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Stop Climate Chaos Scotland publishes largest ever Climate Manifesto

Stuart Mitchell

Stop Climate Chaos Scotland has published a Climate Manifesto, highlighting over 100 positive actions that governments should take to accelerate action to reduce Scotland’s contribution to the climate emergency, whilst securing sustainable jobs, improving health and wellbeing, and reducing inequality.  From farming to transport and from energy to our seas, the Climate Manifesto is the largest collection of climate policies ever gathered by Scottish civil society. Mike Robinson, Chair of Stop Climate Chaos Scotland, said: “We are in a new era for tackling climate change. The impacts could not be…

Community Champions Shine at Locality Awards ’23 in Bristol

Stuart Mitchell

The Locality Awards ‘23 Ceremony took place at the Bristol Marriot Royal Hotel on 7th November. The annual Locality Awards recognise and celebrate the impact and innovation shown by local community organisations and charities across the country. The awards are part of Locality Convention, the biggest community sector event of the year. Each winner took home a coveted trophy and a £1,000 cash prize. Tony Armstrong, Chief Executive of Locality, said: “Up and down the country, community organisations are doing incredible things. Their leadership, and dynamism in the face of…

The strategy gap – strategists look for big leaps while clients become more risk-averse

Stuart Mitchell

As tough economic conditions continue to squeeze client budgets, levels of optimism are lower as client bravery wanes. Strategists see the biggest opportunity in upstream work, understanding new tech and helping brands navigate culture, whilst there is still much work to do on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Some argue strategy is stymied by frameworks, and that strategy needs more revolution. These are some of the findings included in The Future of Strategy 2023 report released recently by WARC – the global authority on marketing effectiveness. This eleventh edition of the…

Government inaction on tackling the climate crisis exacerbates feelings of eco-anxiety

Stuart Mitchell

Inaction from politicians and big businesses on environmental issues is worsening the public’s anxiety about the climate crisis, reveals new research from Triodos Bank UK. More than half of UK adults (51%) say they feel a sense of grief about what is happening to nature and the planet, with four in 10 (39%) reporting that they feel anxious about the climate crisis. This comes after a period of extreme weather events, including wildfires in Southern Europe and North America. One in six (18%) report suffering from eco-anxiety, a figure that…

Tesco is first UK supermarket to give kinship carers same support as adoptive parents

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco, the UK’s largest private-sector employer, has granted colleagues who have a Special Guardianship Order to care for relatives’ children equal rights with colleagues who adopt – giving them both 26 weeks’ leave on full pay. The kinship leave, which will apply to grandparents or other relatives who take on a child of a family member, is intended to help kinship carers to be able stay in the workforce, while managing their extra responsibilities.  The new policy, which makes the grocer one of the first UK retailers to support these…