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The Green Team appoint Julia Duncan as Co-CEO

Stuart Mitchell

The Green Team have announced the appointment of Julia Duncan in a Co-CEO role with a specific remit for Corporate Development. The role will complement the extensive operational experience of existing CEO, Penny Radway who will continue in post. Julia brings over 30 years’ experience of developing long-lasting, innovative and diverse programmes of environmental action / volunteering for people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities, across Scotland. Her career includes 10 years as Business Development Manager for The Conservation Volunteers and 16 years as Outdoor Action Manager for The National…

Bookshop.org & Independent Alliance join forces for Books That Give charity drive

Stuart Mitchell

Bookshop.org has recently launched the charitable initiative Books That Give, which will see 10% of sales of select Independent Alliance titles donated to newly established charity Bookbanks, which currently provides free books at foodbanks in London and Norfolk, with the future goal of expanding across the UK. Books That Give marks the inaugural collaboration between the online retailer on a mission to support independent bookshops and the Independent Alliance, a community of independent UK publishers also heavily invested in helping indie bookshops thrive in an Amazon dominated market. Launching just…

Irish Government approves membership of new Just Transition Commission

Stuart Mitchell

The Irish Government has approved the appointment of members to the Just Transition Commission for an initial three-year term. The Just Transition Commission will have a key role in advising and supporting the government to ensure that the move to a climate neutral economy is fair and benefits everyone. Key tasks facing the government in delivering a just climate transition include the need to maximise employment opportunities, and to support people and communities that may be most negatively affected by the transition away from fossil fuels, and to put engagement…

Refuge calls for tech-facilitated abuse to be a priority in government VAWG strategy

Stuart Mitchell

In the wake of hosting its first Technology Safety Summit, the domestic abuse charity Refuge is calling on the government to make tackling technology-facilitated abuse a key part of its plan to halve VAWG (violence against women and girls). To meet rising demand, Refuge set up a specialist technology-facilitated abuse and economic empowerment service in 2017, the only one of its kind in England. Since then, cases have grown both in quantity and complexity with Refuge reporting a 207% increase in referrals to the tech team compared to its first…

Despite cost-of-living pressures, more people are giving to charity digitally than ever before

Stuart Mitchell

Pennies, the award-winning fintech charity which enables micro-donations to charity, has conducted a landmark survey[1] of UK consumers to gauge attitudes and behaviours about donating to charities. After being told that if every UK cardholder gave just 35p a week to charity, it could raise an additional £1 billion for charities every year, almost half (48%) of respondents said that they’d be more likely to micro-donate.   Consumers more likely to micro-donate when they know that if every UK cardholder gave 35p a week to charity, charities would raise £1…