Author: Stuart Mitchell

Sodexo recognised in top 25 maturity matrix index for ethnic diversity inclusion

Stuart Mitchell

Sodexo UK and Ireland has been named as one the Top 25 companies for race and ethnic inclusion in the workplace score as part of Investing in Ethnicity’s Maturity Matrix. It is the first year Sodexo UK and Ireland has been ranked in the Top 25 index of the Maturity Matrix, a benchmarking tool that assesses how organisations are making progress towards improving ethnic diversity and inclusion within their organisations. The Top 25 index recognises organisations that have gone above and beyond to break down barriers to improving racial diversity…

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Cannes Lions announces the 2025 See It Be It cohort

Stuart Mitchell

Cannes Lions has announced the cohort for the 2025 See It Be It talent programme, designed to accelerate the careers of women and non-binary talent. The 2025 cohort selected for this unique learning and development programme includes 20 creatives from 14 markets, with Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela being represented for the first time. Taking place at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, between 16 and 20 June 2025, the programme includes mentorship opportunities and private masterclasses with industry leaders, as well as backstage access and session invitations tailored…

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£1.5m Cadent fund to support Alzheimer’s Society in energy efficiency project

Stuart Mitchell

Cadent, the UK’s largest Gas Distribution Network, has announced a new partnership with Alzheimer’s Society. Forming part of Cadent’s wider commitment to tackling fuel poverty and supporting people living in vulnerable situations, the £1.5m grant will be used to help ensure people living with dementia are supported with energy efficiency advice. The funding will be used to deliver a two-year project, which will fund 20 community dementia advisor (CDA) roles across the UK. The CDAs will be trained to offer bespoke energy support to families living with dementia, including advice…

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Six charities prepare national Drops in the Ocean OOH campaigns

Stuart Mitchell

Conservation, education and protection are at the heart of Ocean Outdoor’s annual environmental fund Drops in the Ocean, which returns for 2025 with six important environmental partners. All of the beneficiaries chosen to share advertising space across Ocean’s UK portfolio to promote their work and build public support this year are UK based but are international leaders in their fields. They are campaigning against the effects of factory farming on animals, communities and the environment; protecting wildlife and their habitats, sharks and the overfishing of threatened marine species; working to…

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Charity plays a message from migrant parents across Westminster ahead of Child Poverty Strategy deadline

Stuart Mitchell

Campaigners from award-winning migrant and refugee rights charity Praxis screened a video on a van in various locations in Westminster last month to make migrant voices heard on child poverty. The action took place as the deadline for submitting evidence to the Child Poverty Taskforce approached.  The video played on loop around Westminster, parking outside the Department for Education, the Department for Work and Pensions and the Home Office – the departments with the power to make changes to protect migrant children from poverty.  A shocking 1/3 of children living…

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