Red Nose Day is coming up this week, and while people across the country will be taking part in charitable endeavours for Friday 18 March (sometimes involving baked beans and bathtubs), big brands are taking ...

Is there a public figure you just can’t stand? Or a celebrity you’ll go and see in anything, even if it’s likely to be terrible? Are you more likely to give a new product a ...

With its reliance on awareness-raising events, in-person fundraising and support from those who have time, funds and energy, the charity sector has been immeasurably impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Help with increasing visibility in an ...

This is a guest post from Andre Gwilliam, who specialises in Digital PR and Outreach for Digital marketing agency Spike, based in Leeds/London. To implement a PR strategy for a local charity, there are several ...

The PRCA is inviting charities, social enterprises and community businesses to apply to join a supplier directory launched to highlight positive social impacts. Relevant organisations offering services and products for PR and communications agencies can ...

With International Women’s Day approaching on 8 March, the PR industry is gearing up to celebrate the success of women in the sector and to reflect on what still needs to be done to improve ...

Our recent webinar How to build a charity brand included discussion on communicating with stakeholders while building relationships with supporters. Expertise came from Scouts’ director of communications and marketing David Hamilton and brand and ambassador ...

Meet the winning team from Epoch Design who put together the pitch that impressed at this year’s Creative Shootout and won the opportunity to work on a campaign for Crisis. Creative writer (and copy crack ...

Cats Protection is the UK’s leading feline welfare charity with a nationwide network of over 250 volunteer-run branches, 36 centres and over 100 charity shops that together helps around 200,000 cats and kittens each year. ...

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published data protection tips for charities. Charities rely on data – from their donors, beneficiaries, clients, partners, media contacts, influencers, staff and trustees – in order to achieve their ...

A new social media campaign has launched with the aim of raising awareness around diversity in the PR and communications industry. Following comments in M&C Saatchi’s group chief creative officer Justin Tindall’s Private View that ...

The charity sector is a gift to budding PR pros and content marketers. Unlike other “business” sectors where content might yield very little “human interest”, the content available to the charity sector almost writes itself. ...

Mevan Babakar is a digital products manager at Full Fact, a registered independent charity who halt the spread of misinformation with government departments and research institutions. Since joining Full Fact in 2014, Mevan has made a huge impact, ...

Remember the ALS ice Bucket challenge? What started off as a simple campaign to promote awareness of the disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis quickly turned into a social media phenomenon. Would you like to learn the secret ...

Over 17,000 people in brightly decorated bras will be walking the streets of London on Saturday night. This is no parade or mass hen party, but The MoonWalk London, a midnight walk against breast cancer ...

An interview with Stephanie Nimmo, mum-of-four, avid runner, special needs advocate and an official blogger for the London Marathon. Stephanie spoke to us about Daisy, her nine-year old daughter with a life-limiting condition for whom she runs ...

UP Global, a not-for-profit that promotes entrepreneurship, has appointed Diffusion to handle its European launch. T.A. McCann, Brian Cohen, Shari Foldes and Kate Drane take part in an UP Global panel discussion at the 2014 ...

‘The week in PR’ is a look at all the top stories in public relations as reported by the media. Leading the news this week is Justin Bieber’s DUI arrest and the PR fiasco experts ...

The charity Grow Movement has brought in PR firm Rain Communications to drive awareness of its mission, which is to help entrepreneurs in Africa build their businesses.  Grow Movement uses the business consultancy skills of ...