What emotional abuse feels like
By Reuben Turner on 20 November 2017Read moreThis beautiful film aims to help young people understand that domestic abuse isn’t just about physical violence, it’s about control. Produced pro bono for a small UK charity it’s aimed at reaching a young audience who are newly awake...
32Small talk saves lives.
By Reuben Turner on 15 November 2017Read moreThis new campaign from Samaritans in the UK asks us all to take the time to make small talk (something we English aren’t great at) when we think someone might be suicidal. It’s part of the charity’s mission to...
Internet cartoon cats speak out against #sextortion
By Tom Megginson on 17 October 2017Read moreThorn: Digital Defenders of Children is an American nonprofit organization dedicated to building technology to defend children from sexual abuse. They recently launched this social campaign and educational video, narrated by Canadian actor Shay Mitchell (of Pretty Little Liars) to...
The world’s newest country – an island made of trash?
By Reuben Turner on 14 September 2017Read moreThere’s a mass of plastic waste floating in the Pacific that’s the size of France. To call attention to it, social brand LADBible has teamed up with some creatives, TV presenter Ross Kemp and, erm, Al Gore to have it...
Giant toddler mural protests Trump’s wall of shame
By Tom Megginson on 9 September 2017Read moreA French Artist, known only by the initials JR, has erected a 65′ (20 m) tall photo mural of a Mexican toddler peering over a section of existing border wall between Tecate, Mexico, and California, USA. While this is...
MTA security ads hacked with anti-government messages
By Tom Megginson on 8 September 2017Read moreI have a soft spot for advertising hacks, and this one is rather cleverly done. An anonymous group has altered New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s version of the Department of Homeland Security’s “If You See Something, Say Something” transit security...
This Mumbai poet beats your ears about sexism
By Marc van Gurp on 3 September 2017Read moreWe have posted a lot about campaigns on rape culture and sexual abuse. And I thought we’d have seen it all. Until I encountered this slam poetry from Mumbai based poet Aranya Johar. Wow! The horrors of sexual abuse...
How far would you walk to find clean drinking water?
By Marc van Gurp on 2 September 2017Read moreThis social experiment is confrontational without being shocking and it brings the cause about water, sanitation and hygiene to the streets of England. It is about the lack of clean drinking water for 2.4 million children in Somalia. Kindvertising and Reelmedia Film...
Animation about the right things to teach
By Marc van Gurp on 27 August 2017Read moreCopi, the father in this award winning animation tries to teach his son Paste the right things. But what are they actually? This animated short film is directed by Daniel Martínez Lara & Rafa Cano Méndez. More about the...
Billboards let us look back at 50 years gay liberation
By Marc van Gurp on 1 August 2017Read more50 years ago an important step was taken in England and Wales in decriminalizing homosexuality. On 27th July 1967, the Sexual Offences Act became law. Homosexual acts between two men became legal from then on. Artist Martin Firrell has created six...