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PRCA launches the Sustainability Group to Drive Collaboration and Best Practice

Stuart Mitchell

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) has announced launch of the Sustainability Group. The PRCA Sustainability Group is an expansion of previous working groups that reaffirms the industry’s commitment to fostering responsible, transparent, and effective sustainability communications. The Group builds on previous work in this area and further drives collaborating with PRCA members and the industry at large. The Group committee, consisting of PRCA members, aims to go deeper and broader to ensure the PR industry has a forum for driving standards, commitments and ethics in sustainability. ​ The…

The Gerety jury has spoken: here are the winners for the 2025 edition

Stuart Mitchell

AMVBBDO is the most awarded UK agency and wins a Grand Prix. Other winners include MullenLowe UK, Riff Raff Films, Edelman, NOMINT, McCann London, VML UK, Ketchum and Biscuit Filmworks. The 4 outstanding campaigns rewarded with a Grand Prix this year are Senna’s Cut, Never Just a Period, The Final Copy of Ilon Specht and Price Packs. The powerful Gerety jury counted this year with a record participation of 270 judges from 52 different countries, scrutinizing thae work through a powerful perspective to reward the best creative campaigns. The complete…

Four years after Taliban takeover, Afghans overwhelmingly back girls’ education

Stuart Mitchell

Despite the ongoing ban on girls’ secondary education, Afghans across gender and socioeconomic backgrounds almost universally support girls’ right to learn, according to a new UN Women Gender Alert. The alert looks at the current situation for women and girls across ten key areas, including education and employment, safety and mobility, shedding light on the impact of the crystallizing system of restrictions four years after the Taliban takeover. In a nationwide, door-to-door survey of more than 2,000 Afghans, 92 per cent said it was “important” for girls to continue their…

Dr Mya-Rose Craig named new RSPCA Ambassador as Black2Nature team act for wildlife

Stuart Mitchell

The RSPCA has unveiled British-Bangladeshi ornithologist, author and campaigner Dr Mya-Rose Craig as a new Ambassador – at a special event in Bristol, which saw a team of Visible Minority Ethnic children come together to protect the city’s wildlife from litter. Fourteen children, aged between 8 and 14, from the Black2Nature charity were at Brandon Hill in Bristol yesterday (20 August) for a litter pick aimed at improving the local environment and keeping animals safe from the “menace” of rubbish. They took part alongside teams from the RSPCA, in a great…

Nielsen Foundation powers inclusive media and technology

Stuart Mitchell

In 2024, the Nielsen Foundation committed $2.7 million in grants, marking the largest grantmaking year for the foundation since its inception and exceeding our goal of granting $6 million from 2022 through 2024.  2024 was the first full year of grantmaking informed by the Nielsen Foundation’s refreshed mission statement which refined our grantmaking strategy focused on powering and advancing inclusive innovation in the media and technology industries, especially through the use of data and research. “From increased grantmaking to our more focused strategy, 2024 was a significant year for the…