The government has announced that shops around England can start opening their doors to members of the general public from June 15th, which is great news but certainly not something to be entered into lightly, without any preparation for social distancing protocols.
It’s a difficult time for us all now and the future may not look as certain as it did a few months ago. Employment, naturally, has been hit hard in general, with businesses closing up overnight, staff members furloughed and job losses seen.
As with any national and global crisis, it is always the poorest and most vulnerable people who will suffer.
And it will be the charities and organisations that we have worked with over the last 13 years whose resources over the coming months and potentially years which will be stretched to the absolute limits.
As with any national and global crisis, it is always the poorest and most vulnerable people who will suffer.
And it will be the charities and organisations that we have worked with over the last 13 years whose resources over the coming months and potentially years which will be stretched to the absolute limits.
On Monday 2nd March, I took up my invitation from the Carnegie Trust to attend the launch of their report Race Inequality in the Workforce at the House of Commons.
The report was produced with UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies and Operation Black Vote and hosted by OBVs Lord Wooley.
The Right Ethos is 13 years old this month. And since the start we have always had inexperienced or no experienced, but keen, individuals looking to break into the campaigns and external affairs sector.
Our survey on the incident last Thursday with Mark Field and a Greenpeace activist has not surprisingly shown overpowering support of Greenpeace.
72% of the responder “strongly agreed” or “agreed” with the statement “Greenpeace should be congratulated on their bravery and continue to take action in this fashion”
On International Women’s Day, Debora Singer MBE, shares her experience of running a campaign that benefits women seeking asylum from human rights abuses abroad.
Just to join the praise for this committed and principled MP who died this week.
Paul Flynn became my MP in Newport West in 1987. I didn’t vote for him. I would never vote Labour and certainly less likely to given the events of this week.
Paul was a campaigner. He had intellectually robust views and then devoted his time and energy in campaigning for them.
Frank Smith has over 18 years experience working in international advocacy, leading global advocacy campaigns on a range of issues and in a range of different organisations and contexts. Over the last year he has been working as a consultant, supporting organisations develop their advocacy capacity and their advocacy strategies so as to improve their overall influence.
His advocacy work in the humanitarian, human rights and international development fields has given me a deep understanding of the international landscape. He has worked closely with different UN organisations, most recently the UNHCR, working as a consultant.
Previous employment include:
Director – No More Epidemics campaign – Management Sciences for Health, USA
Head of Policy – Plan International,
Head of Department – Middle East, Europe, Caucasus, Asia (MEECA) – Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), Geneva
Director of Global Campaigns – World Vision International
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