Tag: COVID-19

FareShare doubles the amount of food delivered to those in need during coronavirus crisis

Stuart Mitchell

The UK’s biggest food charity, FareShare, has announced it has doubled the amount of food it has delivered to frontline charities supporting vulnerable people since the crisis began, praising the ‘extraordinary’ efforts of its supporters and volunteers. This year, the FareShare network, made up of 17 independent food redistribution organisations, redistributed over 24,000 tonnes of in-date surplus food from the food industry, to 11,000 charities including domestic violence refuges, breakfast clubs, food banks and day centres, an increase of 26% on the year before, and the equivalent of a million…

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The IPA and Creative Equals are Combating COVID-19 with diversity and inclusion

Stuart Mitchell

The IPA, in partnership with Creative Equals, are launching the Diversity Matters: Summer Series virtual events this summer, which will outline how diversity and inclusion will help steer the industry through the Coronavirus pandemic. The free webinars will see D&I champions from across the business and all sides of the industry debate key topics and provide tangible actions for agencies, brands and media owners. Diversity Matters: Summer Series kicks off on Wednesday 10 June with Creative Equals launching their results of their new study with Campaign – C19 Inclusion Pulse…

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UN Women raises awareness of the shadow pandemic of violence against women during COVID-19

Stuart Mitchell

UN Women, the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women, they have launched the Shadow Pandemic public awareness campaign, focusing on the global increase in domestic violence amid the COVID-19 health crisis. The Shadow Pandemic public service announcement is a sixty-second film narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Kate Winslet, who has championed many humanitarian causes. The video highlights the alarming upsurge in domestic violence during COVID-19 and delivers a vital message urging people to act to support women if they know or suspect someone is…

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UNESCO Gathers Bioethics And Ethics Experts From Eastern Africa To Discuss Ethical Issues Raised By COVID-19 In The Region

Stuart Mitchell

On 13 May 2020, the UNESCO Social and Human Sciences Sector organized a Webinar under the theme “Managing Covid-19 pandemic within ethical principles: A reflection on the current and future situation in the Eastern Africa Region”.  It drew experts, from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Comoros, including representatives from National Ethics and Bioethics Committees (NBCs), and further amplified their voices with update provided, experiences shared and reflections and ideas brought forward on current and future implications of COVID-19 pandemic in the region. In her welcoming remarks, the Director of…

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Product Giving Alliance launched as charities urge businesses to donate goods and services to help people in need during the coronavirus crisis

Stuart Mitchell

Four charities, Charity Digital, FareShare, In Kind Direct and International Health Partners, have joined together to launch the Product Giving Alliance. In the last year alone, the charities estimate, together, the value of goods and services they provided to charities supporting vulnerable people was worth more than £59m. The alliance is now calling on British businesses to make donating goods and services a key part of their response to the Covid-19 pandemic. In-kind gifts and donations of food, medical supplies, hygiene and cleaning products, software and specialist support have never…

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