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Informed Choices: Public Health Interventions to Shape Smokefree Futures

During Stoptober 2024, the team at Magpie reflects on a decade and a half of dedicated work on smoking interventions, a journey driven by a commitment to public health and the urgent need for transformative change. With new regulations prohibiting smoking for those born after 2009, we stand at a pivotal moment in our collaborative […]

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Health & wellbeing
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Vape candy: A trend or a trap? Five ways to reduce vaping for young people

A recent report revealed that over one million people in England now vape despite never having been regular smokers, marking a seven-fold increase in just three years. E-cigarette use among adults who had never smoked regularly remained stable until 2021, with 1 in 200 (about 133,000 people) vaping. By 2024, this surged to 1 in […]

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Creativity
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Developing a new digital platform for charity St Luke’s Cares

St Luke’s Cares is a charity that plays a crucial role in supporting communities in inner South Leeds. They run a wide range of youth and community programs aimed at empowering residents to reach their full potential. Their initiatives include youth and community groups, a support group for young mothers, a charity shop offering affordable […]

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Why I Support Mental Wellbeing and Suicide Prevention Work

Find out from our Co-Founder Ged why mental health and suicide prevention work is so important for us at Magpie

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How to make your equality, diversity, and inclusion efforts authentic and meaningful

Our guest speaker at this month’s 24 Ideas event, Heena Mistry (National Centre For Diversity Practitioner of the Year 2022) talked to us about authentic approaches to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). Her session helped to inspire and inform us with the goal of avoiding performative actions that serve only to tick a box. According […]

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Overcoming barriers to understand each other better

At our 24 Ideas event in August, I delivered a taster workshop on Cultural Intelligence (CQ), which is our ability to understand and adapt to different cultural situations. CQ doesn’t have a fixed score and can be continuously developed throughout our lifetime. Cultures are shaped by geography, faith, gender, generation, organization, and sector. At our “core” […]

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Utilising creative and innovative sound/movement technology to explore kinosonic experiences for accessibility in art

We were delighted to welcome Helen Davies from Unbound Dance Theatre to talk about her own lived experience and work with the Blind and Visually Impaired (B/VI) community. At Magpie we are always keen to make positive connections with organisations and groups in the VCSE sector, learning from their knowledge and expertise. Fostering an authentic […]

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Co-creating a neuroinclusive workplace

We explore neuroinclusivity through a delicate mix of lived experience story-telling and person-centred exploration of what workplaces can do to support their neurodivergent clients, colleagues, and collaborators.

Creativity
Equality & diversity
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Generating Accessible Creative Assets for Wider Audiences

Accessibility is essential in today’s digital world, ensuring everyone can engage with websites, apps, and online content. Yet, many people with disabilities still face barriers. This article focuses on some of the principles and practices that help to make your creative digital assets more inclusive. It’s important to remember that accessibility is a legal requirement […]

Equality & diversity
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Advocating for gender-fluid colleagues, clients and stakeholders

By creating inclusive environments and addressing misinformation, we can stand against harmful rhetoric and create a more compassionate world for everyone. Trans and non-binary people in the UK are currently facing a notable rise in trans-exclusionary and politically divisive narratives both online and in print media. The 2021 census reported there were 262,000 trans people, […]

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Every man can help to reduce violence against women and girls

Working with the South Yorkshire Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) Magpie has launched Every Man Can, a new campaign to tackle Violence Against Women and Girls.

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Community
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Magpie Meets… Women’s Health Matters

Magpie Meets is a unique exchange programme which exists to fulfil Magpie’s volunteering time and professional development needs through exchanges with a diverse range of change-making organisations. In February, we met with with Women’s Health Matters, a Leeds based charity that exists to support women and girls to live safe and healthy lives.