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SMIRNOFF™ Vodka Teams Up with Laverne Cox, Alyssa Edwards and Jonathan Van Ness to Welcome the Global LGBTQIA+ Community Home to Pride NYC

Stuart Mitchell

Smirnoff is launching its new “Welcome Home” campaign to roll out the welcome mat for the millions of LGBTQIA+ community members and allies expected to travel to New York for Pride celebrations. Continuing its decades of support as an ally in the ongoing fight for equality, while making its Pride footprints louder and prouder than ever before, Smirnoff is teaming up with Orange Is The New Black actress and LGBTQIA+ advocate, Laverne Cox; star of Dancing Queen and RuPaul’s Drag Race, Alyssa Edwards; and Queer Eye television personality, hairdresser and web…

PRCA welcomes new PRCA Diversity Network Co-Chairman

Stuart Mitchell

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) is pleased to welcome Rax Lakhani CMPRCA, Freelance Social Media and PR Consultant, as the new Co-Chairman of the PRCA Diversity Network. Rax will join existing Co-Chairman, Pema Seely CMPRCA, Associate Director, markettiers. The PRCA Diversity Network works to open up access to the PR and communications industry and make it more representative of the nation. By combining panel discussions, individual speakers, networking events, and more, the network provides a formal mechanism for individuals to share best practice and insight to help mitigate…

160 UK clubs pledge support for refugees in biggest ever ‘Football Welcomes’ weekend

Stuart Mitchell

Amnesty International UK’s Football Welcomes is back for its third year with a record-breaking number of clubs taking part in the weekend of activities (27-28 April) to celebrate the contribution players with refugee backgrounds make to the game. More than 160 clubs – almost triple the previous year’s number – are set to take part to highlight the important role football clubs can play in welcoming refugees into their local communities, and in helping them to settle in to a new country and culture. This year’s event will see football…

Birth traditions: WaterAid presents global snapshot of how new babies are welcomed around the world

Stuart Mitchell

A fascinating new photo series launched by WaterAid reveals the different traditions observed by communities around the world to ‘protect’ mothers and welcome new babies, giving them the best start in life.  From postpartum porridge-making and paint masks to baptisms and beer-brewing, the striking images reveal how eleven countries from the UK to India and Uganda to Sweden celebrate new life.   The touching series is being released by WaterAid as part of its Water Effect campaign, which aims to help protect mothers and ensure all babies have the best…

Ireland Welcomes a New Mná na hÉireann – Women of Ireland Fund

Stuart Mitchell

Social Innovation Fund Ireland, in partnership with Bank of America and the Department of Rural and Community Development, are today pleased to announce the Mná na hÉireann – Women of Ireland Fund. The new fund, which is the first of its kind in Ireland has been established to support charitable and social enterprise organisations that seek to enhance the economic mobility of women, by investing in organisations that provide training, upskilling, education and other services directly to disadvantaged women. According to figures from the Central Statistics Office Ireland, the gender…