Tag: COVID-19

FareShare partners with British Red Cross to help keep Britain fed through COVID-19 crisis and aftermath

Stuart Mitchell

FareShare has partnered with British Red Cross to continue to get emergency food parcels to vulnerable people across the UK during the coronavirus pandemic and its aftermath. Working together, the two charities will use FareShare’s food redistribution warehouses and UK-wide network of 11,000 frontline charities and the Red Cross’s crisis response volunteers, equipment, space and resources to significantly increase the amount of food distributed to those in need. With one in eight people in the UK already struggle to access food, and an estimated 10 million already in or facing…

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Tesco and Jamie Oliver provide lifeline for British cheesemakers under threat by Covid-19

Stuart Mitchell

Tesco and Jamie Oliver have linked up to support two small artisan British farmhouse cheesemakers who have been badly hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Kirkham’s Lancashire and Keen’s Cheddar, from Somerset, both rely heavily on the service industry as well as farmers’ markets for income. The dramatic downturn in trade meant that both cheesemakers were left with a lot of raw milk to make their products, as well as several tonnes of cheese which would have had to have been thrown away. But Tesco has decided to step in and stock…

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Mary’s Place Opens Washington State’s Largest Family Shelter Within Amazon’s Seattle HQ Amid COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond

Stuart Mitchell

Mary’s Place and Amazon announced that the Mary’s Place Family Center in The Regrade, a one-of-a-kind, permanent family shelter built inside an Amazon office building with capacity for up to 200 moms, dads, and children experiencing homelessness each night, is now open. The shelter, which began housing families at the start of the COVID-19 outbreak in Seattle, is expected to support more than 1,000 family members per year. Mary’s Place Family Center in The Regrade increased Mary’s Place’s overall shelter capacity in King County by 40%. It is the largest…

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WePresent supports the UN and Talenthouse to give visibility to artists during COVID-19

Stuart Mitchell

WeTransfer are excited to announce their support of the UN and Talenthouse which solidifies their commitment to using our global platform to support the work of creatives and share positive messages through creativity. Since the Covid-19 outbreak began, different types of creatives and freelancers were affected by it. With most of the cultural organizations closed and creative agencies having to cut media spend, the impact on the creative community has been substantial. From the start, WeTransfer has proudly supported creative communities, donating 30% of its advertising space to causes we…

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PepsiCo Launches $7 Million Initiative To Help U.S. Communities Hardest Hit By COVID-19

Stuart Mitchell

In response to alarming evidence of the continued disparate, negative impact of COVID-19, PepsiCo, Inc. and its philanthropic arm, The PepsiCo Foundation, today launched an initiative to provide increased medical and economic aid to communities of color across the country where the company has long worked. The $7 million initiative is a comprehensive project to support immediate relief and long-term recovery. The program will provide $1 million each to the National Urban League and UnidosUS to help feed families and seniors, increase medical care and testing, expand access to government…

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