Day: 10 September 2025

UK teachers tell of significant absenteeism due to poverty-related hygiene issues

Stuart Mitchell

Stark new research has laid bare how a lack of access to hygiene products due to poverty is forcing children out of the classroom, with UK teachers reporting that it’s causing pupils to miss an average of 6.5 school days per year. The result? Children missing out on vital learning, and struggling with mental health and socialising As the government’s Child Poverty Taskforce prepares to publish its strategy, new research from laundry brand smol, with support from national charity, The Hygiene Bank, reveals a 68% year-on-year surge in state school…

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Embedding Purpose into Practice: OC&C and NSPCC Join Forces in BBC StoryWorks Series

Stuart Mitchell

OC&C Strategy Consultants unveils its featured film in the global Common Good series, presented by B Lab Global and produced by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions, showcasing how pro bono work can deliver meaningful social change while sharpening business resilience. The film spotlights OC&C’s long-running pro bono partnership with UK children’s charity NSPCC, offering an inside look at how professional consulting can be used to amplify social impact. Deidre Sorensen, Partner and Global Leader, ESG says, “We chose to feature our work with NSPCC because it demonstrates how we can use…

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Unity Trust Bank reports record level of lending in UK’s most deprived areas

Stuart Mitchell

Unity Trust Bank, the award-winning UK social impact bank, has continued to deliver positive impact where it matters with its half-year results showing a record level of lending going into areas of high deprivation. Unity committed over £140m in funding in the first six months of 2025 (HY 24: £62.8m), with 59% (HY 24: 40%) directed towards disadvantaged communities. Additionally, 45% (HY 24: 26%) of Unity’s loans met the ABC of Enterprise Impact ‘C – Contribute to Solutions’ grade, meaning they actively addressed social or environmental challenges. Unity’s lending also…

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Remember A Charity Week 2025 launches with focus on the phenomenal impact of legacies

Stuart Mitchell

2025’s Remember A Charity Week has started, running from 8-14 September and bringing together charities, professional advisers, campaign partners and celebrities to grow legacy giving by celebrating and raising awareness of the impact of gifts in Wills on charities across the country.  Legacy giving now raises an annual £4.5 billion1 in the UK and is forecast to exceed £10 billion by 2050, providing an essential source of sustainable income for good causes right across the nation.  Remember A Charity works throughout the year to champion legacies, with Remember A Charity…

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Deep trouble: future seafloor marine heatwaves will surpass surface extremes

Stuart Mitchell

A new study shows that marine heatwaves on the seafloor could be more than 50% more frequent in future than at the surface of the ocean during hot summer months, a concerning prospect for bottom-dwelling species that cannot escape the rising temperatures, with ripple effects across entire ecosystems and humans alike. What is a marine heatwave? A period lasting at least 5 days where sea temperature is greater than the 90th percentile of historical temperatures for that time of year. Led by PML’s Dr Robert J. Wilson, the study investigated how marine…

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