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Campaign Collective supports recruitment campaign at charity Hestia

Campaign Collective partnered with HR consultant Rachel Meakins to create, define and deliver an Employee Value Proposition (EVP) for life beyond crisis charity, Hestia, to help them retain and attract new employees. Starting as an internal communications brief, the project engaged with Hestia employees from all services and areas, to listen to what it is to …

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UK survival ranks among the worst in the world for deadliest cancers

UK cancer survival rates lag significantly behind other countries according to research shared today by the Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce (LSCT). The Taskforce, which represents six less survivable cancers: lung, liver, brain, oesophageal, pancreatic and stomach, with an average five-year survival rate of just 16%, has released the findings on Less Survivable Cancers Awareness Day …

Representatives of the VAT Burn campaign delivering petition to No 10 Downing St.

Calls for VAT to be removed from sunscreen

A group of charities, cross-party politicians, patients and medical professionals have handed a petition to the Government calling on them to abolish VAT on factor 30+ sunscreen to make it more affordable and reduce cases of skin cancer. The VAT Burn campaign is a response to the rising number of skin cancer deaths in the …

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Putting children at the heart of government

Five of the largest charities working to support children and young people in the UK have come together to call for the next UK Government to put babies, children and young people at the heart of Government policy making, backed by a step-change in investment to transform childhoods across the UK. Action for Children, Barnardo’s, …

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Call for Emergency Energy Tariff as vulnerable households fear the winter

Campaign Collective supports the call for an Emergency Energy Tariff through its work with the Warm This Winter campaign.  The energy bills crisis is now predicted to be so severe that a wide range of health, poverty, housing and environmental organisations and academics have written to Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt MP, to request the introduction of …

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Top 5 tips for a successful campaign

At a recent training session for Social Workers Union frontline organisers, Simon Francis, Campaign Collective founder member, shared inspiration for successful campaigns. Drawing on campaigns delivered by the Collective, including those supported through the SWU Campaign Fund and from the wider world, delegates explored the key elements that successful campaigns have in common. 1. Have …

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Campaign Collective urges ban on forced prepayment meters in Energy Bill

As part of its work with the End Fuel Poverty Coalition and Warm This Winter, Campaign Collective is urging people to contact their MPs to push for a ban on the forced installation of prepayment meters (PPMs). According to new figures from the Warm This Winter campaign, almost three-quarters of the public would back changes …

Public demand more support for people in fuel poverty

The overwhelming majority of the population believe the Government should do more to help people through the energy crisis, according to new polling by the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, which is co-ordinated by Campaign Collective. Over 60 charities, co-ordinated by the Warm This Winter campaign, have joined forces to write to the new Prime Minister …

Charity spreads the word about melanoma danger

May was Melanoma Awareness Month, and UK charity Melanoma Focus ran a huge campaign to get the word out to the public about skin cancer. Campaign Collective led and delivered on media relations activity for the month by developing a UK-wide campaign based on several high impact news stories. The charity was thrilled to get …

Charities react to energy bills crisis

Members of the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, which is co-ordinated by Campaign Collective, have reacted to the news of “sky-rocketing” energy bills and a “woeful” response by the UK Government. Described as a catastrophic rise, the New Statesman quoted the Coalition’s immediate response: This is actually the lives of our kids and the health and …