12 Dec 2008
The Prostate Cancer Charity has hired Idea Generation to promote its latest campaign. Eleven urban artists have been commissioned to create works that will be auctioned at Bonhams next February.
12 Dec 2008
| by Gemma O'Reilly
A new umbrella organisation for the voluntary sector has taken on InHealth Communications to handle...National Voices has been established by key players in the voluntary
sector to address the gap ...
12 Dec 2008
Arsenal Football Club is dedicating next week's Premier League clash against Liverpool to the Teenage Cancer Trust. The football club is running PR-led activity to raise funds and awareness of the partnership ahead of the game on 21 December. Arsenal players and directors will be donating a day's wages...
12 Dec 2008
Target: The Department of Health
Protestors: The Daily Mail/Alzheimer's Society
Location: Nationwide
Date: Ongoing from 2 December
- The lowdown The Daily Mail has joined forces with the Alzheimer's Society to protest
at the lack of drugs and care for people with Alzheimer's. Last week,
the...
05 Dec 2008
| by Kate Magee
Remember a Charity launches drive to change perception of charity donations in wills.
05 Dec 2008
Primark's head of external affairs Geoff Lancaster pulled out of PRWeek's 'Taking the Drama Out of a Crisis' conference in London last week after Labour Behind the Label threatened to protest during his speech.
05 Dec 2008
Target: E.ON
Protesters: Camp for Climate Action
Location: Nationwide
Date: 28 November-1 December
The lowdown Camp for Climate Action organised several protests against E.ON's plans
for a coal-fired power station in Kent. Members targeted the energy
firm's offices in London and Coventry....
28 Nov 2008
St Mungo's has called in the agency behind Boris Johnson's mayoral bid to handle its Christmas campaign. InHouse PR will work with the homelessness charity as it attempts to stop donations dipping during the difficult economic period.
28 Nov 2008
Target: Haringey Council
Protesters: Parents/general public
Location: Haringey Council offices
Date: 20 November-ongoing
- What happened? Parents staged a demonstration outside Haringey Council offices last
week to protest at the authority's handling of the Baby P case. As
PRWeek went to press,...
21 Nov 2008
| by Kate Magee
Analysis - Charity targets the 'commentariat' to challenge 'feral children' myth.