Greyhounds in Need (GIN) is an animal welfare charity, aiming to raise awareness amongst pupils in Spanish schools about the galgo – Spanish bred greyhounds used for hunting.Continue reading “Greyhounds in Need”
Greyhounds in Need
Focus Games
Focus Games Ltd were looking for someone to create a press release to announce the launch of their new board game ‘The Food, Mood and Health Game’ to the education sector.Continue reading “Focus Games”
Transferable Skills
I was delighted recently to work with Lewisham and Southwark college in the development of a brilliant idea to engage secondary school pupils. Rather than going in and presenting their usual ‘this is why you should come to our college’ talk to potential students – they thought outside of the box.Continue reading “Transferable Skills”
Children’s activity booklets
I love creating activity booklets for kids, especially when there are other lessons to be learned at the same time. Whether it is coming up with a wordsearch, a quiz or a practical crafty activity they can all come together in a booklet that engages kids and also entertains them.Continue reading “Children’s activity booklets”
Back to school mailings
It’s a debate I often have with clients, whether we should mail schools at the end of the summer term or at the start of the autumn? After years and years of trying out both approaches I can conclude it makes little difference. If you truly want to be effective then mail twice, once at the start of July and then again mid-September. It doesn’t matter if it is email or postal, the same rule applies.Continue reading “Back to school mailings”
Doogies – Business Support
It’s really great when you get to work on things that you really care about. I’m delighted to be working with Niccy at Doogie’s to help her build her business.
There is no specific job description – whatever Doogies’ need is whatever I provide. Whether that is creating forms and documents, managing clients or assisting with website development, my job is to help Doogies grow as a business and help Niccy bring her ideas to life.
Why engineering?
As part of its ‘Why Engineering?’ campaign, the University of Surrey commissioned the development of a curriculum resource to help pupils aged 11-14 recognise and understand the fundamental role engineering plays in our daily lives.
Marketing to schools
Creating great resources and products for schools is one thing, making teachers and educators aware of it is a completely different ball game. Over the years the methods have changed with postal mailings making way for email campaigns and social media, but one thing definitely hasn’t – getting the messaging right.Continue reading “Marketing to schools”
It’s time for ‘The Big Scoop’ June 15-21st
‘The Big Scoop’ is Dogs Trust’s annual campaign to encourage dog owners to clean up after their dogs. To help children understand why scooping the poop is important I worked with a digital marketing agency to develop ‘Jimmy’s Scoop the Poop’ game. Continue reading “It’s time for ‘The Big Scoop’ June 15-21st”
Blogging – Property Industry
David L Fells Estate Agents made contact with me on ‘People Per Hour’. I am currently working on my third set of blog posts for their website.Continue reading “Blogging – Property Industry”
Be Dog Smart
Be Dog Smart is one of the most recent campaigns from Dogs Trust to help everyone be safer around dogs. You can find out more about the campaign here. Continue reading “Be Dog Smart”
Living the Dream
Writing is one of things I love to do, so when an opportunity comes up I usually take it. This is an article I wrote for ‘Lloyds Living the Dream’, a luxury lifestyle magazine, on space tourism.
