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More ad-free spaces coming soon Thanks to our wonderful supporters, many more streets around the UK could see a reduction in harmful adverts in the coming years. In response to our call-out ahead of the local elections earlier this month, hundreds of you contacted your election candidates asking them to sign the Adfree Cities pledge…Continue reading Adfree Cities newsletter May 2026
This blog originally appeared as a newsletter. If you’d like to receive updates from Adfree Cities as they happen, including monthly newsletters and special updates, you can sign up here. Happy New Year one and all (if it’s not too late to say that). We arrive into 2025 bright-eyed and bushy-tailed to continue to fight the…Continue reading January 2025 updates from Adfree Cities
This blog originally appeared as a newsletter. If you’d like to receive updates from Adfree Cities as they happen, including monthly newsletters and special updates, you can sign up here. Season’s greetings from Adfree Cities. As the year comes to a close, we’re looking back over some of our highlights from 2024 and peeking ahead to…Continue reading December 2024 updates from Adfree Cities
This blog originally appeared as a newsletter. If you’d like to receive updates from Adfree Cities as they happen, including monthly newsletters and special updates, you can sign up here. This month’s newsletter looks at the growing movement against Black Friday and consumerism generally. No longer the preserve of activists, anti-Black Friday calls have gone mainstream….Continue reading November 2024 updates from Adfree Cities
Happy Halloween! We don’t need ghosts and goblins to cause a stir, digital advertising is spooky enough. Just look at the image above by Edinburgh-based photographer Etienne Pell that captures the baleful light of a digital billboard as it looms over a lonely bus shelter….Continue reading October 2024 updates from Adfree Cities
This blog originally appeared as a newsletter. If you’d like to receive updates from Adfree Cities as they happen, including monthly newsletters and special updates, you can sign up here. This month we’re trying out a new newsletter format. We have one main news item for you and links to further reading and actions. Let…Continue reading September updates from Adfree Cities