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Artists Mount First Amendment Challenge to New Grant Requirements by the National Endowment for the Arts

Stuart Mitchell

Artists and theater groups are challenging a new certification requirement and funding prohibition that the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has imposed on grant applications. The NEA now requires applicants to attest that they will not “promote gender ideology” in order to be eligible for funding and blocks any projects that reasonably appear to “promote gender ideology” from getting an award. The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Rhode Island, David Cole, and Lynette Labinger, cooperating counsel for the ACLU-RI, filed the suit in the U.S. District Court…

enfinium announces next phase of carbon capture technology programme, trialling next generation British technology and accelerating carbon capture in Wales

Stuart Mitchell

enfinium, one of the UK’s leading energy from waste (EfW) operators, today announced the next phase of its carbon capture and storage (CCS) pilot programme, advancing its commitment to deliver CCS across its facilities. One of the projects, located at enfinium’s Parc Adfer facility in Flintshire, North Wales, will be the only active carbon capture pilot in Wales and the first pilot deployed in the wider HyNet industrial cluster. In April 2025, enfinium will relocate the CCS pilot plant currently at its Ferrybridge 1 facility in West Yorkshire to Parc…

New members join Small Charities Advisory Panel to strengthen the voice of small charities

Stuart Mitchell

Five new members have joined the Small Charities Advisory Panel (SCAP), strengthening its role in advocating for the needs of small charities. Five new members join the Small Charities Advisory Panel The Small Charities Advisory Panel (SCAP) has appointed five new members, ensuring that small charities remain at the heart of its advocacy work. Led by NCVO, SCAP helps amplify the voices of small charities in policy and decision-making. The appointments follow a competitive recruitment process. They also reflect SCAP’s renewed commitment to recruiting a panel made up of small…

IPA publishes Advertising Works 27 for unrivalled insights into effective advertising

Stuart Mitchell

The IPA has published Advertising Works 27, which provides an in-depth exploration and leading industry analysis of the winning papers and themes from the 2024 IPA Effectiveness Awards. The book, edited by Convenor of Judges Jo Arden, contains full versions of the Gold-winning Guinness, Laithwaites, McCain, Specsavers and Yorkshire Tea case studies, as well as summaries of a further 22 Silver and Bronze-winning papers. It also includes five chapters exploring the key themes from the winning work to provide new learning, evidence and inspiration about advertising effectiveness. These chapters include:…

Small Charity Week 2025: New match funding campaign to boost small charities

Stuart Mitchell

To mark Small Charity Week 2025, NCVO is partnering with Big Give and Global’s Make Some Noise to launch a match funding campaign that will provide crucial financial support to small charities. Supporting small charities through match funding From 23 to 30 June 2025, the Small Charity Week Match Funding campaign will help small charities sustain their essential work across the UK by providing vital financial support. Through this campaign, donations made to participating charities via Big Give, the UK’s largest match funding platform, will be doubled thanks to the…