Day: 25 June 2025

Virgin Money Foundation surpasses £3 million in funding to build digital inclusion

Stuart Mitchell

Virgin Money Foundation has announced a new round of funding aimed at enabling digital inclusion across Glasgow and the North East of England. This takes the total funding provided by the Foundation to over £3 million since 2024, with the grants expected to support over 62,000 people since the funding programmes began. Supporting a range of initiatives, the newly awarded £836k of funding will support community-led organisations to provide digital skills training for young people, provide access to devices for low-income families to get online, and support projects aimed at…

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The Pitch: CIM and IBM to Challenge Marketing Students in Global Competition to find the Marketers of the Future

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) has launched the global student marketing competition, ‘The Pitch’, to students across the world. This year’s competition will be run in partnership with IBM, a global leader in technology and innovation. CIM will work with IBM to provide students with an experience that equips them for their first professional role in marketing. Not only will IBM be setting this year’s challenge, but they will also host webinars and provide top tips to students on their journey through The Pitch, helping them to bring their…

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National ‘Spot Leukaemia’ Campaign Launches with support from JCDecaux Community Channel

Stuart Mitchell

Two of the UK’s leading blood cancer charities, Leukaemia Care and Leukaemia UK, have joined forces once again to launch their annual Spot Leukaemia campaign, and this year, the message will be impossible to miss. In a powerful show of support, JCDecaux Community Channel, an initiative from the UK’s leading out-of-home media owner JCDecaux UK, has partnered with the charities to run the campaign on digital billboards across the country, reinforcing the campaign’s urgent message. It will run from 28 May (World Blood Cancer Day) through to the end of…

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Fundraising Regulator, alongside UK’s largest retailers, publishes new advice for supermarket collections

Stuart Mitchell

The Fundraising Regulator has published advice for supermarkets and retailers that will help ensure safe, secure, and responsible fundraising for collections happening on their premises. Since July 2024, the Fundraising Regulator has been convening a working group of leading supermarkets and retailers, including Sainsbury’s, Aldi, Lidl, Asda, Co-op, Morrisons, Waitrose, and Tesco – assessing their needs and challenges and incorporating their feedback into the advice published today. The advice will help to strengthen and increase the consistency of charity collection procedures across retailers to reduce the divergence in individual company…

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CIPR joins new campaign to “get the nation learning”

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has joined a coalition of organisations including broadcaster Channel 4, manufacturers’ organisation Make UK, and the National Housing Federation to “get the nation learning” as a new report demonstrates that when adults learn, our society and economy thrive.  Led by the independent policy and research organisation Learning and Work Institute (L&W), the Get the Nation Learning campaign has been launched to make and win the case for lifelong learning. At the heart of the campaign sits the Get the Nation Learning Charter, signed…

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