Times are tough, more so than usual. Colleagues we know in our industry have fallen on tremendously difficult times. It’s been both mentally and financially painful. The Advertising Benevolent Fund (ABF) is a fund designed to be serving the advertising industry, supporting these very people in need. But we need your support before we can […]
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The Advertising Benevolent Fund needs your help
Who is the Advertising Benevolent Fund (ABF) you may ask? The ABF has grown out of the need to grant short term financial assistance to those associated with the business of advertising who find themselves in extreme difficulties through illness, accident, loss of support of the breadwinner, and unemployment. Well, you may think, there are […]
Continue readingMore TagOlav Westphal is the ABF’s new President
After serving on the ABF (Advertising Benevolent Fund) executive board for three years, SPARK Media’s Olav Westphal has been named President of the fund by fellow EXCO members. Olav takes over the reins from John Bowles who served as Acting President and President of the ABF for over nine years. The fund exists to offer […]
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The Annual General Meeting for the ABF (Advertising Benevolent Fund) will be held on Thursday 22 March at 3pm. All interested parties involved in the advertising, media and marketing industries are welcome to attend. The meeting will take place at SPARK Media’s offices, Block 3, Burnside Office Park, 410 Jan Smuts Avenue. Please contact chirene@owlhurst.com for […]
Continue readingMore TagABF hosts Poker Night on 28th September
With media agency OMD as a headline sponsor, the ABF is looking forward to hosting media and creative agencies, and media owners at its next fundraiser on the 28th September. Cash prizes are up for grabs for first, second and third place. “We rely heavily on participation from our advertising and media industry contacts in […]
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