Category: Ethical News (non Marketing)

Scottish Charity and Prosecution Service Act to Improve Criminal Justice Experience for Sexual Crime Victims

Stuart Mitchell

Scotland’s prosecution service is joining with Rape Crisis Scotland to obtain feedback from victims of sexual crime about their experience of the justice system. A memorandum of understanding has been signed between the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) and Rape Crisis Scotland (RCS). Under the new agreement RCS will share anonymous feedback on victims’ experiences of the criminal justice system and their views on the service provided by COPFS. This information, only provided with the victim’s consent, will be used to identify ways COPFS can improve the service…

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Charity Festival to support The Teenage Wilderness Trust & Charlie Waller Memorial Trust

Stuart Mitchell

Henley Festival (11-15 July 2018) has announced it will support two local charities in 2018: The Teenage Wilderness Trust and the Charlie Waller Memorial Trust, continuing its 35-year tradition of supporting local charities. The celebrated music, comedy, arts and food festival will support both charities in 2018, which are each based in Henley-on-Thames. Dedicated to supporting young people with depression, and encouraging discussions around mental health, the Charlie Waller Memorial Trust was set up in memory of a young man who took his own life whilst suffering from depression. The…

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Cancer Research UK announces drug discovery collaboration with Celgene Corporation

Stuart Mitchell

Cancer Research UK  has announced the signing of a five-year drug-discovery collaboration between its subsidiary, Cancer Research Technology (CRT), and Celgene Corporation, to discover, develop and commercialise new anti-cancer treatments. This arrangement represents an expansion of Cancer Research Technology’s theme-based translational model that now encompasses six industry partnerships, including this new collaboration with Celgene.   The collaboration is centred on mRNA translation, the cellular process of assembling proteins, which is a promising area of research with the potential to produce treatments that can target a fundamental characteristic of cancer cells. …

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10-year old cancer survivor shows how far she’s come on Natural History Museum ice rink

Stuart Mitchell

On Wednesday 29 November, 10-year-old cancer survivor and aspiring figure skater, Georgia Hillman from Dundee, Scotland, showed just how talented she is by performing on the Natural History Museum Ice Rink, London, with former Dancing on Ice Star, Frankie Seaman. Georgia, from Dundee, glided beautifully on the ice, spun to festive songs and showed Frankie how far she has come since being diagnosed with cancer just before her first birthday. As a Star Award winner herself, the experience was organised to mark the launch of this year’s Cancer Research UK Kids…

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Iceland Foods and Co-op support UK Deposit Return Scheme

Stuart Mitchell

Iceland and the Co-op have become the first supermarkets to back a UK-wide bottle deposit return system (DRS) as a way of tackling the growing threat of ocean plastic pollution. The announcements came in a response to a Greenpeace survey of supermarkets views about the introduction of a UK-wide DRS system. Scotland has already decided to introduce a DRS and England and Wales are currently considering the option. In response to the survey Iceland stated that it ‘fully supports Greenpeace’s call for the Government to impose a bottle Deposit Return…

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