What your PR Prom ticket buys for small charities

One of the great things about running the PR Prom is coming into contact with lots of people we haven’t before. For those that are new to Bright One, which the PR Prom is supporting, we thought we’d explain a bit more about what your £25 ticket is funding. Other than a great night out of course!

How Bright One works:

Bright One makes public relations possible for third sector organisations who can’t afford a commercial agency. We match charities with teams of volunteers from the industry - volunteers get practical experience and to do some good by giving something back to the community. The charities get high-standard communications, so they can concentrate on their day job. Bright One is run 100% by volunteers.

Bright One has delivered 10,000 volunteer hours of communications expertise, worth £1,500,000, to 40 charitable organisations over the last three years.

What 100% of PR Prom profits will fund:

Bright One operates on around £5,000 per year. There are no paid staff, so your ticket will help to pay for running costs like website hosting and maintenance, admin costs, printing, legal and accounting costs, volunteer insurance and volunteer travel expenses. Also refreshments for client meetings - almost all meetings are held after work, so we feel it’s only fair to give our volunteers a caffeine boost while they start their Bright One meeting after a long day!

Demand for Bright One’s services is always greater than we can supply, so we’re developing a tool to help more charities, by allowing people to volunteer online. Bright Works, our microvolunteering platform, is free for all charities to use, they register their task, communications volunteers log on and complete it. It is still early days and the platform is evolving, but so far 25 charities have used the platform and over 300 volunteers have registered to help. Why not do a task now?

Charities Bright One has supported include:

  • Centrepoint - The leading charity for homeless young people.
  • Choir With No Name - A choir for homeless and vulnerable people
  • St Dunstan’s - Training & rehabilitation for blind ex-service people
  • Learn As One - Help to fund a school in Africa 
  • The Pixel Project - Raising global awareness & US$1m to end violence against women
  • WYSE - Supporting emerging leaders for global change
  • The DoNation - ‘Donate by doing’ on the green sponsorship platform that replaces cash with action
  • MTV’s Staying Alive Foundation -  Working with young people fighting to conquer HIV and AIDS in their local communities in creative and innovative ways
  • Future Dreams - Mother & daughter cancer patients striving for a future without cancer
  • Mardi - Unleashing the potential of university students and alumni to be effective changemakers

You can see testimonials from some of our charities here.


Want to do more?

We’re always keen to meet new volunteers, so do head over to Bright One to find out more about getting involved. Or you can help a charity on Bright Works right now! 

We think volunteering with us is worthwhile for the charities it helps, and the volunteers, in a recent survey our volunteers said:

  • 85% of volunteers said that volunteering for Bright One had improved their communications skills and expertise
  • 100% said that it had improved their industry network and contacts
  • 100% said that it had increased their understanding of the third sector

Can’t make it on Thursday but still want to support Bright One?

Any contributions welcome, please donate here.

Posted 3 months ago