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Julia Rausing Trust announces £16.7 million in grants to UK cathedrals, botanic gardens, and museums and galleries

Stuart Mitchell

Julia Rausing Trust is pleased to announce £16.7 million in heritage grants across the UK. The funding includes £6.2 million to cathedrals, £6.2 million to botanic gardens and £4.3 million to museums and galleries. The grants will enable crucial repair and refurbishment works to English cathedrals and botanical gardens across England, Wales and Scotland. Funding for museums and galleries will support strategic programme delivery that will benefit smaller regional museums. Among seven cathedrals receiving support is York Minster, where a grant of £500,000 has been made to complete the fundraising…

Big Give’s 2024 Christmas Challenge raises a record £44.7 million in one week

Stuart Mitchell

Big Give’s Christmas Challenge has become the UK’s biggest public fundraising campaign in 2024 after raising a record-breaking £44.7 million in just one week, marking a remarkable 35% increase from last year’s total of £33 million.The campaign, which concluded at midday on Tuesday, 10 December, attracted over 119,000 donations from the public, with 74% of participating charities meeting or exceeding their fundraising targets and 95% of all available match funds being utilised. This amount raised is particularly notable given the ongoing impact of the cost of living crisis, which has…

UK sees surge in the demand for green skills despite overall job market decline – PwC Green Jobs Barometer

Stuart Mitchell

The latest PwC Green Jobs Barometer reveals a surge in green job adverts across the UK, reflecting a growing demand for green skills despite a 22.5% contraction in the overall job market. Now in its fourth year, the Barometer tracks the movement in green jobs creation, job loss, carbon intensity of employment, and worker sentiment across regions and sectors. It finds that the share of green job adverts as a proportion of total job adverts increased to 3.3% in 2024 – up from 2.3% in 2023 – adding nearly 23,000…

Lisa Sherman to be Honored in AAF’s 2025 Advertising Hall of Fame

Stuart Mitchell

The American Advertising Federation (AAF), “The Unifying Voice for Advertising,” announced today the inductees into its 2025 Advertising Hall of Fame. Eight remarkable leaders, from advertising, marketing, media, social and public service, will be celebrated at induction ceremonies to be held on April 24, 2025 in New York City. They join a distinguished group of individuals who have been admitted to the Advertising Hall of Fame over the course of more than 70 years, dating back to 1949. Also being honored will be Mars, Inc., identified as this year’s Corporate…

Global Alliance & WHO QualityRights initiative collaborate to bolster mental health as industry faces mounting pressures in health & wellbeing report

Stuart Mitchell

The Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management (Global Alliance) has announced a collaboration with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) QualityRights initiative, reinforcing its 2025 commitment to advancing mental health and wellbeing in the public relations and communication industry. As January’s Health & Wellbeing Month concludes, Global Alliance will host a free global webinar on 30 January, open to all Public Relations and Communication professionals. The event will mark the release of the Global Alliance How We Are Working Mental Health and Wellbeing Snapshot Report (Snapshot report), highlighting critical…