Month: December 2024

Two billion women and girls worldwide lack access to any form of social protection, UN Women report shows

Stuart Mitchell

UN Women’s latest flagship report reveals a widening gender gap in social protection – the raft of policies including cash benefits, unemployment protection, pensions and healthcare – leaving women and girls more vulnerable to poverty. Published ahead of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on 17 October, the report shows that a staggering two billion women and girls are without access to any form of social protection. While levels of social protection have increased since 2015, gender gaps in such coverage have widened in most developing regions, suggesting…

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The King’s Trust unveils new brand

Stuart Mitchell

The King’s Trust Group of charities has unveiled its new logo and tagline, which has been created pro bono by renowned creative director and former beneficiary James Sommerville OBE. The introduction of the new branding follows the announcement made in November 2023 that the we are changing our name from The Prince’s Trust to The King’s Trust. The King’s Trust Group is a global network of support for young people, established by His Majesty King Charles III in 1976, when he was HRH The Prince of Wales. The mission of…

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Refuge calls for tech-facilitated abuse to be a priority in government VAWG strategy

Stuart Mitchell

In the wake of hosting its first Technology Safety Summit, the domestic abuse charity Refuge is calling on the government to make tackling technology-facilitated abuse a key part of its plan to halve VAWG (violence against women and girls). To meet rising demand, Refuge set up a specialist technology-facilitated abuse and economic empowerment service in 2017, the only one of its kind in England. Since then, cases have grown both in quantity and complexity with Refuge reporting a 207% increase in referrals to the tech team compared to its first…

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A decade of collective impact – LocalMotion secures £18m funding until 2031

Stuart Mitchell

Social justice network, LocalMotion, recently announced it has secured a £18.4 million investment from within its original collaborative group of funders. The sustained investment of expertise and resources until 2031 will ensure LocalMotion’s six places can continue their work to realise the untapped, under-resourced potential of local people to influence what happens where they live.  Since its inception four years ago, LocalMotion has made significant progress devolving power to communities to tackle local social, environmental, and economic injustices. It started as the collective endeavour of six UK funders (City Bridge…

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Greene King Announces £20,000,000 Milestone in Fundraising Efforts for Macmillan Cancer Support

Stuart Mitchell

Greene King has announced a significant £20m fundraising milestone achieved for its long-term charity partner Macmillan Cancer Support. The funds, that have been raised collectively across more than 2,600 pubs, restaurants and hotels in towns, villages and city-centre high streets across England, Wales and Scotland, forms the significant charitable contribution. Fundraising has come from team members around the UK taking on a host of extreme personal challenges such as scaling mountains, hiking and running marathons, as well as pub teams hosting local fundraising events, pub quizzes and Macmillan Coffee Mornings…

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