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Cadent Foundation to strengthen focus on tackling fuel poverty after announcing record year of support

Stuart Mitchell

The Cadent Foundation has announced that it will strengthen its efforts to address the interconnected issues of cold homes, low incomes and poor health, after releasing its 2024 Impact Report. The announcement comes on the back of a record-breaking year for the Foundation, in which it more than tripled the amount of people it supported through funding vital fuel poverty programmes. Over the past year, over £4.2m worth of grants and funding have been distributed to charity partners, resulting in just under 38,000 people receiving support with advice and energy…

Over 100 Million Meals Donated To Local Good Causes Through M&S Food And Neighbourly

Stuart Mitchell

Marks & Spencer colleagues work closely with Neighbourly charity partners to redistribute surplus food from store, supporting over 4.7 million individuals. Over 3,000 local charities and community organisations across the UK provide M&S meal donations to support the community, including families in need, young people, and those with disabilities. Around 98% of M&S stores support a local good cause each week, with many stores partnering with at least two charities or community organisations. For example, at M&S’ Clapham Junction store surplus food is donated to Ace of Clubs, a day…

African Development Bank Group approves $50 million trust fund to end school-age hunger in Africa

Stuart Mitchell

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank approved the establishment of a fund to help put an end to hunger and malnutrition amongst school age-children in Africa.  The End School-Age Hunger Fund (ESAH) was approved on 20 March with the aim of bolstering school meal programmes in targeted African countries by expanding existing initiatives and creating new ones so that more children in Africa have access to nutritious food while attending school while simultaneously boosing rural economies through agricultural productivity.   The implementation of the Fund, which will be…

ILO launches Social Health Protection Toolkit on World Health Day

Stuart Mitchell

To mark World Health Day last month, the ILO unveiled a Toolkit on Social Health Protection, reinforcing its commitment to the right to health. The Toolkit offers resources to promote rights-based social health protection schemes embedded in inclusive, resilient, and sustainable health systems globally. This resource package aims to help countries accelerate progress toward universal health coverage and social protection—key targets of the Sustainable Development Goals. It provides policymakers, social partners, technical experts, and development partners with practical standards, tools, and policy guidance to build social health protection schemes aligned…

Airbus Foundation and Solar Impulse Foundation launch call for projects

Stuart Mitchell

The Airbus Foundation and Solar Impulse Foundation have launched a call for projects that respond to the following theme: “Harnessing aerospace capabilities for nature-based climate resilience: enhancing life on land and water.” Climate change is a critical challenge for humanity. One that cannot be solved by working in isolation. That’s why two Foundations are joining forces by signing a three-year partnership aimed at driving global progress on sustainability by fostering innovation and collaboration. On the one hand, you have the Airbus Foundation, which unlocks access to Airbus products and services,…