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Without Regional Climate Weeks, COP conferences are not fit for purpose, warns WaterAid

Stuart Mitchell

If the world’s most vulnerable are not at the table, then UN climate talks are no longer fit for purpose, warns WaterAid.  Rrecently, the UNFCCC confirmed that this year’s Regional Climate Weeks will be cancelled until further notice, which WaterAid has criticised as ‘hugely disappointing’.  Regional Climate Weeks are a vital opportunity to bring a stronger regional voice to the international table in the lead up to COPs – those who are footing the bill on a crisis they have done the least to cause. Last year we saw four…

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Milestone Moment: Belu Water’s Contributions to WaterAid Surpass £5.8 Million

Stuart Mitchell

Belu, the social enterprise drinks company renowned for giving 100% of its net profits to WaterAid, reaffirms its commitment to transforming lives by announcing a further £368,038 donation to the charity in 2024. This contribution marks a significant milestone, bringing Belu’s total charitable contribution since 2011 to £5.8 million, impacting approximately 391,944 lives.  It is also an important trading milestone for Belu, the company is celebrating its best revenue year to date. Company accounts, filed on World Water Day Friday 22 March, report a turnover £8,747,327 in 2023 (2022: £7,086,640).…

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Stars support WaterAid campaign to highlight the 200 million hours women and girls lose walking for water daily

Stuart Mitchell

Former Paralympian Ellie Simmonds, actors Amanda Mealing, Dougray Scott and Ariyon Bakare, and presenter Tyler West are leading WaterAid’s thought-provoking Extra Time campaign to highlight the time millions of women and girls lose to water collection and the powerful difference clean water can make. Almost one in ten people around the world do not have clean water close to home, with women and girls shouldering the burden of water collection, often walking up to three hours or more every day. Globally, a staggering 200 million hours are lost by women…

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Wimbledon Foundation announces new £2 million commitment to WaterAid ahead of World Water Day

Stuart Mitchell

The Wimbledon Foundation has teamed up with WaterAid for a further four years pledging £2.2 million to support the not-for-profit’s work to help communities around the world get clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene. The Wimbledon Foundation, the charitable arm of The All England Lawn Tennis Club and The Championships, has already donated £1.5 million to WaterAid since 2017, helping bring these three essentials to healthcare facilities and communities in Ethiopia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Myanmar and Nepal. The new funding, announced ahead of World Water Day on 22 March,…

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DJ and Strictly star Tyler West launches WaterAid appeal in new ambassador role after inspiring trip to Zambia

Stuart Mitchell

Tyler West – Kiss DJ, TV presenter and Strictly Come Dancing star – has become WaterAid’s newest Ambassador after returning from an inspiring trip to Zambia with the international charity to see how clean water and decent toilets can change lives for good. New statistics released this year show that nearly one in ten people globally have no clean water and almost one in five have no decent toilets. In Zambia, almost a third of people have no clean water close to home, and the climate crisis is making the…

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