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The Advertising Association focuses on major industry and policy areas that have huge ramifications on UK advertising. This section contains our work around public health, gambling advertising, data and e-privacy, trust, the digital economy and more.

Credos is the advertising industry’s independent think tank. It produces research, evidence and reports into the impact and effectiveness of and public and political response to advertising on behalf of UK advertisers in order to enable the industry to make informed decisions.

Front Foot is our industry’s member network of over 90 businesses across UK advertising. It aims to promote the role of responsible advertising and its value to people, society and the economy through a coalition of senior leaders from advertisers, agencies and media owners.

We run a number of events throughout the year, from our annual LEAD summit to the Media Business Course and regular breakfast briefings for our members. We are also the official UK representative for the world’s biggest festival of creativity – Cannes Lions.

Britain Get Talking

/ March 3rd 2020

In 2019, ITV’s campaign in support of mental wellbeing, Britain Get Talking, stunned TV viewers around the country. During the Champions Final of Britain’s Got Talent, ITV stopped the broadcasting to give people an opportunity to talk with someone close to them. Mental health is one of the leading causes of disease burden in the UK, with 1 in 4 people affected, however, the busy nature of modern life often gets in the way of being proactive. Britain Get Talking wanted to get at least 700,000 people to literally speak up and act in support of mental wellbeing. This would help to get people to understand the importance of talking and listening about mental wellbeing.