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Mother’s Union holds 16 days of Activism to highlight abuse of 1 in 3 women

26th November 202025th November 2020 Josie McFarlane 5 Views 0 Comments 16 days, Abuse, Activism, awareness, campaign, communities, Mothers union, violence, virtual events, women

Mothers’ Union members all over the world will be standing up against rising levels of domestic violence and sexual abuse

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Black men are twice as likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer. Help us find out why

26th November 202025th November 2020 Josie McFarlane 5 Views 0 Comments awareness, BAME, Black men, BME, campaign, charity, community, Death, health, Life, prostate cancer, Prostate Cancer UK

In the UK, one in four black men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime, double the one

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What do you know about prostate cancer?

19th November 202018th November 2020 Josie McFarlane 22 Views 0 Comments awareness, Death, health, Life, prostate cancer, risk, UK

1 in 4 black men will get prostate cancer in their lifetime, double the 1 in 8 risk faced by

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16 DAYS 16 FILMS Finalists and Jury Announced

18th November 202017th November 2020 Josie McFarlane 15 Views 0 Comments 16 DAYS 16 FILMS, awareness, Domestic abuse, Event, film, media, violence, women

Modern Films and the Kering Foundation have announced the 16 finalists and jury members for the third annual 16 DAYS

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Prostate Cancer UK super-supporter receives MBE for decade of life-saving conversations

16th November 202016th November 2020 Josie McFarlane 16 Views 0 Comments #Cancer, award, awareness, BAME, black man, BME, health, help, MBE, Prostate Cancer UK, Support

Ex-mechanic Errol McKellar estimates he’s saved around 50 lives and potentially hundreds more from his decade of work raising awareness

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Faith Institutions Launch New Wave Of Fossil Fuel Divestment

16th November 202016th November 2020 Josie McFarlane 27 Views 0 Comments awareness, Environment, Faith, Fossil Fuel Divestment, government

Today, 47 faith institutions from 21 countries, including nine institutions from the UK, announce their divestment from fossil fuels as

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Hindu and Jain communities spread light through Diwali arts competition

13th November 202012th November 2020 Josie McFarlane 24 Views 0 Comments awareness, BAME, BME, communities, Diwali, health, Hindu, Jain, NHS, organ donation

To celebrate Diwali and raise awareness of organ donation, Jain and Hindu Organ Donation Steering Group (JHOD) and NHS Blood

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‘A TV show saved my life – the next 30 seconds could save yours’

6th November 20205th November 2020 Josie McFarlane 29 Views 0 Comments awareness, charity, Death, health, Life, men, NHS, prostate cancer

Prostate Cancer UK supporter, Phil Kissi MBE, explains why a thirty-second online risk checker could save your life. When Phil

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“Untold Killing”: Podcast about the genocide in Bosnia begins today

22nd October 202022nd October 2020 Josie McFarlane 82 Views 0 Comments "Untold Killing, awareness, Bosnia, community, Discussion, Genocide, podcast, sebrenca

This past July marked 25 years since the genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina, often referred to as the worst atrocity

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Kym Marsh fronts #HEREFORHER to end abuse against women

21st October 202020th October 2020 Josie McFarlane 38 Views 0 Comments awareness, campaign, domestic violence, help, hereforher, Kym Marsh, Support, violence, women

Crime+Investigation® launched its End Abuse Against Women initiative in partnership with domestic abuse charity Refuge in November 2019. The initiative

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Trucks To Tackle Trafficking: BIFFA launches anti-slavery campaign

17th October 202015th October 2020 Josie McFarlane 40 Views 0 Comments awareness, BIFFA, Bin lorry. anti-slavery campaign, campaign, Modern Slavery, Trucks To Tackle Trafficking

Biffa, the UK’s leading sustainable waste management business, has today launched a campaign in partnership with charity Hope for Justice,

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Sentencing guidelines for modern slavery offences published

15th October 202015th October 2020 Josie McFarlane 39 Views 0 Comments awareness, crime, government, human rights, Modern Slavery, Sentencing guidelines, trafficking

Proposed sentencing guidelines for offenders guilty of modern slavery offences including slavery, servitude, compulsory labour or trafficking people for exploitation