Nicola and Chloe at the Green Party Conference

Our Space not Ad Space: Adfree Cities at the Green Party Conference

Chloe Naldrett

Adfree Cities travelled to Manchester to host a panel at the Green Party Conference’s ‘fringe-fringe’ event, Hopeful Humanity.  Our event, which was entitled ‘Our Space not Ad Space: reclaiming public space from harmful advertising’ covered the psychological damage of advertising, the limitations of the current regulating authority, and the ways that communities can fight back against it…Continue reading Our Space not Ad Space: Adfree Cities at the Green Party Conference

A digital advertising screen showing an electronic cigarette advert.

Sheffield: do you want more digital advertising screens? Have your say.

Nicola Wilks

Advertisers want to put a new double-sided digital advertising screen in Sheffield city centre (outside HMV on the High Street) replacing an existing unit which already causes an obstruction to pedestrians using this area. What’s the problem? Each screen would be capable of showing six adverts every minute, and would be brighter and more distracting…Continue reading Sheffield: do you want more digital advertising screens? Have your say.