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Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue (Credits - UN Photo 647126)
Human
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abuse in
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Leading Black celebrities: Sean
Fletcher - Good Morning
Britain presenter, Kriss Akabusi
MBE - Olympic athlete, as well as
healthcare professionals; are rallying
behind a life-saving NHS Bowel
Cancer screening campaign.
The campaign encourages people
in London who have been sent a free
NHS bowel cancer screening home
test, to use it - to check if they could
have bowel cancer.
In the UK, 43,000 people are
diagnosed with bowel cancer every
year. Yet it is one of the most
preventable cancers.
Bowel cancer screening can help
prevent bowel cancer by finding it at
an early stage when it’s easier to treat,
and research shows that those who do
their test are 25% less likely to die
from the disease.
Dr Austin Obichere, Director of
UCLH’s Bowel Cancer Screening
Programme, said: “It’s important to
normalise conversations about bowel
movements and stool within Black
communities in order for people to
stop feeling embarrassed and complete
their bowel cancer screening test when
they receive it.”
“Screening can help prevent bowel
cancer or find it at an early stage when
it’s easier to treat. That’s why the NHS
sends out free bowel cancer screening
kits to use privately at home. They are
for people with no symptoms and most
people do not require any further
investigations. If you are sent a kit,
please use it.”
Good Morning Britain Presenter -
Sean Fletcher is supporting the
campaign and said: “My mother
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Black celebrities back Bowel cancer
screening campaign
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passed away from bowel cancer - and the
impact this had on us was devastating. I am
calling on all those who have received a
bowel cancer screening kit to do it
straightaway. It only takes a few minutes -
and could save your life.”
Olympic athlete - Kriss Akabusi
MBE says “If you are aged 56-74, I urge
you to take the simple bowel cancer
screening test that comes through the post.
As a fit, healthy and strong-willed man in
my 60s, I thought I was invincible,
however, I had a cancer scare and it was a
wakeup call. Do it for yourself and your
loved ones.”
Taking a bowel cancer screening test is
easy. It’s a free NHS home test kit called a
Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT). To do
the test, you use the kit to collect a small
sample of your stool that is sent to a lab via
a prepaid postage label (no stamp is
needed). The sample is checked for tiny
amounts of blood. Blood can be a sign of
polyps or bowel cancer. Polyps are
growths in the bowel. They are not cancer
but may turn into cancer over time.
About 98 out of 100 people who use
their NHS bowel cancer screening kit need
no further tests.
Janet Murungi, 56, from Stoke
Newington, recently took her bowel cancer
screening test and was surprised by how
quick and easy it was. “The instructions
were very straightforward,” says Janet.
“It’s very easy to do - you just follow a few
simple steps and you’re done!”
Janet is now encouraging others to do
the same. “No matter what, you must not
ignore your test. Bowel cancer screening
saves lives and early detection means you
can get treated sooner if something doesn’t
look right. I encourage everyone to be safe
and do it as soon as possible.”
Bowel cancer screening saves lives.
For further information, please
visit https://www.healthylondon.org/BCS
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The Equatorial Guinean authorities
must immediately stop arbitrarily
and indiscriminately arresting young
men in their fight against gang crime,
Amnesty International has said - after
documenting numerous testimonies related
to these arrests.
In response to an alleged increase in
crime by youth gangs, especially a group
known as the “8 Machetes”, Equatorial
Guinea’s Vice President, Teodoro Nguema
Obiang Mangue, launched a national plan
to combat these gangs at the beginning of
May, which was labelled by the authorities
as a “Cleaning Operation”.
On 9 May 2022, Vice President
Nguema Obiang Mangue said in a video
broadcast on national TV that he had
decided to launch the operation ‘to clean’
the streets of Equatorial Guinea of
criminals and bandits, and to highlight the
“right way” to young criminals.
“The ‘Cleaning Operation’ in
Equatorial Guinea is deeply concerning as
it leads to egregious violation of human
rights. Under the pretext of fighting
criminality, young people are being
arbitrarily arrested and detained, with many
facing torture or other ill-treatment, losing
their lives, or being forcibly disappeared,”
said Marta Colomer, Amnesty
International’s Senior Campaigner for West
and Central Africa.
“The Equatorial Guinea authorities
must immediately end this campaign,
which amounts to little more than a targeted
assault on human rights. It is entirely
possible to deal with criminal cases while
also respecting human rights.”
Mass arrests and curfews
The government’s plan includes a
curfew for young people, as well as sending
suspected criminals to high security
prisons. In a single week in May, more than
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three months later, thousands of young men
were reportedly arrested across the country.
Due to a lack of evidence in some cases,
some judges decided to grant parole to
those arrested. At least two of those
arrested, however, died in prison.
Amnesty International spoke with
relatives of arrested and detained
individuals. In many cases, they said their
relatives were mistreated by the security
forces during their arrest and detention.
Rubén, a 21-year-old from Campo-
Yaunde, was arrested alongside a group of
other young people on 20 May while
gathering in the Campo-Yaunde area of
Malabo, the capital. The group had been
described by the authorities as criminals.
On 6 June, he died in prison. The family
received his body and a medical report,
which indicated that Rubén had suffered
from breathing difficulties and anorexia,
among other health issues. The family
maintains that Rubén had no health
problems at the time of his arrest.
An older brother of two arrested boys
told Amnesty: “The government is reacting
to the actions of a criminal gang that was
stealing from people, but they are taking
people at random. Some are criminals, but
others are just innocent men. They don’t
investigate. We are not the only ones
affected. Many families are also affected all
over the country.”
‘He is a gangster, and we are going to
put him in jail’
For many other young people arbitrarily
arrested by security forces, their
whereabouts remains unknown, while their
families are often left with little or no news.
Lucas, a 24-year-old, was arrested by
the Rapid Intervention Force on 8 May
while spending time with his girlfriend and
other friends. They were taken to the
Central Police Station in Malabo. When
Lucas’ girlfriend, Anita, tried to visit him,
the police said her boyfriend “is a gangster,
and we are going to put him in jail”.
The family heard from informal sources
that Lucas is reportedly being held in Black
Beach, a high security prison in Malabo,
yet nobody could confirm this information.
The lack of official information on his fate
or whereabouts may turn his deprivation of
liberty into an enforced disappearance – a
crime under international law.
Anita told Amnesty International: “The
only thing they are saying is that none of
those arrested are innocent. If at some point
it is proven that they are innocent, then they
will be released. What happened to Lucas
is happening all over the country. It’s not
just here in Malabo.”
Santiago, a 22-year-old student arrested
in the municipality of Bata three months
ago, is still being arbitrarily detained by the
police. Although the police told his family
there was no proof of Santiago’s
criminality, they demanded a payment of
100.000 CFA (around US$150) for his
release. As the family were unable to pay,
Santiago remains in detention in an
unknown location.
“It’s not just my story. All the police
stations are overcrowded with young boys
who have been arrested. The other day,
when I went there, there were at least more
than 400 boys,” said Santiago’s father.
According to the African Charter on
Human and Peoples’ Rights, to which
Equatorial Guinea is a party, arrested and
detained persons have the right to contact
and access a family member or other person
of their choice. A few days before the
launch of the “Cleaning Operation”, the
President Teodoro Obiang Nguema
Mbasogo told the people of Equatorial
Guinea that the plan does not undermine
human rights, and that international human
rights organizations who criticize it are
trying to destabilize the country.
“The Equatorial Guinean authorities
must urgently offer transparent information
on deaths in detention and torture and other
ill-treatment. They must also ensure those
suspected of criminality face justice in fair
trials before ordinary civilian courts and
release all those who have been arbitrarily
arrested and detained,” said Marta
Colomer.

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Missing Owami Davies has been found
Owami Davies
Owami Davies – who had been
missing since she left her family
home in Grays, Essex, on
Monday, 4 July, has been found.
The Metropolitan Police said Owami
was located in Hampshire today, as a
result of a call to police this morning
from someone who had seen media
appeals.
A Police statement added that “This
was the 118th reported sighting to police
and was received at 10:30hrs this
morning. She appears fit and well cared
for.
“Owami’s family has been informed
and they have spoken to her.
Officers will speak to her more fully
in due course about her welfare.”
Detective Chief Inspector Nigel
Penney, Specialist Crime, said: “This is
the outcome we were all hoping and
praying for. My team has been working
around to clock to find Owami and we
are immensely relieved she has been
found.
“I would like to sincerely thank the
media and public for sharing appeals to
find Owami. Your help in cases like this
is crucial and we are very grateful. I’d
like to also thank colleagues at Essex
Police for their invaluable assistance
during this investigation.”
Commander Paul Brogden added:
“We know there have been concerns
raised around the search for Owami. We,
alongside our colleagues in Essex
Police, will be carrying out a review of
all our actions from when Owami was
first reported missing to ensure we have
acted correctly and to identify any ways
to improve our response to finding other
missing people.”
The Met’s Specialist Crime
Command led the investigation to find
Owami. The MPS has also sought the
support of the National Crime Agency
to draw on their specialists capabilities –
from within the Major Crime
Investigative Support Command.
Five people were arrested in relation
to the enquiry - all were released on bail,
whilst the investigation team followed
up on further enquiries.

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MSDUK celebrates 16 years of
championing Supplier Diversity
Minority Supplier
Development UK
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The Conference will kick off on
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The Business Awards Dinner will
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The Conference has attracted
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The largest Supplier Diversity
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The MSDUK Conference &
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and finds solutions to embed
supplier diversity, sustainability and
economic inclusion into corporate
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MSDUK has worked with over
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“It’s great to see how far we have
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how supplier diversity has now
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up many new opportunities for
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diversity programmes help
addresses the issue of economic
inequality and encourage
entrepreneurship in underrepresented
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Shah noted that “MSDUK is
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British EMBs and work with
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understand the value of supply chain
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“The government is making
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Education
Nobel Prize-Winning expert cites
Bridge Academies’ system as a
solution to Learning Poverty
The World Bank defines learning
poverty as the state where students
are unable to read and understand
simple text by age 10. They revealed that
53% of children in low- and middleincome
countries suffer from learning
poverty because they cannot read and
understand a simple story by the end of
primary school. In the Sub-Saharan Africa
region, learning poverty incidences are
alarmingly high, with rates ranging
between 80% and 90%. Since reading is
one of the fundamental skills necessary for
learning, the lack of ability to read will
limit young children’s opportunities
because they will not be able to progress
in areas such as mathematics, science, and
humanities.
The lack of security in schools has also
contributed to why the majority of children
in the African region are unable to go to
school and learn. This is why Ibironke
Adeagbo aims to stabilise and strengthen
the security of schools in Nigeria by
partnering with a security company to
reduce the number of ‘out-of-school’
children in the community. With this, more
children will be able to learn and grow in
a secure environment. However, learning
poverty may also indicate that school
systems aren’t well organised to facilitate
effective learning.
How can Standardisation address
Learning Poverty?
In a ground-breaking study by Nobel
prize-winner Professor Michael Kremer,
along with his colleagues, into the teaching
methodologies of Bridge Academies, they
found that learning gains are much higher
among students when education is
standardised. Their research data showed
that primary pupils through Class 8
in Bridge International Academies
Kenya gained almost an additional year of
learning under the school’s integrated
methodology compared to traditional
schools. Instead of studying the same
lessons for their year level in three years,
students in the academy only took two
years of studying.
For pre-primary pupils, the learning
gains were even bigger. Students in Bridge
International Academies gained almost an
additional year and a half of learning since
they learned in two years what students in
other schools learn in three and a half
years. Moreover, 82% of Grade 1 pupils in
Bridge Academies schools were already
able to read a sentence. This is a huge
difference from the 27% of children who
can read in the same grade level from other
schools.
To achieve this, Bridge International
Academies delivers highly detailed lesson
guides and textbooks to allow teachers to
understand what they should teach and
how they should teach concepts. Apart
from standardised teaching methods, the
academy also follows a consistent format
in the construction of physical classrooms
as well as how they conduct teacher
monitoring and feedback. Since the
lessons and method of teaching are
standardised, it will ensure that all children
receive the same quality of education and
they are learning the appropriate lessons
they need for their grade level or age.
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encourages policymakers to explore the
possibility of incorporating
standardisation, such as standardised
lesson plans and teacher feedback and
monitoring, in their systems. Through the
example set by Bridge Academies, schools
can significantly lower the high rates of
learning poverty in the continent because
students can acquire quality education in a
short time. It also provides equitable
learning opportunities for students in lowincome
communities.
Is there a universal solution?
Although Bridge Academies showed
that standardisation works, it may not
work for all cases because different
communities may require different
strategies. UNICEF shared that the
curriculum and teaching method of
schools must adjust to meet students’
learning needs, especially when schools
have just recently reopened. They
explained that instructors must reach out
to every child to keep them in school,
assess students’ learning levels regularly,
prioritise teaching the fundamentals, and
increase their efficiency of instruction.
Along with these short-term interventions,
schools must complement them with many
other reforms in teachers’ careers and
incentives, instructional methods, and
safety protocols.
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Opinion
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TheTrumpet
ASUU: Time for all of us to shift
ground and compromise By Dr Gbolahan Gbadamosi
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Let me start with some background
and a couple of confessions. I
started as an extreme ASUU
supporter. In my world, ASUU can do no
wrong. After all, here are a group of
knowledgeable citizens with an intense
passion for their country. The fact that
they remain in Nigeria instead of “japaa”
– they could elope for other climes. Other
citizens do it every day. If ASUU
members wanted to be rich and well paid,
they would be in the industry since the
private sector pays more, or they could be
entrepreneurs making money for
themselves. Instead, they stayed faithful
to their calling, exchanging ideas and
knowledge, and imparting the same on
the younger generations selflessly. I have
argued elsewhere how part of their
wisdom led to the establishment of
today’s TETFUND, which is doling out
billions for extra funding for education
which ASUU recommended and the
government implemented a couple of
decades ago. So, it is difficult to argue
that ASUU members are unpatriotic and
lack wisdom. If you make that argument,
you will not be doing so with a straight
face.
From my extreme ASUU support, I
started to re-examine my position. The
more I examined the facts, the more I
realised that we are not making any
progress and that we have significantly
retrogressed from where we were 30-40
years ago. With ASUU’s brainstorming
and the regularity of strikes, we will
mostly agree that our universities have
become less competitive globally and
worse off than they were 30-40 years ago.
So gradually, I moved my position away
from extreme ASUU support, and I did
not realise how I found myself in fierce
ASUU opposition. For clarity, I remain
focused on all my positives about
ASUU’s demands and ideals. What
changed was that I no longer agreed that
ASUU’s method was working; thus, I
wanted a change of strategy.
In my gradual journey from one
extreme to the other, I have never been on
the side of government. I have written
many opinion pieces on ASUU, and not
in one have I supported the government,
but I have been vocal against ASUU’s
strategy in many ways. As a result, many
friends became lukewarm toward me,
and perhaps a few have drawn away from
me. In Nigeria, there is no middle-of-theroad
when you are involved in any
discourse. Either you are with me or
against me – that is how most Nigerians
flow. If you do not stay strong with one
side, you are immediately categorised as
belonging to the other camp.
I have been having my reflection and
introspection and engaging myself with
nearly every single opinion piece written
in the popular press and social media. I
have recently realised that perhaps we
have been unable to resolve the ASUU
lingering crisis because of our inability to
compromise. The two sides of the debate
and debacle want victory. Nigeria should
be victorious, not the opposing parties
and their supporters. Neither ASUU nor
its supporters or indeed government and
her apologists should seek or claim
victory. What we miss is that the success
should be for Nigeria.
Between 1999 and 2015, most
citizens who queue up behind ASUU are
today’s APC supporters. Then, they were
vocally pro-ASUU, blaming the previous
government as clueless where it concerns
ASUU’s demands. The PDP supporters at
the time called for compromise and peace
on the part of ASUU. They labelled
extreme ASUU supporters as saboteurs of
Nigeria. That role has swapped. The most
ardent supporters of ASUU today are the
converted adversaries of ASUU and
today’s PDP supporters. The APC
supporters are the ones calling ASUU
names today. Some APC/PDP adherents
are confused about where they should
stand as far as ASUU goes.
I have realised that we can make
sustainable, sustained, and shared
progress only if all parties compromise.
Both ASUU and government must yield
some ground and save face. Those who
argue for less are probably self-righteous
people who are more interested in shame
for one party and not the other.
I recently reached out to my friends
and contacts to share one or two points
(not a long list) of how we can best
resolve the ASUU-FG imbroglio. My
interest is not in merely calling off the
ongoing 6-months strike that will happen
again but in how we can potentially make
the current strike the last one ever. How
can universities, parents, students, and
other tertiary education stakeholders
begin to have long-term plans for their
involvement and put time into it? I am
not seeking any glory nor claiming to
have any visionary solution to the
ongoing crisis in the universities. Instead,
I desire and thus seek a collective
solution for which we all can take credit.
I have a few ideas, but I will put together,
in addition, suggested solutions that have
been sent my way. Potentially, a list of
rational solutions.
A simple argument against my
proposal is to call it lazy. Why? There are
abundant government reports gathering
dust and a salvo of articles (academic and
public opinion pieces) that have made
recommendations over the last 40 years.
Why can’t we engage a collective to read
all these and create a shortlist of solutions
available?
One primary reason we have all not
considered a compromise an option is
that we have allowed our anger to
becloud our judgement. Reasonable
citizens have become too angry. When
you ask for a solution, many spend most
of their time boiling over and expressing
anger and disgust. This anger is mainly at
the government and, in some cases, at
ASUU. This sentiment and state of mind
make it impossible to seek solutions in
any compromising way.
As I argued elsewhere, there is
enough blame to go around. If you prefer,
that blame may be apportioned to only
one party. My argument is that we have
read enough of those blames, yet we are
not out of the doldrum. So, specific to the
lingering crisis, why not let us stop the
blame game, swallow our anger a bit and
propose solutions in one or two bullet
points, probably not more than 100
words?
I look forward to reading your short
views, and in my follow-up post, I will
provide the list. There are four options
solutions I have received so far.
Academic staff in Nigerian universities demand better wages
Dr Gbolahan Gbadamosi, an
Associate Professor in Organisational
Behaviour and Human Resources
Management at Bournemouth
University, can be reached at:
gbola.gbadamosi@gmail.com

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Earn money as a Trumpet Ambassador
campaign.
Sale of Banner Adverts, ‘Highlights’ and
Mail-shots our in Email Newsletters.
With rates ranging from £100 to £500 per
insertion, we pay Ambassadors a 15%
Commission.
Sale of Advertising on our Social Media
channels.
With rates ranging between £100 to £200
per channel per post, we pay a 15%
Commission.
Sale of Sponsorship, Advertising,
Exhibition spaces and Tickets for GAB
Awards and Trumpet Connect.
With most products and services ranging
between £100 and £20,000, we pay a 15%
Commission.
Engagement Status
Our freelance Ambassadors run their own
business, work from their own home or
office, and choose the amount of time
they devote to the programme. They work
towards the amount they want to earn.
They choose their legal status in terms of
whether they operate as a Self-Employed
individual or a Limited Company or any
other appropriate status depending on the
country they operate, but we suggest you
take professional advice on this.
Ambassadors are fully responsible for
ensuring their tax affairs and other related
issues fulfil the legal requirements of their
country of operation.
Incentives
From time to time, to incentivise our
Ambassadors, we may run special
promotions, or reward achievements,
milestones and introduction of other
Ambassadors to the programme through
cash or advert credits.
About Us
Trumpet Media Group is an
international media organisation with
various media products, services and
events targeting Africa, Africans and Friends
of Africa in the Diaspora and on the
Continent.
Its first media venture - Trumpet Newspaper
started 23 years ago - in 1995, closely
followed by the founding of the prestigious
Gathering of Africa’s Best (GAB) Awards in
1999. There are a number of other niche
products, services and events - with plans to
grow our portfolio over the coming months
and years.
Sales Ambassadors
Our planned future growth has given rise to
the need to take on talented and ambitious
Sales Ambassadors who share our vision of:
promoting the positive image of Africa and
Africans, and are able to sell some (or all) of
our growing number of products and services
on a freelance basis.
Products and Services
We are introducing our portfolio of products,
services, and events below on to the Trumpet
Ambassadors Programme (TAP) in phases.
Print Newspapers: The Trumpet Newspaper
and Trumpet Ghana Newspaper.
Website: www.TrumpetMediaGroup.com
Email Newsletters: Trumpet Newsbreaker,
Trumpet Kenya, Trumpet Nigeria, Trumpet
Sierra Leone, Trumpet Gambia, Trumpet
Ghana
Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram,
Pinterest, LinkedIn, Google+ and WhatsApp.
Events: GAB Awards and Trumpet Connect.
The Opportunities
Opportunities to earn revenue through
Commissions are currently available by
way of:
Sale of Subscriptions to any (or both) of
our Print Newspapers.
With Annual Subscriptions starting from
£60, we pay a 10% Commission.
Distribution and Sales of bulk copies our
Newspapers.
We pay a 35% Commission - split between
the Ambassador and the Sales Outlet.
(Outlets will usually take between 15%
and 25% depending on its type and your
negotiating skills.)
Ambassadors may choose to sell directly
to their clientele or at events and keep the
entire 35% Commission.
Sale of Advertising Spaces in our Print
Newspapers.
With most Advert Spaces ranging from
£80 to £4500 per edition, we pay a 15%
Commission. You receive a Commission
on all editions in the campaign in line
with the Client’s payment - for example, if
an advertiser books and pays for six
editions, you get a Commission on all six
editions.
Sale of Banner Adverts on Website
With Banner Adverts ranging between
£50 and £200 per week, we pay a 15%
Commission for the length of the
Payments
Commission Payments to Ambassadors
are made by the 15th day of the month
following payment of Clients - For
example, Commission on Clients’
payments in January will be paid by 15th
February.
Distribution and Sales of bulk copies of
Newspapers (4.3) are excluded from the
payment arrangement above (7.1).
An Ambassador buys and pays for bulk
copies in advance at a discounted rate
with the TAP Commission deducted upfront.
For example, if an Ambassador
orders bulk copies worth £100 in advance,
the Ambassador only pays us £65
(deducting the 35% Commission upfront).
We operate a No-Returns policy on
Newspaper Sales.
Joining the Programme
It currently costs £100 per annum to join
the Trumpet Ambassadors Programme
(TAP).
Introductory Offer - Join the programme
by 31 August 2018 and accumulate sales
of at least £1000 across any or all of our
products by 30 September 2018; and we
will reward you with 100 TAP Points
worth £100 - which you can spend on any
of our opportunities (4.2) - (4.8).
To join the programme, please request the
Trumpet Ambassadors Programme Form
and via email: info@the-trumpet.com

Food & Drink
AUGUST 24 - SEPTEMBER 6 2022
TheTrumpet
Nominations open for hospitality
awards seeking to drive racial equity
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Writer of the Year
Head Office Impact
Rising star
The Be Inclusive Hospitality
(BIH) Spotlight 2022 Awards
– which has been set up to
drive racial equity in Hospitality,
Food and Drink, has opened
nominations for the inaugural event.
Founded by Lorraine Copes,
nominations close on September 9.
The awards will celebrate
businesses and individuals of
exceptional talent and achievement
from Black, Asian, and Minority
Ethnic backgrounds working within
the hospitality industry.
Nominations are being taken
across 11 Award Categories:
Chef of the Year
African Food
Caribbean Food
East and South East Asian Food
South Asian Food
Middle Eastern Food
Bar/Pub of the Year
Drinks Professional of the Year
The public are invited to put
forward nominations across all
categories, and self-nominations are
also welcomed. The shortlist and
winners will be decided by an expert
judging panel.
In addition, there will be two
Peoples’ Choice awards which will be
decided upon calculating the most
nominated person and restaurant: The
Peoples’ Choice Person of the
Year and The Peoples’ Choice
Restaurant of the Year.
The shortlist will be published on
24 September 2022 and winners
announced at a live event ceremony
on Monday, 24 October 2022 at
Percy’s London.
The judging panel for the BIH
Spotlight Awards will be co-chaired
by two of the industry’s most
respected personalities, TV presenter
and celebrity chef - Andi Oliver
alongside CEO and Chairman of
luxury restaurant group, D&D
London, Des Gunewardena. Joining
them on the judging panel will be
food and diversity consultant Mallika
Basu; Masterchef winner and
restauranteur, Shelina Permalloo;
author and chef, Mike Reid; global
Rum ambassador, Ian Burrell; wine
and sake educator, Shane Jones.
Andi Oliver said: “I am thrilled to
be working with the brilliant Lorraine
Copes and Be Inclusive Hospitality
on these hugely significant awards.
We all love our industry but there is no
denying it needs a shake up! The way
that we view excellence can and should
be expanded. There are amazing chefs
from a plethora of backgrounds,
working all over the country, who are
creating stunning food that reflects the
multiplicity of culture in the UK.
This is a way to uplift and celebrate
their work! And right on time it is too!”
Lorraine Copes, Founder of Be
Inclusive Hospitality stated that,
“Our aim for the BIH Spotlight Awards
is to present opportunities for the
nominees and winners alike enabling
them to advance and widen their
Lorraaine Copes
business networks and audiences. We
look forward to celebrating the success
of some of the brightest stars of the
present and the future.”
Be Inclusive Hospitality (BIH) is a
not-for-profit organisation, founded by
Lorraine Copes in 2020 to build a
thriving community to accelerate race
equity within hospitality, food and
drink. Lorraine is an award-winning
advocate and champion of change in
the hospitality industry. She was the
winner of GQ Magazine Food and
Drink Innovator 2022 Award, and has
been voted one of the 100 most
influential entrepreneurs in hospitality
for 2022. She has held an illustrious
career in the hospitality industry for
over 20 years and has worked for
Corbin & King and Gordon Ramsay.

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AUGUST 24 - SEPTEMBER 6 2022
TheTrumpet
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Tel: +44 (0) 7956 385 604
We are recruiting:
Independent Sales Consultants
Trumpet Media Group - an
international media
organisation targeting Africa,
Africans and Friends of Africa
in the Diaspora and on the
Continent was founded 24
years ago - in 1995.
Our growth has given rise to the need to engage the services
of self-employed Independent Sales Consultants and
organisations to sell some (or all) of our growing number of
products and services on a Commission-only basis.
The Opportunities
Opportunities to earn revenue through Commissions are
currently available by way of:
· Sale of Subscriptions to our Print Newspapers.
· Distribution and Sales of bulk copies our Newspapers.
· Sale of Advertising Spaces in our Print Newspapers.
· Sale of Banner Adverts on Website.
· Sale of Banner Adverts, ‘Highlights’ and Mail-shots in Email
Newsletters.
· Sale of Advertising posts on our Social Media channels.
· Sale of Sponsorship, Advertising, Exhibition spaces and
Tickets for GAB Awards and other events.
To apply, please email: info@the-trumpet.com

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When you think you need A&E,
contact NHS 111 online first
The NHS is encouraging the public to use NHS
111 online to get urgent medical advice
quickly – in addition to existing services –
ahead of what England’s top doctor has said will
be a ‘winter like no other.’
With more people predicted to suffer from flu
this year and hospitals already treating an
increased number of COVID-19 patients, NHS 111
online offers an alternative way to get immediate
medical advice.
Data from September showed that the NHS
was already experiencing record demand for
emergency services, with ambulances responding
to 76,000 life-threatening incidents and call
handlers taking more than one million 999 calls.
The NHS 111 phone service also saw record
demand, with a call being taken every seven seconds.
It’s recommended that if you have an urgent
but not life-threatening medical need, you should
visit NHS 111 online first rather than going
straight to A&E. You can access the service by
visiting the website 111.nhs.uk.
People use the online 111 service for a range
of reasons, including to check their symptoms and
if an injury or illness requires further investigation,
to get information on mental health support
services available, or to seek advice on how to take
a medication.
The service is also able to arrange for you to
be seen at an Urgent Treatment Centre, GP
surgery, pharmacy, emergency dental services
or A&E should you need it.
If you or your loved one have a life-threatening
illness or injury then you should always use 999.
Just think 111 first.
When you think you need A&E,
go to NHS 111 online 111.nhs.uk
or call 111.
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