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PRCA Council picks first chair from the public sector
Amanda Coleman, who next month will become the first public-sector comms professional to be made chair of the PRCA Council, has identified boosting PR as a career option in schools and promoting its social benefit as her two priorities.
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Public sector Christmas: Festive fire safety campaigns take a comic approach
Humour is the hallmark of a number of innovative campaigns taking place during the Christmas period, with talking pets, trainee firefighters telling jokes and a parody of the John Lewis Christmas campaign among the approaches being used.
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Government plans push to promote T Levels next year
The Government's controversial policy to introduce T Levels - a vocational equivalent to A Levels - will be promoted in a new campaign next year, after delays to the qualification's introduction and concerns raised by senior civil servants.
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Former FirePRO chair takes on senior local authority role
James Morton, external comms manager at Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service (HFRS), has been appointed comms manager at Winchester City Council.
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MoD battles to improve public perception of veterans
More needs to be done to promote the Armed Forces Covenant, amid concerns over negative attitudes towards veterans, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has admitted.
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NHS warns doctors of the dangers of using messaging apps in emergencies
Doctors have been warned to ensure their comms channels via instant messaging apps cannot be compromised or they may face repercussions under privacy laws, according to new guidance from NHS England.
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Star power boosts Scottish Government campaign launch
Hollywood actor Michael Sheen is backing a bold new campaign by the Scottish Government positioning credit unions as an ethical alternative to banks, with the slogan 'People, not profit'.
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Case study: Hard-hitting campaign helped free modern slaves
A powerful campaign to highlight modern slavery, by public sector comms specialists Kindred for the National Crime Agency, went far beyond the usual measures of success.
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Government coding consortium appoints agency to support media and messaging work
Centropy, a fledgling tech agency, has won the PR account for the Institute of Coding (IoC), a consortium tackling one of the Government's biggest priorities - raising the UK's level of digital expertise as part of its industrial strategy.
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Senior Cabinet Office press officer to lead comms for apprenticeships organisation
Siobhan Bruce, chief press officer at the Cabinet Office, has been appointed head of communications at non-departmental independent body the Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA).
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Fire and rescue service launches campaign to prevent the SAME thing happening again
A chilling film, featuring an elderly man falling asleep as his smouldering cigarette drops onto a newspaper next to his chair, is part of a campaign launched by Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) this week.
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Scottish comms chief seconded to national enterprise body
Little more than a year after being promoted to head of comms for the Scottish Government, John Booth is to join non-departmental public body Scottish Enterprise on a 12-month secondment as director of corporate affairs and marketing.
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National Lottery going local in bid to win hearts and minds
A 'hyperlocal' campaign is to be waged by the National Lottery Promotions Unit (NLPU) in North East Wales to raise awareness among communities of the lottery's legacy in their area.
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M&C Saatchi brought in to relaunch apprenticeships
The Department for Education has brought in M&C Saatchi to help rescue the reputation of its apprenticeship policy - a government initiative that has been dogged by delays and controversy.
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Campaign advocates talking about the weather to save lives
The British obsession with talking about the weather is being exploited in the latest stage of an award-winning suicide-prevention campaign by British Transport Police, Network Rail, Rail Delivery Group and Samaritans.
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Funding for the Government's flagship 'fake news' pilot has ended
The Government has refused to provide assurances over the future funding of its rapid-response unit only months after it was set up to tackle a surge in the volume of fake news.
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Culture Secretary calls for greater public awareness of fake news in propaganda war
There needs to be an improvement in people's awareness of the threat posed by fake news, according to Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright.
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Case study: MoJ opens up about reality of youth prison
The comms team at the Ministry of Justice decided that honesty was the best policy when trying to recruit youth custody officers, by being open about the challenges of the work, in a campaign that has boosted recruitment.
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Exclusive: National Lottery to highlight grassroots funding for 25th anniversary campaign
The National Lottery is to use grassroots examples of its work in a bid to connect with people at a local level as part of its biggest ever comms campaign, PRWeek can reveal.
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M&C Saatchi unveils Home Office hate crime campaign
A quirky new campaign by M&C Saatchi for the Home Office, with the slogan 'It's not just offensive. It's an offence', is exploiting the symbolism of the e-fit image in a bid to put off potential perpetrators from committing hate crimes.
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