Shooting Star Seeks Charity to Champion
Do you know of a charity that could benefit from free PR and marketing services in 2019? Then award-winning PR, marketing and digital agency Shooting Star wants to hear from you!
The Lincolnshire-based agency is urging charities and not-for-profit organisations that need help raising their profile to get in touch for a chance to be its next charity of the year.
Kate Strawson, Director of Shooting Star, said: “As a company we are passionate about giving something back to the community and have always championed local causes.
“Charities offer invaluable services and support to people or animals in need but often don’t have the resources to promote themselves, which is why we launched our charity of the year initiative in 2009.”
Shooting Star provides free advice and expertise on PR and marketing for 12 months to a charity that wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford such services.
The agency also raises funds for the charity wherever possible and has staged a popular charity chippy quiz night every year since 2013.
Throughout 2018 Shooting Star has been supporting Sophie’s Journey, which provides free holidays to Lincolnshire children living with cancer and their families.
Stacy Southwell, who runs the charity in memory of her daughter Sophie Robinson, said: “I don’t know what I’m going to do without the amazing team at Shooting Star! As someone who runs a charity single-handedly, I am so grateful for all their support.
“They have taken the pressure off me by helping with things I wouldn’t even know where to start with.
“For example, they worked to finally get the Sophie’s Journey website up and running, have produced graphics and posters to promote our events, and have helped raise awareness of what Sophie’s Journey is all about.
“I am also very grateful for the money raised at Shooting Star’s chippy quiz, as I rely on the generosity of others to keep the two Sophie’s Journey caravans running.
“The Shooting Star team are very professional and I highly recommend them to other charities.”
If you’d like to be Shooting Star’s charity of the year in 2019, request an application form by emailing hello@weareshootingstar.co.uk or by calling 01522 528540. The deadline for applications is Wednesday 19th December 2018.
To find out more about the charities that have been helped by Shooting Star over the years, visit: weareshootingstar.co.uk/charity
Notes for editors:
- Shooting Star was founded in 2006 by Kate Strawson and Jez Ashberry.
- Based in Lincoln, Shooting Star works for public and private sector clients across a wide range of divisions including education, childcare, hospitality and tourism, property, construction, retail and manufacturing.
- The company offers a full range of PR, digital media, marketing and editorial services and is a Quality Assured supplier on the East Midlands Service Provider Register www.embrokerage.com
- Shooting Star was awarded Gold and Silver at the 2015 CIPR PRide Awards Yorkshire & Lincolnshire ceremony in Leeds and Gold at the CIPR PRide Awards in Bristol in 2017.
