a heavyweight Out of home (OOH) campaign to reveal that every single river, stream and lake in the nation’s 13 national parks in England and Wales is polluted. In a bid to make the government end water pollution, a large scale campaign is appearing throughout September across 35 Ocean Outdoor roadside and city retail screens in six cities including Bristol, Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, London and Cardiff. The campaign to end water pollution forms part of Ocean’s annual ‘Drops…

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S&P Global Foundation Announces $5 Million in New Philanthropic Grants to Advance Sustainable Development

Stuart Mitchell

S&P Global Foundation, the philanthropic arm of S&P Global have announced the launch of a new multi-year, $5 million philanthropic grants program, selecting Girls Who Code and Conservation International as Signature Grant Partners. Each organization will receive $2.5 million over the next five years. The program focuses on accelerating progress in two key areas: diversifying the technology and data talent pipeline and creating environmental resilience, in alignment with the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals. With this philanthropic capital, Girls Who Code will train and equip more than 650,000 students for careers…

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