Month: November 2024

City Bridge Foundation closing to new applications for one year

Stuart Mitchell

City Bridge Foundation has closed its rolling grants programmes to new applications for one year, from Tuesday, 8 October 2024. This is due to an unprecedented surge in funding applications, with more applicants than we can possibly support. They explain in greater detail on their website here, reproduced below: Funding closing to new applications on Tuesday, 8 October 2024 for one year The pause in funding will enable our team to process hundreds of outstanding applications, while they continue to support and work alongside more than 1,150 grant holders. Organisations…

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Global coalition poised to overhaul financing for young leaders

Stuart Mitchell

Together with the United Nations Foundation, the Unlock the Future Coalition recently announced the Funders Collective – a new initiative designed to transform how we support children and young people in tackling the world’s biggest challenges. The Funders Collective is more than a typical funding initiative. It’s designed to reshape the financing landscape by breaking down systemic barriers through financing, research, data, and influence. With a bold focus on flexible, multi-year funding, it’s tailored to the real needs of young people and youth-led organisations, especially those in the Global South,…

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Cancer Research UK and Tesco pharmacies join forces to help spot cancer early and save lives 

Stuart Mitchell

For the first time, Tesco and Cancer Research UK are working together to prompt customers who are experiencing unusual symptoms or are concerned about cancer to get expert information and support while they shop.   If people have spotted something that doesn’t look or feel right, or that isn’t going away, they can talk to one of the supermarket’s in-store pharmacists about what to do next.   The campaign aims to raise awareness of possible symptoms of cancer, break down barriers people may face to speaking to healthcare professionals, and help…

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Innovate UK invests £3.2 million in concrete decarbonisation

Stuart Mitchell

Innovate UK will invest £3.2 million in seven projects to accelerate decarbonisation of the UK concrete industry. Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, will invest £3.2 million in seven innovative projects to help propel the decarbonisation of the UK’s concrete industry. The seven projects receiving funding Cemcor Ltd The funding will aid development of calcined clay from low-grade sources, to produce a new generation of low-carbon cement and concrete. Cocoon Carbon Ltd The funding will support work scaling the production of a novel cementitious material from electric arc furnace steel…

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New Program Could Put an End to Global Environmental Destruction for Food Production

Stuart Mitchell

Codex Planetarius and the 1% solution, kicked off recently by World Wildlife Fund’s Markets Institute, aims to rewrite the future of food production by supporting the growing demand for globally traded food while minimizing the negative environmental consequences. When fully developed and launched, Codex Planetarius will: Provide a baseline for environmental performance in global production and trade of food and soft commodities. Inform regulatory guidelines for governments and global trade that would apply to international trade agreements, eventually to be adopted by entities like the World Trade Organization. Provide much-needed…

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