Sentences with phrase «support social projects»

With the Ludo and The Play Fund, your play time is converted into currency that can be used to donate real - world items to support social projects.»

The project in Chile is in collaboration with Turismo Chile, the Chilean Tourist Board, which has a new remit to support social projects.

For every purchase, 70 % goes directly to support social projects of the buyer's choice and 30 % helps grow the Socialgiver community.

Not exact matches

Projects include writing, graphic design, social media assistance, and even customer, finance, or IT support.

Create projects (and products) that accomplish social transformation, profitability, and cost reduction all at once Green your company in ways that save money and make money Gain enormous positive reputation as a visionary company worth supporting: your own employees recruit new qualified hires while your customers turn into fans, and then even become your unpaid sales force Expand successfully into totally new markets through strategic thinking, powerful partnerships, and commitment to core principles Turn marketing from a cost to a revenue stream Embrace abundance and transformation — and stop worrying about market share

That the clause has not been invoked for 56 years, and doing so wouldn't remotely comply with what Trudeau has called a «social licence» — a fashionable, non-legal concept swaddled in political fleece that means popular support for government projects — but still, that's how the country works.

The company also supports social business and in 2013 McCain Foods signed an alliance with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Muhammad Yunus, to kick - start the «Campo Vivo» project.

One of the most respected banks in the world and known for its support of philanthropy, BNP Paribas honors select entrepreneurs based on the social impact of their work, their personal and financial investment, and the transparency of their projects.

«I have always had an aversion to social media and have primarily used it as a tool to help support our work at Funny Or Die, some of my personal projects, as well as charity causes that I am passionate about,» Ferrell said on Wednesday.»

Brian Jean was all over the BC government's refusal to support Trans Mountain calling it a «body blow» to the energy sector and proof that Rachel Notley's climate strategy didn't deliver the social license Alberta needs to move ahead with energy projects because BC «rejected her entire platform.»

The Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania has supported this project due to its possible social impacts on climate change control.

The American Principles Project (APP) released an important new report yesterday that marshals data showing a majority of Americans support policies held by social conservatives.

But preferred partnership arrangements are with those denominations, leaders and ecumenical organizations sharing their goals: social change, development projects and institutional support.

A social action project aimed at mobilizing congregational support of legislation to provide more opportunities for job training for the poor (primary prevention).

Embodying that mission might include things like worship (always), Sunday School, study groups, accountability groups, social / support groups, local mission projects, and remote mission projects.

City University London Students» Union supports Meat Free Monday as one of its ongoing environmental «Green Dragons» projects, and runs stalls, activities, and social media campaigns highlighting the environmental impact of the meat industry and showing how individuals can make a difference.

The company won the award at the exhibition for its support of the Burneside Community Energy (BCE) project, a social initiative that saw the installation of a 250KW Solar PV Array on the roof of James Cropper's mill in the village of Burneside in the Lake District.

The company also supports social business and in 2013 McCain Foods signed an alliance with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Muhammad Yunus, to kick - start the «Campo Vivo» project.

An award - winning social enterprise and founding B - Corporation member, Numi supports community development projects worldwide.

Whole Kids commits 1 % of sales to a non-profit organisation called One Percent for Our Kids to help fund and support projects and programmes to improve the health, environment and social equity of children.

* Day 1 Monday, February 22, 2016 4:00 PM -5:00 PM Registration & Networking 5:00 PM — 6:00 PM Welcome Reception & Opening Remarks Kevin de Leon, President pro Tem, California State Senate Debra McMannis, Director of Early Education & Support Division, California Department of Education (invited) Karen Stapf Walters, Executive Director, California State Board of Education (invited) 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM Keynote Address & Dinner Dr. Patricia K. Kuhl, Co-Director, Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences * Day 2 Tuesday February 23, 2016 8:00 AM — 9:00 AM Registration, Continental Breakfast, & Networking 9:00 AM — 9:15 AM Opening Remarks John Kim, Executive Director, Advancement Project Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education 9:15 AM — 10:00 AM Morning Keynote David B. Grusky, Executive Director, Stanford's Center on Poverty & Inequality 10:00 AM — 11:00 AM Educating California's Young Children: The Recent Developments in Transitional Kindergarten & Expanded Transitional Kindergarten (Panel Discussion) Deborah Kong, Executive Director, Early Edge California Heather Quick, Principal Research Scientist, American Institutes for Research Dean Tagawa, Administrator for Early Education, Los Angeles Unified School District Moderator: Erin Gabel, Deputy Director, First 5 California (Invited) 11:00 AM — 12:00 PM «Political Will & Prioritizing ECE» (Panel Discussion) Eric Heins, President, California Teachers Association Senator Hannah - Beth Jackson, Chair of the Women's Legislative Committee, California State Senate David Kirp, James D. Marver Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley Assemblyman Kevin McCarty, Chairman of Subcommittee No. 2 of Education Finance, California State Assembly Moderator: Kim Pattillo Brownson, Managing Director, Policy & Advocacy, Advancement Project 12:00 PM — 12:45 PM Lunch 12:45 PM — 1:45 PM Lunch Keynote - «How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character» Paul Tough, New York Times Magazine Writer, Author 1:45 PM — 1:55 PM Break 2:00 PM — 3:05 PM Elevating ECE Through Meaningful Community Partnerships (Panel Discussion) Sandra Guiterrez, National Director, Abriendo Purtas / Opening Doors Mary Ignatius, Statewide Organize of Parent Voices, California Child Care Resource & Referral Network Jacquelyn McCroskey, John Mile Professor of Child Welfare, University of Southern California School of Social Work Jolene Smith, Chief Executive Officer, First 5 Santa Clara County Moderator: Rafael González, Director of Best Start, First 5 LA 3:05 PM — 3:20 PM Closing Remarks Camille Maben, Executive Director, First 5 California * Agenda Subject to Change

It began in 2005, as a joint project between the NHS and NCT, which secured local health authority funding to set up a breastfeeding support group in an area of social deprivation with low breastfeeding rates.

The report finds makes a list of recommendations for business, industry, professional bodies and government, namely: Construction businesses · Focus on better human resource management · Introduce and / or expand mentoring schemes · Boost investment in training · Develop talent from the trades as potential managers and professionals · Engage with the community and local education establishments Industry · Rally around social mobility as a collective theme · Promote better human resource management and support the effort of businesses · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Support diversity and schemes that widen access to management and the professions · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility Professional bodies and institutions · Drive the aspirations of Professions for Good for promoting social mobility and diversity · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility · Provide greater routes for degree - level learning among those working within construction Government · Produce with urgency a plan to boost the UK as an international hub of construction excellence, as a core part of the Industrial Strategy · Provide greater funding to support the travel costs of apprentices · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Place greater weight in project appraisal on the impact the built environment has on social mobility The report is being formally launched at an event in the House of Commons latersupport the effort of businesses · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Support diversity and schemes that widen access to management and the professions · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility Professional bodies and institutions · Drive the aspirations of Professions for Good for promoting social mobility and diversity · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility · Provide greater routes for degree - level learning among those working within construction Government · Produce with urgency a plan to boost the UK as an international hub of construction excellence, as a core part of the Industrial Strategy · Provide greater funding to support the travel costs of apprentices · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Place greater weight in project appraisal on the impact the built environment has on social mobility The report is being formally launched at an event in the House of Commons laterSupport diversity and schemes that widen access to management and the professions · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility Professional bodies and institutions · Drive the aspirations of Professions for Good for promoting social mobility and diversity · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility · Provide greater routes for degree - level learning among those working within construction Government · Produce with urgency a plan to boost the UK as an international hub of construction excellence, as a core part of the Industrial Strategy · Provide greater funding to support the travel costs of apprentices · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Place greater weight in project appraisal on the impact the built environment has on social mobility The report is being formally launched at an event in the House of Commons laterSupport wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility · Provide greater routes for degree - level learning among those working within construction Government · Produce with urgency a plan to boost the UK as an international hub of construction excellence, as a core part of the Industrial Strategy · Provide greater funding to support the travel costs of apprentices · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Place greater weight in project appraisal on the impact the built environment has on social mobility The report is being formally launched at an event in the House of Commons latersupport those from less - privileged backgrounds · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility · Provide greater routes for degree - level learning among those working within construction Government · Produce with urgency a plan to boost the UK as an international hub of construction excellence, as a core part of the Industrial Strategy · Provide greater funding to support the travel costs of apprentices · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Place greater weight in project appraisal on the impact the built environment has on social mobility The report is being formally launched at an event in the House of Commons latersupport the travel costs of apprentices · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Place greater weight in project appraisal on the impact the built environment has on social mobility The report is being formally launched at an event in the House of Commons laterSupport wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Place greater weight in project appraisal on the impact the built environment has on social mobility The report is being formally launched at an event in the House of Commons latersupport those from less - privileged backgrounds · Place greater weight in project appraisal on the impact the built environment has on social mobility The report is being formally launched at an event in the House of Commons later today.

It also requires them not to «attempt or support the functions, programmes and activities of political, social, ethic or gender interest group in a private capacity and name or in circumstances unrelated to the discharge of the project and tasks of the Civil and Local Government Services».

Key partners include: Greater Buffalo - Niagara Regional Transportation Council (GBNRTC), Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA), New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT); Erie County, Niagara County, City of Buffalo, City of Niagara Falls, Association of Erie County Governments, Niagara County Supervisors Association, University at Buffalo Regional Institute and Urban Design Project (UBRI / UDP), Daemen College Center for Sustainable Communities and Civic Engagement (CSCCE), VOICE Buffalo, Local Initiatives Support Corporation Buffalo (LISC), Western New York Environmental Alliance (WNYEA), Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper, The John R. Oishei Foundation, Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC), Belmont Housing Resources for WNY, Inc. (Belmont), Buffalo Niagara Partnership (BNP), Empire State Development, New York State Department of State, Division of Smart Growth, Niagara County Department of Social Services, and Niagara Falls Housing Authority.

Innovative housing projects should allow the elderly people to live independently and self - sufficiently with only minimal support for as long as possible while at the same time preventing social isolation and negligence.

Whilst in opposition to the then liberal government, current Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta and his Social Liberal Union (USL), an alliance of several political parties, vehemently protested against the Rosia Montana mining project, which was supported by President Traian Basescu and his Democratic Liberal Party (PDL).

Qubric described itself as «a social company» with any profit going towards «supporting projects in working - class Protestant areas».

Through this project, SPIRASI and Freedom from Torture are working together to provide access to a range of multi-disciplinary support to torture survivors in London and Dublin, including physical and psychotherapeutic treatment, psycho - social counselling, legal services and socioeconomic support to torture survivors.

Ms Eze said during the year Total Ghana undertook several corporate social responsibility initiatives, the most significant being its Total Startup Challenge Project which involved providing both financial and mentoring support to young Ghanaian entrepreneurs.

$ 480,575 has been awarded from the Great Lakes Basin Small Grants Program; an additional $ 200,000 will be available 2017 to support coastal resiliency projects: · Natural infrastructure / living shoreline protection techniques · Coastal wetland monitoring and restoration activities · Green infrastructure to improve coastal resiliency · Community stewardship and education initiatives · Coastal property / ecosystem vulnerability analyses · Economic and social analyses of the value of resiliency measures

Under the deal, the company was to promote the county film industry by soliciting support from industry executives, marketing projects, creating a newsletter and developing a «social media presence.»

The young people attending are currently being supported by Envision on a weekly basis to design and implement their own youth - led community projects and campaigns around social and environmental issues.

On the issue of pork barrel spending, the Reform Party would like to keep legislators from using federal funding to support projects that have little economic, social or cultural effect.

Luri said social amenities such as portable water and electricity will also be provided in the new settlement and called on all opinion leaders in the area to support the project which will be completed in November this year.

Methods of citizen science are being opened up to projects in social science to study discrimination and human - rights abuses and to support local peoples in better representing themselves to outsiders.

Also fueling Clinton - Sherrod's excitement about social psychology was her participation in a research project that focused on how social support — safe houses, counseling, intervention programs, and so on — helps people dealing with difficult social issues.

The affinity groups conduct projects in K — 12 schools, provide networking opportunities and mentoring to engineering students, advise companies on best practices to support women engineers, sponsor special lectures and forums, and organize social outings.

The JICA project, titled «Economic and Social Development Support in Developing Countries through Partnerships with the Private Sector» had participants from multiple private organizations in the OSV Consortium (an industry - academic collaborative group that promotes use of OSV technology).

The study is a part of the ongoing ATLAS project, which is a joint effort by Stockholm University and Uppsala University, supported by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (The Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences) and Vetenskapsrådet (The Swedish Research Council), to investigate the genetic history of Scandinavia.

It lets them access support, plug into social networks and participate in research projects for that specific disorder.»

In the RISK Project, researchers found that stressors such as going without food or water after the storm or, worse, losing a loved one predicted longer - term mental health struggles, as did reporting a weak social support network before Katrina.

Their three projects, which have generated social, commercial, and medical applications, were all supported by federal research...

The new proposal promises an «open and ongoing dialogue» about the ethical, legal, and social implications of the work, and suggests that a percentage of the project's funding should go to supporting such discussions.

Following the murders at Charlie Hebdo in January, the agency funded several new research projects on security and violence — for example, into new mathematical models for social interactions — and increased its support for research on human behavior, the Middle East, the Muslim world, and religions in general.

Also following on the lead of those efforts, the Human Microbiome Project will monitor and support research on the ethical, legal and social implications of the research.

Richard is now beginning a sabbatical leave at the PNNL / University of Maryland Joint Global Change Research Institute and the University of Maryland Earth Sciences Interdisciplinary Center, where he will work on several projects that involve integration of natural and social sciences research in decision support.

This course is supported by the project OP EC CZ 1.07 / 2.3.00 / 30.0050 Phenoimage «Founding the expert platform for phenotyping and imaging technologies» of the Operational Program Education for Competitiveness by Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, Czech Republic and European Social Fund.

The project will be supported by: (1) an experienced job placement specialist; (2) trained peer mentors to help recruit participants, maintain a social media presence and provide pre-and post-placement support; (3) internships and other work experience; (4) coordination between school and placement staff from the Florida Department of Vocational Rehabilitation for eligible students; (5) financial training to enable participants to begin building assets; and (6) work incentives information for students receiving Social Security disability bensocial media presence and provide pre-and post-placement support; (3) internships and other work experience; (4) coordination between school and placement staff from the Florida Department of Vocational Rehabilitation for eligible students; (5) financial training to enable participants to begin building assets; and (6) work incentives information for students receiving Social Security disability benSocial Security disability benefits.

The social venture company within the foundation is moving fast on getting the first steps done; however, it won't have enough money to finish the project, and has conducted fundraising campaigns which have helped to support the preclinical studies that are paving the way for the first human trial.