Lords’ Charity Report a “Turning Point”

The Report of the House of Lords Select Committee inquiry on charities has been hailed as a potential “turning point” for the sector. The Report makes 100 recommendations to government and within these, the Committee has accepted all but one of the recommendations the Public Relations & Communications Association (PRCA) gave to the Committee in its …

Senior Labour official to join Campaign Collective

Nancy Platts, former Labour Party candidate in Brighton Kemptown and currently trade union manager in the Leader of the Opposition’s office is to become a Member of Campaign Collective. Nancy commented: I am excited about becoming a Member of the Campaign Collective social enterprise helping not-for-profit organisations benefit from affordable, professional communications advice and support. The Collective’s …

Collective model cuts greenhouse gas emissions by 71 tons

Analysis of the first year of Campaign Collective’s work has revealed that the remote working model has reduced the environmental impact of delivering marketing campaigns. Research on emissions from office workers compared to remote workers suggests that clients commissioning work through the Collective have reduced the greenhouse gasses emitted from delivery of this work by 71 …

Charity survey launched to inform Collective social purpose

To mark the first anniversary of Campaign Collective, the marketing social enterprise has launched a survey to help inform how the organisation will spend the profits allocated to its social purpose fund. The short survey, which will be open until the end of February, asks small charities and campaigners about the support they need. Campaign …

Social enterprise to be focus of #CommsChat

Communications and social enterprise will be the focus of Communicate Magazine’s #CommsChat on Monday 27 February 2017 at 8pm. The weekly Twitter chat is a chance for communications professionals to give their views on the industry and provide advice to their peers. The hour-long discussion will cover five topics, including: The role of communications in …

Comms teams must be vigilant on Link Tax

The European Commission has tabled a new Copyright Directive to be considered in the European Parliament. If passed, publishing giants could be able to levy a charge for linking to their content online, targeting news aggregators such as Google News which provides ‘snippets’ of the article with a link to the original web page. The …

PR Week “ones to watch” revealed

Campaign Collective has been named one of PR Week’s “ones to watch” in 2017. The respected industry publication has listed the Collective alongside six other new agencies which it believes will “make waves” in the year ahead. Commenting on the Collective, PR Week writes: Former Claremont director Simon Francis set up this firm [Campaign Collective] to …

Collective accredits with Living Wage Foundation

  The Living Wage Foundation is pleased to announce that Campaign Collective has today accredited as a Living Wage employer. The Living Wage is an hourly rate set independently and updated annually. The Living Wage is calculated according to the basic cost of living using the ‘Minimum Income Standard’ for the UK. Decisions about what to …