Day: 5 May 2025

New initiative aims to tackle violence against women and children

Stuart Mitchell

Experts are launching a major research programme that aims to reduce acts of violence against women and children (VAW/C) in six countries across the Global South – boosting long-term health and security. Researchers will work with survivors of VAW/C in South Africa, Mexico, Peru, India, Brazil, and Sri Lanka to produce trauma-informed research that will help to better prevent violence and build local research capacity. VAW/C affects one in three women and around one billion children worldwide, with devastating effects on people’s physical and mental wellbeing. Backed by £3 million…

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Ocean Outdoor UK announces results of contribution-based sustainability initiative

Stuart Mitchell

Ocean Outdoor has announced the first results of its most recent sustainability initiative, working with agency partners to establish a rigorous and long term form of corporate climate activism using Out of Home (OOH) ad spend. Under its Pinwheel platform, a percentage of Ocean’s 2024 revenue uplift has been given to four marine based projects that remove atmospheric carbon and are driving lasting change by helping to repair the planet’s natural ecosystems. All of the projects are verified by Pinwheel and were selected in a vote which invited clients and agency partners…

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African Development Bank Group approves $50 million trust fund to end school-age hunger in Africa

Stuart Mitchell

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank approved the establishment of a fund to help put an end to hunger and malnutrition amongst school age-children in Africa.  The End School-Age Hunger Fund (ESAH) was approved on 20 March with the aim of bolstering school meal programmes in targeted African countries by expanding existing initiatives and creating new ones so that more children in Africa have access to nutritious food while attending school while simultaneously boosing rural economies through agricultural productivity.   The implementation of the Fund, which will be…

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Gbolahan Faleye appointed as new Non-Executive Director on the Carbon Trust’s board

Stuart Mitchell

We are delighted to announce that we have appointed Gbolahan Faleye as a Non-Executive Director on the Carbon Trust’s board. With a wealth of experience spanning the private, public, and nonprofit sectors, Gbolahan has been instrumental in mobilizing resources for critical initiatives, including programmes to support African governments and multi-lateral agencies in their COVID-19 response and vaccine rollout, as well as building strategic partnerships to deliver impact. Through his leadership at the Tony Blair Institute, Gbolahan has positioned them as a partner of choice for major global donors and the…

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Ocean Outdoor launches 2025 Digital Creative Competition across Europe

Stuart Mitchell

Ocean Outdoor has recently opened its annual Digital Creative Competition in the UK, the Nordics, Netherlands and Germany for entries. Now in its 16th year in the UK, and fifth year across the other Group countries, Ocean’s competition calls for original ideas and imaginative concepts which push the creative possibilities of Digital Out Of Home (DOOH), using the latest technology and techniques across premium formats and outdoor environments. Download Great Ormond Street Hospital, Four Dials Campaigns from previous winners have gone on to win several Cannes Lions and collected many other…

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