Tag: CIPR

CIPR calls on industry support to back lobbying campaign

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) is calling for the PR industry’s support for its Lobbying For Good Lobbying campaign and to back its calls for reform of lobbying laws. The campaign aims to build greater transparency and openness in our politics through reform of the Lobbying Act. The Institute is asking members of the industry to write to their MPs to support the campaign and attend a parliamentary briefing day on Tuesday, April 25. They are also calling for lobbyists to share quotes with them with their views of the…

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PR profession must work harder to “level up” – new CIPR research finds

Stuart Mitchell

The UK public relations profession must work harder to become more diverse or risks a skills and recruitment crisis warns new research from the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR). The public relations industry employs nearly 100,000 people adding £16.7bn to the UK economy, but the research found it is facing a skills and recruitment shortage at the same time as being seen as out of reach by many potential recruits or simply not understood as a career by others. The ‘Levelling Up Public Relations’ report – led by Nottingham-based…

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CIPR and Taylor Bennett Foundation launch industry-led Reverse Mentoring Scheme for PR professionals

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) and Taylor Bennett Foundation launches the Reverse Mentoring Scheme 2023 following another successful run. Over the following 10-months, the scheme will challenge the general organisational infrastructure and representation in PR and communications. Championing diversity and inclusion will help to build trust and transparency for inclusive cultures and change in the industry.  The scheme supports progressive learning as senior leaders are paired with a PR and comms professional from the Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds. Our participants will exchange insight, challenges and experiences…

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New CIPR-supported training launches to help industry manage work related pressure and stress

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has partnered with communications agency fox&cat, the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) and the Healthcare Communications Association (HCA) to launch Under the tree, a free training programme designed to equip PR practitioners with the skills they need to manage work-related pressure and stress. The programme is fully CPD-accredited and includes a 13-week programme with free weekly 45-minute online sessions by trained specialists and senior leader panel discussions around mental health. It was developed in response to 2022’s Workplace Mental Wellbeing Audit revealing…

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CIPR launches ESG Panel with online event series

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) launches its new ESG Panel with a series of events to support PR professionals in identifying and promoting their roles and responsibilities on environmental, social, and governance issues. The ESG Panel brings together specialists to support the profession with its understanding of ESG, to articulate and reinforce the role of public relations in shaping and delivering their organisation and client ESG agendas, and to build a network for information sharing and engagement. The Panel has been set up by Suzy Giles MCIPR (Chair),…

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