Author: Stuart Mitchell

£3m to UK Youth Fund to support small youth organisations across the UK

Stuart Mitchell

The Julia Rausing Trust has announced a £3 million grant to the UK Youth Fund, helping to provide small youth work and outdoor learning organisations across the UK with long-term, unrestricted funding. Building on £10 million already committed by Pears Foundation, the new grant brings the total value of the UK Youth Fund to £13 million. Through the Fund, small organisations working with young people across the UK receive unrestricted, multi-year grants, giving them greater flexibility and security to respond to the needs of the young people and communities they…

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Ferrero And Save The Children Partnership Delivers Progress For Children In Côte D’ivoire’s Cocoa Communities

Stuart Mitchell

The project will also be one of the topics addressed today at “Cacao Connect – The Italian pathway to cocoa in Africa”, promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, together with the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT, Ferrero, Save the Children and ICAM.  Thanks to the long-term strategic partnership between Save the Children and Ferrero, results achieved between 2020 and 2025 in cocoa-growing communities in Côte d’Ivoire demonstrate significant progress in the fight against child labour and community strengthening driven by a holistic approach and…

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New CATF tool provides framework for self-assessment and strengthening of biomass carbon removal protocols

Stuart Mitchell

A new interactive tool from Clean Air Task Force (CATF) provides a practical framework for the self-assessment and strengthening of biomass carbon removal (BiCRS) protocols to help ensure that carbon removal projects deliver measurable and durable climate benefits.   The BiCRS Benchmark enables users to evaluate a protocol against 18 critical features that underpin high-quality carbon dioxide removal. The tool builds on CATF’s prior assessment of 25 publicly available BiCRS protocols, which convened an expert panel of scientists, engineers, and economists to evaluate 94 distinct protocol approaches across four core components…

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Channel 4 and 5 strike historic partnership to create unique offering for advertisers

Stuart Mitchell

Channel 4 and Paramount have agreed that from 2027, Channel 4 Sales will become the exclusive advertising sales partner for a broad portfolio of Paramount brands in the UK, including its public service network, 5.  The long-term commercial partnership – the first time that advertising for the two PSBs has come under one roof – will create compelling new opportunities for brands to reach larger audiences, while supporting both broadcasters’ continued investment in British content. Under the terms of the agreement, Channel 4 Sales will assume responsibility for airtime sales…

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Students Lead the Charge to End Food Waste Within a Generation

Stuart Mitchell

A new World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report details the impact and potential of Food Waste Warriors, a free program available for teachers and administrators to help students understand the importance of food and how to avoid wasting it. Since 2019, more than 1,000 schools have adopted Food Waste Warriors curricula, resulting in food waste reductions of up to 70% per school. Food Waste Warriors is launching a national ambition to end wasted food in K-12 schools within a generation. Accomplishing this requires three principal activities: engaging students through annual cafeteria…

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