Tag: CIPR

CIPR becomes first professional body to achieve National Equality Standard

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has become the first professional body to achieve the National Equality Standard (NES). The global body for the PR profession also becomes the first organisation to be assessed for the work and culture of its volunteer network as well as its employed staff, having volunteered to be assessed on these criteria. The NES is the UK’s leading diversity assessment framework, developed in partnership with the UK government and in collaboration with 20 public and private sector organisations. Over 400 organisations have engaged with…

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PRCA and CIPR relaunch annual joint mental health survey

Stuart Mitchell

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) and the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) have relaunched their annual joint mental health survey as part of a collaboration designed to address mental health challenges in public relations. Delivered in partnership with Opinium, the survey will help benchmark the industry’s progress on mental health. Last year’s study revealed that PR professionals are significantly less likely to take time off work to rest and recover from poor mental health compared to other UK workers. It found one in five (22%) PR practitioners…

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CIPR ESG Panel launches new ESG guide series

Stuart Mitchell

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has launched a new three-part series of best practice guides designed to improve understanding of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) matters.  These guides – created by the CIPR’s ESG Panel – focus on each area of ESG and how they relate to organisations and public relations professionals. They include:  The ‘E’ in ESG The ‘S’ in ESG The ‘G’ in ESG Covering a range of topics, the guides are available to download for free. Readers will learn about the benefits of robust environmental…

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Advita Patel named CIPR’s 2024 President-elect

Stuart Mitchell

Advita Patel Chart.PR, FCIPR will be the 2025 President of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR). She will become President-elect in 2024, having stood unopposed in the 2023 Election.  An internal communications and inclusion expert, Advita is the founder of CommsRebel, a communications and employee experience consultancy based in Manchester, co-founder of A Leader Like Me, a global consultancy supporting organisations to be more inclusive, and is a co-host for the award-winning podcast CalmEdgedRebels and A Leader Like Me, Amplifying Diverse Voices. She is a former CIPR Board member and previously chaired the CIPR’s…

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Episode 13 of CIPR’s Engage Podcast out now; Winning the War For Talent

Stuart Mitchell

“You don’t want to feel that, for a large majority of your life, you’re shying and hiding parts of yourself because you feel as if this isn’t a place that I can fully be myself and know that I’m being accepted despite my different background.” Toluwani Omotoye, Communications Coordinator, Global X ETFs The Chartered Institute of Public Relations’ (CIPR) Engage podcast returns with a new episode on the war for talent in the public relations and communications industry. The episode discusses the extent to which there is a war for…

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