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Bright One Supports Search for Social Entrepreneurs in Big Venture Challenge
The Big Venture Challenge is a national competition to find the 25 most ambitious social entrepreneurs in England, which UnLtd and the Big Lottery Fund have launched to fill the ‘missing middle’ of the social investment marketplace. Bright One will be providing access to a PR team for each Big Venture Challenge winner. Ben Matthews, founder of [...]
Bright One’s May Social: “Do Good” with @UKTJPR
Date: Thursday 19th May 2011 Location: Adam Street Members Club Time: From 7pm Register: Do Good Facebook Event Hosted by Bright One in partnership with UKTJPR, the UK tech journalism and PR community, this event looks at how technology PR agencies and in-house teams can work effectively with the charities that make up the third [...]
The London Green Fair to host Indian Greenathon
The London Green Fair (4th-5th June 2011), London’s leading free green event, has teamed up with the New Delhi TV Toyota Greenathon to help raise money to buy solar lights for the poorest villages in India. By broadcasting live to millions on Saturday night primetime, direct from the festival, as part of their 24 hour televison event, New Delhi [...]
Global “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” Day – Ballet It Up!
We love this video from Bright One client, The Pixel Project, with illustrations created by and generously donated to The Pixel Project by Mike Weinstein and the animation is by David Roberts. It’s all part of the The Pixel Project and Venture Humanity joint presentation of the inaugural Global Walk a Mile in Her [...]
D&AD Launches White Pencil Award
D&AD, who celebrate creative communication and raise standards within the Design & Art Direction industry, have launched the White Pencil award. The White Pencil will be “awarded to a creative idea that changes the world for the better; an idea that demonstrates the ability to influence real and positive change in the world.” The White Pencil [...]
NGOs need to make friends to further common goals
This is a guest post from Sarah Allison, a freelance PR and Bright One volunteer. That public support is usually fundamental to achieving real and lasting change is nothing new. Indeed, a recent article on the Guardian’s Poverty Matters blog highlights the need for NGOs to look beyond their traditional allies and collaborate with [...]
Applications open for The Taylor Bennett Foundation’s Internship Programme
The Taylor Bennett Foundation, whose purpose is to address the need for greater diversity in the communications & PR industry, is now accepting applications for its award-winning PR training and internship programme taking place over Summer 2011. Over the ten week paid internship, candidates will receive professional training in communications, the media and business, take part in [...]
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Did you receive the June update from Bright One? If not, you’re missing out! New events, new apps, and new clients, as Wig Party, Merism Capital, Patients Know Best and Just Energy all join the Bright One community. Read the June update now and make sure you subscribe to get July’s issue.