Year: 2024

UNICEF’s Generation Unlimited announces new phase of global partnership with Accenture, connecting 580,000 youth to skilling and earning opportunities

Stuart Mitchell

On International Youth Day 2024, Accenture and UNICEF’s Generation Unlimited (GenU) announced a four-year global partnership, building on the success of the partnership’s first phase, launched in 2021. This new phase will continue Accenture’s support for GenU, a global Public-Private-Youth Partnership Platform, connecting young people to opportunities in employment, entrepreneurship, and social impact. As part of its support for GenU, the latest phase of the partnership aims to:•Connect more than 188,000 young people to entrepreneurial activities through imaGen Ventures, a programme that provides grants, seed funding, and mentorship to cultivate…

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M&S Becomes First UK High Street Retailer To Introduce Range Of Stoma Knickers

Stuart Mitchell

M&S – the UK’s largest knicker retailer – is proud to be introducing a range of knickers for people with stomas; a first for a UK High Street retailer. Today, over 200,000 people are living with a stoma in the UK and this essential product – underwear – has not been easily accessible to customers on the UK High Street. As the UK market leader in lingerie – selling over 60 million pairs of knickers a year – M&S has worked with the support of Colostomy UK to bring together…

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Ceres Welcomes New Ceres Board Co-Chairs and President’s Council Members

Stuart Mitchell

The Boston-based sustainability nonprofit advocacy organization Ceres has announced new co-chairs of its Board of Directors and members to its President’s Council.     In February, the Ceres Board of Directors unanimously approved Inherent Group CEO Tony Davis and Janet Ranganathan, Managing Director and Executive Vice President of Strategy, Learning, and Results at the World Resources Institute (WRI), as its new Board co-chairs.   “I am honored to serve as co-chair of the Ceres Board of Directors,” said Davis. “I look forward to working alongside my fellow Board members and Ceres staff to…

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The One Club Announces Global Winners For COLORFUL BIPOC Grant Program

Stuart Mitchell

The One Club for Creativity has announced the winners and finalists from eight countries for COLORFUL 2024, an annual grant program related to the global Young Guns 22 competition to help up and coming BIPOC creatives around the world advance their careers.  COLORFUL winners are awarded cash prizes to be used towards a professional dream project of their choosing, and free entry to the YG22 competition. This year’s first-place winner is Jappy Agoncillo, a New York-based artist and illustrator originally from Manila, who will receive a $3,000 grant.  The $2,000…

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Sodexo and Nestlé Professional empower 250 UK school pupils through innovative partnership with the Choose Hospitality Pledge

Stuart Mitchell

Nestlé Professional continues its focus on inspiring young people through its Choose Hospitality Pledge program, by partnering with Sodexo to deliver mass career workshops at Sodexo Live! venue partners, Hampden Park in Glasgow, Everton FC’s Goodison Park and Brighton & Hove Albion FC’s American Express Stadium. Alongside this, another workshop at St James’ Park in Newcastle which is due to happen in the autumn term. The Choose Hospitality Pledge career workshops engaged up to 250 secondary school pupils across the three stadia locations during the summer term. The Choose Hospitality…

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