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Services - grassroots, national and international Successful
campaigns depend on your ability to communicate effectively.
We specialise in helping campaigners and campaigning organisations, from local citizen action groups to larger professional campaigning bodies, deliver their messages efficiently to create change. We also work with government and commercial bodies. Whether you want to communicate with your members and supporters, the local or national news media, funding bodies, government, or other key decision-makers, we can offer assistance based on years of successful campaigning experience. The way we work, and our price-plans, are tailored for organisations of different sizes and different budgets. On this page:  Local grassroots campaigning National campaigning Campaign storytelling from overseas |
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Local grassroots
campaigning In every community there
are dozens of organisations seeking to affect change. Sometimes groups
will be diametrically opposed, e.g. for or against wind turbines.
Groups will often be co-ordinated by passionate local citizens - but passion isn't always enough to succeed. Despite their relative inexperience groups may find themselves up against vested interests with considerable financial resources determined to stop them winning. We exist to help ethically-minded groups of people work with their community, the media, and government and other organisations to deliver the campaigning objectives they seek. We can help. We will do our best to provide assistance you can afford. What we offer: Campaign
plans and options analysis Advice
on relations with local, regional and national news media Ongoing
training and advice to those seeking to write news releases, letters to
editors, and articles Advice and training
for successful lobbying Photography
to back up your campaign objectives, sized for web, leaflet or news
media use Bold,
imaginative leaflet designs and straight-forward websites |
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National campaigning The recession means
campaign-funding is more limited than ever. But by working with us you
have the opportunity to employ professional expertise on a temporary
and consultancy basis, to help you trim your overheads.
Years of experience delivering successful communications for national NGOs and other national organisations (see Projects) mean we can help provide: What we offer: Campaign
plans Options
appraisals Campaign
and web presence audits Advice
on relations with local, regional and national news media Ongoing
training and advice to those seeking to write news releases, letters to
editors, and articles Advice and training
for successful lobbying Copywriting Photography
to back up your campaign objectives, sized for web, leaflet or news
media use Bold,
imaginative leaflet designs and straight-forward websites |
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Campaign
storytelling from overseas Many national and
international NGOs fund and deliver projects overseas.
Effective communication of the value of these projects is key to delivering additional funding. It can also help achieve advocacy targets. Many NGOs rely on snaps taken by non-specialist team members visiting projects for other reasons (e.g. for meetings or to audit delivery standards). We can help deliver excellent materials to help you raise additional awareness and funding at home. By sending a professional campaigner, experienced in gathering interviews, images, film and audio, you can greatly enhance your communications capacity. We can collect all the information you need rapidly and sensitively - and help you write, edit and format it for use. Overseas visits rarely take more than a week (depending on the necessary outcomes), but can provide: Interviews
with delivery team workers and beneficiaries Photographs
of individuals and programme delivery for use in campaigning and
fundraising materials Articles
written for you, at the length you require, for your magazine, website,
or for wider distribution Audio
interviews, edited to the length you require for you website or
powerpoint presentation Short
videos explaining project delivery, for internet use |
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