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Sodexo is named on Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2024

Stuart Mitchell

Sodexo UK & Ireland has been listed as one of The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2024 for its commitment to making gender equality a priority in the workplace. The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality is the UK’s most highly profiled and well-established list of employers taking clear action in this area as part of their business strategy at all levels. While progress has been made to reduce inequalities in the workplace, they are still prevalent in UK workplaces today, especially in times of economic disruption,…

Felix’s Multibank: new service led by The Felix Project will redistribute 400,000 surplus essentials donated by Amazon and other businesses to help 40,000 families in need across London

Stuart Mitchell

A new charity initiative launched in West London recently to donate more than 400,000 surplus essential goods to 40,000 families in need across the capital over the next 12 months. London’s first Multibank, ‘Felix’s Multibank’, is led by The Felix Project, with support from Amazon, former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. The service will help families experiencing poverty by providing essentials like toiletries, baby products, cleaning goods and bedding donated by Amazon, and other national and regional businesses. It is an expansion of…

Clear Channel UK partners with Strut Safe to support safe nighttime journeys

Stuart Mitchell

Clear Channel, one of the UK’s leading Out of Home media and infrastructure companies, today announced a new partnership with volunteer-operated phone line, Strut Safe, to highlight the negative effects of street violence and encourage greater awareness of the organisation’s public help service. The ambition of Strut Safe’s nation-wide phone line is to ensure the safety of all individuals by providing non-judgemental support to anyone in need, whether they are walking home from work, waiting for the bus, or on a night out. By partnering with Clear Channel, details of…

High-Level Political Forum places women and girls at the heart of the 2030 Agenda

Stuart Mitchell

Women and girls around the world are facing significant threats, from wars and conflicts to devastating climate change, widening inequalities, and pushback on their human rights and freedoms.  These threats were at the top of the agenda of the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), the main UN platform to assess progress towards achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This year’s forum opened on 8 July 2024 under the theme of “Reinforcing the 2030 Agenda and eradicating poverty in times of multiple crises: the effective delivery of sustainable, resilient, and innovative…

The Amazon Literary Partnership Announces Grant Recipients for 2024

Stuart Mitchell

The Amazon Literary Partnership has announced the non-profit literary organisations to receive grants for 2024, as it continues to support and champion writers of all ages and stages on their creative journey. This year, the partnership is expanding to the Republic of Ireland, supporting more organisations than ever before, with 37 organisations set to receive grants across the UK and Ireland. The Amazon Literary Partnership has been awarding grants to deserving groups since it was first formed in the UK five years ago. The grants support various non-profit literary organisations,…