Category: Ethical News (non Marketing)

Head Held High Appeal launches in partnership with UK Government

Stuart Mitchell

UK Charity Hope for Children has been selected by the Department for International Development (DFID) to receive match funding in support of their first ever national fundraising appeal. The 3-month Head Held High appeal launched on on Saturday 23rd September at the inaugural Wanderlust Festival in the UK, and will run until 23 December. The appeal is raising funds for vulnerable children in Africa who are being denied their basic right to education. Through the UK Aid Match scheme, every pound donated by members of the UK public during the appeal, will…

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Gaming Industry awards funding for Lifelyte’s new VR Project

Stuart Mitchell

Lifelites, the charity which provides specialist entertainment, educational and assistive technology packages to over 10,000 children and young people with life-limiting, life-threatening and disabling conditions in children’s hospices, has been awarded nearly £70,000 by GamesAid. GamesAid is a charity, which represents the UK video gaming industry, raises hundreds of thousands of pounds every year that they then donate to a number of small children’s charities. Lifelites were chosen by GamesAid to receive a donation that will help them to provide and maintain life-enhancing technology for terminally ill and disabled children…

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Peter Capaldi launches new Greenpeace campaign

Stuart Mitchell

A huge coalition of companies and civil society organisations including Greenpeace, WWF and the Marine Conservation Society have launched a new campaign by taking over Westminster tube station with posters on their walls and ticket gates with the message that electricity from offshore wind is half the price it was just two years ago. Launching the campaign in Westminster tube station, where ministers and MPs will be walking past striking images of offshore wind farms, Peter Capaldi (Dr Who, The Thick of It, Local Hero) said: “Great Britain is the…

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Companies Commit to Simplify Food Date Labels Worldwide by 2020, Reducing Food Waste

Stuart Mitchell

“Sell by,” “Use by,” “Display until,” “Best before,” what do they all mean? Consumers around the world navigate a range of date labels on food products, and the resulting confusion costs families up to $29 billion annually in the United States alone. The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) – a network of 400 of the biggest consumer goods companies across 70 countries – along with Champions 12.3 has approved a Call to Action to standardise food date labels worldwide by 2020. The CGF Board of Directors unanimously adopted the Call to…

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Counter Terrorism Police launch first ever campaign aimed at children and teenagers

Stuart Mitchell

Counter Terrorism Police have launched their first ever safety campaign which they believe will teach 11-16 year olds how to react in the unlikely event they are caught in a gun or knife terror attack, including being told NOT to stop and use their phones until they are safely away from danger. Counter Terrorism Policing have enlisted the support of celebrities from entertainment and sport to launch their first-ever safety campaign aimed at children and teenagers. TV star Bear Grylls and England footballer Jamie Vardy are among the leading stars…

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