As of today, our colleague Maarten Spaans (36) is a board member of the Ideële Reclame Foundation (SIRE). Maarten will use his experience in the field of communication and PR to contribute to the organization that has been conducting social campaigns since 1967. The independent…
Just like in 2019, 'affordability of care' should become the most important issue of this year if the Netherlands has its way. And just like last year, 'violence on the street' and 'quality of care' are in the top three. This…
Amstelveen, January 23, 2020 – The farmers' protest of October 1, started by sheep farmer Bart Kemp (Agractie Nederland) has won the Issue Award 2020. Agractie leader Bart Kemp just received the award at De Balie in Amsterdam. The Issue Award is…
Interview with Issue Award nominee Rob Jonkman, who set up a petition in response to the financial shortages in youth care. Five years after the responsibility for youth care in the Netherlands fell to municipalities, 85 percent of them are struggling with…
With the #Doeslief campaign, SIRE (Stichting Ideële Reclame) called on Dutch people last year to treat each other more kindly and respectfully. SIRE exposed everyday incivility using striking statistics. For example, in 2018, 146,571 swearing tweets contained the…
