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Marine Plastic Pollution Turned Into 50,000 Reusable PPE Items For Front-Line Healthcare Workers Fighting Covid-19

Stuart Mitchell

HEROES, the charity founded by and for NHS workers, has partnered with global environmental organisation Parley for the Oceans (Parley), for a world-first collaboration, bringing recycled and reusable PPE visors to UK health workers and NGOs in the Dominican Republic. Uniting two imperative environmental and humanitarian causes, HEROES and Parley have combined already-established and community-led marine debris and plastic waste interception programmes from the Dominican Republic with a UK volunteer network producing sustainable eye protection. The raw materials used to make the pellets are intercepted in the Dominican Republic and…

Real People, Real Stories launches with new research on men’s mental health during lockdown

Stuart Mitchell

Samaritans shares new research on how lockdown measures have affected men, as they launch their Real People, Real Stories campaign, supported by the rail industry. The charity surveyed almost 2,000 men aged 18 to 59 to find out how the pandemic restrictions have affected their mental health and support networks. 42% of the men questioned felt that the restrictions have had a negative impact on their mental health, with loneliness and/or isolation, anxiety, financial worries and separation from loved ones among their concerns. Despite some men saying that they find…

Health Officials Launch Ad Campaign to Encourage Mask Use

Stuart Mitchell

The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the Big Cities Health Coalition (BCHC) have launched a joint campaign urging Americans to show their concern for the health of others by wearing masks to slow the spread of COVID-19. The 30-second television spot, titled “Personalities,” begins its week-long run on Hulu today and targets a broad national audience. It features several pairs of mask designs that reflect opposite personalities and concludes with an announcer asking, “What does your mask say about you? It says you care about others.…

8 in 10 PR professionals report to feeling mental health impact of Covid-19

Stuart Mitchell

The recognition of the positive value of public relations stands in contrast to a marked depreciation in the mental health and well-being of individuals employed in communications roles during the crisis, a new survey has found. The CIPR’s Health Group COVID-19 survey explores the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on communications professionals and included questions around the value of communications, the impact of COVID-19 on individuals and on teams, pandemic preparedness and resources, and internal communications. The survey finds: Over half of respondents reported their organisation placed ‘a lot’ of value on…

American Lung Association Highlights Health Impacts of Climate Change, Air Pollution with #MyCleanAirStory

Stuart Mitchell

Climate change is a public health threat that worsens our air quality and puts the health of all Americans at risk. Through the Stand Up For Clean Air initiative, the American Lung Association asks everyone to pledge to take action on climate change and air pollution, including raising awareness about the need for clean air. To bring health to the forefront of conversations around climate change and air pollution, today the Lung Association is announcing a new effort to encourage everyone to share why clean air matters to them through…