Tag: Hubbub

Hubbub And OVO Team Up To Launch Search For Community-Spirited Glasgow Street For Pioneering Energy Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Environmental charity Hubbub, working in partnership with OVO Energy Solutions, part of OVO, the UK’s 3rd largest energy supplier,  is launching a pioneering trial in Glasgow to help residents make changes to their homes to improve their energy efficiency and reduce their bills. They are looking for a Glasgow street with a strong sense of community and a willingness to make changes to their homes.  The project will seek to minimise the cost of the improvements by accessing relevant local and government funding sources. Increases in energy prices are set to…

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Community Calling rings in 10,000 smartphones for people who need them

Stuart Mitchell

Community Calling, the pioneering initiative by Virgin Media O2 and environmental charity Hubbub to tackle digital exclusion and e-waste, has rehomed more than 10,000 smartphones with people who need them across the country. The programme was launched in May 2020 to help vulnerable people get online to access essential services, such as healthcare appointments, to apply for jobs and keep in touch with their loved ones during the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as provide a sustainable way for people and businesses to recycle old devices, preventing them from ending up…

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Tech Lending Community Fund opens to tackle digital isolation and e-waste

Stuart Mitchell

Environmental charity Hubbub and Virgin Media O2 have launched a £400,000 fund to enable a pioneering tablet lending scheme which will make tablets and free mobile data available to community organisations supporting people in temporary accommodation. The Tech Lending Community Fund will deliver social and environmental benefits by helping people facing digital exclusion to access the internet, while reducing e-waste by maximising the use of refurbished digital devices. Grants of between £50,000 and £120,000 are available to organisations such as local councils, NGOs and community groups to purchase refurbished devices…

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Trewin Restorick to step down as Hubbub CEO

Stuart Mitchell

Trewin Restorick has announced plans to step down as CEO of the environmental charity Hubbub this Summer. The move comes eight years after Restorick first co-founded the charity in 2014, alongside directors Gavin Ellis and Heather Poore. It follows a stellar run of accolades, with the last two years seeing Hubbub awarded Charity of the Year at the Charity Times Awards, while Restorick was named Leader of the Year at the Global Good Awards and presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the BusinessGreen Leaders Awards.  Under Restorick’s leadership, the…

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Catherine Brown appointed Chair at Hubbub

Stuart Mitchell

Former Chief Executive of the Foods Standards Agency, Catherine Brown has been appointed as the new Chair of Trustees at environmental charity, Hubbub.   Catherine brings a wealth of board experience at various charitable and food-based organisations as well as a deep understanding of the way that Hubbub operates, having sat on the Board of Trustees since 2017.   Catherine takes on the position at a time when the need for rapid and transformative action to address significant environmental challenges has never been more apparent. Hubbub creates campaigns that make environmental action desirable, seeking to disrupt the…

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