The Big Issue Group has confirmed details of its plan for vendors’ return on Monday 6th July to selling the magazine in England, Scotland and Wales, with measures including the provision of extensive PPE, contactless card payment equipment and the introduction of stringent health and safety procedures in all distribution offices. The Big Issue, which offers […]
West London Mission (WLM) – a charity working to empower people affected by homelessness, poverty and trauma to live more fulfilling lives – is working to grow support by making homelessness more relatable in a new campaign by AMV BBDO. In a series of (three) outdoor ads and social executions, the distinctive quirks, likes and […]
An interactive billboard posed to answer Manchester’s most divisive questions has just been unveiled by The Social Chain Group, in support of the local charity, Centrepoint. Located on the Axis in Deansgate Castlefield, next to Beetham Tower, the digital billboard was created by the influential social media agency as a way to “gamify” the donation […]
Iris Amsterdam has taken the agency Christmas card format back to its roots by creating real cards for sale this festive season. Colin Lamberton, executive creative director, Iris Amsterdam says: “It’s that time of year when ad agencies try to outdo each other with wacky stunts, expensive digital builds and quirky products. We’ve been just […]
CollectPlus, the UK’s largest independent store-based delivery and returns service, has created a short film called A Coat Tale to highlight its partnership with Hands on London and their Wrap Up initiatives in London, Birmingham and Manchester which will once again be collecting unwanted coats and distributing them to a variety of causes across […]
me&dave has rebranded Southwark-based homeless charity robes, to help it attract the investment it needs to continue its life-saving work on the streets of London. robes’ volunteers spend eight months of the year campaigning and raising money to provide shelter during the harsh winter weeks. They also provide practical and emotional support throughout the year […]
Wild Card has been appointed by the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, Centrepoint to handle PR for the mass activation phase of its latest fundraising initiative, the Big Broth, following a competitive pitch. The Big Broth kicked off in early 2018 with a search to find the nation’s tastiest homemade soup to raise money for […]
The House of St Barnabas has launched ‘Lost and Foundry’. Developed by M&C Saatchi London and Fontsmith, the campaign sees the crumbling typefaces of Soho recovered to be sold online as a collection of fonts, to fund its vital work with London’s homeless. The House of St Barnabas is a social enterprise that aims to […]
End Youth Homelessness has launched a new brand awareness campaign, ‘Turn Lives Around’, with creative by WCRS, production from Black Dog Films, and media provided by Jack Agency. The charity has created two new OOH executions which depict homeless young people asleep in unsafe places. When the picture is inverted, their positions in sleep are […]
São Paulo has a significant number of homeless people on the streets. Even so, many public shelters remain with empty beds every day. Sometimes for a noble reason: they don’t want to abandon their dogs, not accepted in those places before. Now, the new units accept and guarantee space for the pets, but their […]