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BBC Breakfast Premieres #ThisisEssex

22nd October 2020

The film was part of an ongoing strategy, thanks to last year’s PR launch of #ThisisEssex, over 60 people from Essex had stepped forward to become ambassadors and showcase real Essex and dispel the stereotype. A few of the campaign’s ‘stars’ were chosen to take part in a film to challenge perceptions of people from […]

Third sector PR and marketing specialist writes stories for VE Day

Writing Stories to Mark VE Day During Lockdown

16th April 2020

Big Wave PR client, Royal British Legion, was organising much of the commemorations, but to ensure veterans of WWII will never be forgotten, our charity PR team were working with the Legion’s Press Office. Together we collected VE Day stories from those who served in the armed forces during WWII or who were evacuated during […]

Big Wave PR Supports Chelmsford Festival

9th March 2020

Kicking off the festival will be the Marconi Gala which will celebrate 100 years of radio. Commemorating the first radio broadcast, which was made in Chelmsford by the renowned opera singer of her time, Dame Nellie Melba, there will be a series of special events on 13-14 June to mark the technological breakthrough. The festival […]

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#ThisisEssex Shooting Real Essex to Challenge Stereotype

24th January 2020

Essex PR Campaign – #ThisisEssex Our Essex-based PR team put a call out to the media for ‘top stars’ of the county to step forward and challenge the stereotype. There was a great response with entries flooding into our office. Once the ambassadors for Essex were chosen, I was tasked with photographing the top 15 […]

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Explore Essex Launches 2020 Challenge

16th January 2020

To get the launch off the ground our marketing Essex team developed 101 things to see and do in Essex in an effort to get families out more, have fun in the great outdoors, spot wildlife, research their family history or favourite place in Essex, get fit and healthy or learn a new skill. Explore […]

Big Wave PR provide award-winning Essex PR

Big Wave PR Wins Hat Trick of Awards

22nd September 2019

Award-winning Essex PR! This year we were up for awards in three categories at the CIPR PRide awards thanks to our work with the Royal British Legion. We were delighted to walk off with gold for our Consumer Relations and Not-for-Profit campaigns and a silver for best Low Budget campaign. Over the past 12 months […]