The Purpose Awards EMEA recognise campaigns that use creative ideas successfully to further positive causes, and acknowledge the organisations behind them. The awards are open to agencies, brands, public sector bodies, charities and NGOs throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Sarah-Jane Rumford, managing partner and PR director at the communications agency 89up (pictured, below),
Month: November 2023
Charity regulators have warned people to do their research when giving to charity after more than £2.7m worth of donations was stolen by fraudsters over the past year. The Charity Commission, the Fundraising Regulator and Action Fraud have launched their annual campaign reminding people how to give safely to charities. Data from Action Fraud, the
Income at the body for YMCA charities in England and Wales rose by more than £4m last year after it increased its trading activities, latest annual accounts reveal. YMCA England & Wales, which is registered as the National Council of Young Men’s Christian Associations, recorded income of £21.7m in the year to the end of
Heidi Travis is to step down as chief executive of Sue Ryder next year. Travis, who has worked for the palliative care charity for 14 years, the past 11 as chief executive, said she would “semi retire” in the spring. The charity said that under Travis’s leadership, it had “significantly expanded its palliative and end-of-life
A quarter of people will give less to charity this Christmas because of the cost-of-living crisis, according to new research. Polling published by the match-funding organisation the Big Give shows that 25 per cent of the more than 2,200 UK adults polled said they expected to donate less to good causes over the festive period
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has pledged to act when “standards fall short” after allegations of abuse and assault in the charity. The Times newspaper reported last week that staff and volunteers had accused the RNLI of “assault, bullying and misconduct by volunteers”. There are also accusations of “rampant sexism” among the organisation’s ranks, according
Who else but hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss could “spill the tea” on their weekly show “If These Walls Could Talk” live from Pangea Restaurant on the Lower Eastside of NYC, with their unique style of honest, and emotional interviews, sharing the fascinating backstory of celebrities, entertainers, recording artists, writers and artists and bringing their
Wendy Stuart will be hosting TriVersity Talk! this Wednesday at 7 PM ET with featured guest Frank New. TriVersity Talk! is a weekly web series with featured guests discussing their lives, activism and pressing issues in the LGBTQ Community. With TriVersity Talk!, the goal is to laugh and learn. TriVersity Talk! Is part of TriVersity’s
The arts charities Culture24 and The Audience Agency have merged after both organisations lost long-term funding contracts from Arts Council England. Culture 24, which promotes the cultural sector online, had a total income of £468,296 for the financial year ending March 2023. The Audience Agency, which provides support services for arts, cultural and heritage organisations,
Real-terms public spending cuts of £19.1bn and an increase in the National Living Wage could force charities to cut services or eat into their reserves, experts have warned. This week’s Autumn Statement included no additional spending for public services, despite charity bodies calling for an uplift to public service contracts involving charities. The Office for
Lost Prince is a visionary artist reshaping electronic music with a theatrical flair. His mesmerizing sounds have caught the attention of Swedish House Mafia’s Axwell, leading to numerous releases on the Axtone Records label. Axwell even co-wrote the Lost Prince hit, ‘Always On My Mind’. Lost Prince’s style, a mix of hypnotic melodies and influences from the jackin’ house scene
When it comes to tech house, one of the brightest breakthrough acts is Sherm. Hailing from Chicago, he’s brought a irresistible energy to the house music scene in a way that’s caught on with fans all over the world. Fresh off of hosting his first panel at ADE along with a massive showcase performance with
Seasoned DJ and producer Martial Simon is one of the best when it comes to dance pop music. With an astonishing 1.5 million plus streams accrued so far this year, this number stands as a monumental testament to Simon’s resonance with a global audience. Now, he’s back with his final track of the year titled
Florida is known for having an avid electronic music market and for decades now promoters have worked hard at curating new experiences to continue to keep the scene alive and well in the area. Well, there’s a new club in town, Fort Lauderdale to be exact, headed by Angel Candelaria (former owner of Cash Only nightclub), Danny
When it comes to bass music, few provide as much speaker shattering tracks like Sadhu & IMAN. Being the Inspiration for many Successful Dubstep Artists, Sadhu has been in the Game for a long time. His first release dates back to 2011 and he has sold out every major City in Europe, America and Australia.
PIERCE has unleashed an exhilarating remix of Hucci and Stooki Sound’s iconic track, “Ball So Hard”. This reimagined version delivers an experimental blend of wonky beats and dynamic soundscapes, setting the stage for a new way to listen to the iconic – “Ball So Hard.” Renowned for his visionary production style and seamless fusion of
Hot on the heels of HEART, RAVENSCOON has now revealed the next pivotal chapter of his debut album, PERIPHERY, titled MIND. The 18-track opus, PERIPHERY, uniquely fragments into four thematic EPs: BODY, HEART, MIND, and SOUL, each resonating deeply with RAVENSCOON’s multifaceted musical ethos. MIND EP offers a potent concoction of cerebral soundscapes and impeccable
44 Ardent continues to impress us with his ability to make tunes that instantly grab our attention and lock us into a groove that orbits his world. His latest single “onlyknow” is a mix between UKG and lo-fi elements that seamlessly come together for a intoxicating experience. Paired with heavily autotuned vocals and a dreamy
Jimmy Pé has led quite the impressive career thus far, with his music tunes already managed to catch the ear UZ, Lefto, Daedelus and has already released music on prestigious labels such as Quality Goods Records, Saturate Records, and others. Jimmy has toured in the USA, India, and Europe, he’s played Sziget Festival, Outlook Festival,
It might have come as a surprise when it was announced that S.P.Y, the elusive DJ, producer and now label boss of DARKMTTR Records, would be taking over the legendary XOYO in London for the whole of November. The Brasil-born mega DJ generally only picks the gigs he’s really excited about and, with his release
In a super weekend for specialty, Saltburn had a lofty open on seven screens and The Holdovers a nice $2.7 million in a major week-three expansion that put it at no. 6 at the domestic box office. Actors are once again out promoting their films and indie/original fare continues to benefit from fewer studio releases
EXCLUSIVE: Derval Whelan, who previously worked at Searchlight Pictures for 14 years until 2021, is returning to the Disney specialty label as their Head of Distribution. She takes over for former Head of Distribution Frank Rodriguez, who Deadline told you departed for Amazon MGM to be their General Sales Manager. Whelan will be responsible for
Disney original animation is looking at a comeback this Thanksgiving. The princess pic Wish is looking at as much as $45M-$50M over five days after the studio suffering a setback over last year’s holiday with Strange World, which did $18.8M. With the strikes over and Thanksgiving week a primetime for moviegoing with K-12 schools off
EXCLUSIVE: We are hearing from sources that Origin, the new movie from Oscar nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay, is not only the highest tested movie in her career, but for Neon, the pic’s distributor too. Origin landed a 91 total positive in the top two boxes with an 81 definite recommend in its audience testing, outstripping
Refresh for latest…: Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes very (very) narrowly missed the $100M mark globally in its opening weekend, but it’s as near as dammit with an estimated $98.5M through Sunday worldwide. The Francis Lawrence-directed prequel came in slightly higher than pre-frame projections overseas with $54.5M from 87 international
Broadway box office took a 7% slide in the week before the Thanksgiving holiday, with the 29 shows settling in at a total $27,060,113 in receipts. Attendance for the week ending Nov. 19 was 228,423, about 86% of capacity and a slip of 3% from the previous week. The attendance figure is 12% lower than
Emerald Fennell’s dark comedy Saltburn takes a massive jump from to over 1,500 screens today as Bradley Cooper’s Maestro, Hayao Miyazaki’s latest The Boy and the Heron, animated They Shot The Piano Player and other festival favorites launch awards season runs this Thanksgiving specialty weekend. Apple, opening Napoleon wide with Sony, is also planting a
UPDATE: The Thanksgiving stretch will see the most amount of moviegoing for this fall after being slowed down by the actors strike. Currently the top five movie standings in terms of grosses are looking better than that of the top five of 2021, our first holiday back post-pandemic which for all titles grossed $142M per
EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros‘ highly anticipated Paul King-directed feature musical Wonka has hit early tracking six weeks before its release on Dec. 15 with box office analytics corp The Quorum predicting a $20M-$23M opening. Note it’s still early in the campaign, so there’s potential for upside. Unlike other tracking services which project three weeks before a
Ridley Scott’s Napoleon through Thursday has grossed an estimated $21M worldwide. The Apple Original Films and Sony Pictures action epic is now eyeing a $70M-$73M five-day global opening, including $40M from the international box office. Should those numbers hold, this will be well ahead of pre-weekend projections. The Joaquin Phoenix-starrer stormed into eight overseas markets
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