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 [...]
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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 [...]
New Addition to the Bright One Team
A few weeks ago Bright One went looking for a PR superstar in the making to help with the running of the organisation. Well, the search was a success. So much so that we offered the role to not one but two superstars – Tom Fitzgerald and Tove Nordstrom. Here, Tove gives her background and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Would you be interested in a charity news wire?
We were sad to hear that the Media Trust is being forced to close its Community Newswire service due to Government cuts. In case you haven’t heard of it, Community Newswire is a free service that helps charities and communities get their stories into the national and regional press by letting them submit stories online, [...]
Find out what it’s like to be a Bright One volunteer
You may have seen the PR for good Causes series that we’re guest editing over on Behind The Spin (check out a run down of recent articles here), but today has seen the first article about Bright One itself appear. The piece is written by Hayley Chow, whose Twitter bio describes her as being into [...]
The Latest Charity PR Articles on Behind the Spin
In case you haven’t been following the PR for Good Causes theme on Behind the Spin, it’s well worth taking a look at their recent articles: Want to know the top 10 charity campaigns of 2010? Let Petra Opelova show you her top choices. Selwyn Jerry Boston explores the use of celebrity endorsement by charities Melanie [...]
Help name our new micro-volunteering app
The above image is a sneak preview of our new micro-volunteering app. Those who came to the Bright One AGM would have already seen this, but it’s getting closer to launch and we wanted to share some of the thinking behind it before launch, so that you get an idea of the possibilities it opens [...]
Take a look at Bright Works, our micro volunteering app for charity tasks >>
Event Review: #DoGood with @BrightOne & @UKTJPR
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