- The Open University in the South West region commissioned us to raise its profile using case studies of successful students to attract editorial coverage in newspapers and local radio
- We worked with the Countryside Council for Wales researching and writing content for their new website
- The National Governors' Association commissioned us to develop copy for a new series of Governors' briefing papers
- Towns affected by the 2007 floods in Gloucestershire were supported by the South West RDA and Gloucestershire First with a range of communications and PR activities developed by Viva
- We helped the National Federation of Young Farmers Clubs develop its new communications strategy, bringing members and staff together to plan for the future
- Working with the Action Desk at BBC Radio Gloucestershire, we raised the profile of the unsung heroes of rural community regeneration in a series of 20 radio programmes, for the Gloucestershire Market Towns Forum
- We helped Gloucestershire's voluntary and community sector Infrastructure Group develop a cost-effective interactive e-bulletin to promote its work
- We worked with Gloucestershire First - the county's economic development team - to raise awareness of the impact of the £8million Rural Renaissance initiative on our rural economy, through extensive media and web coverage
- We were commissioned to research and write a guide to Media Literacy for NIACE , the national charity with promotes adult learning, with funding from Ofcom, the Government-appointed regulatory body for the broadcasting industry
- We completed a series of national media skills training events in all nine Governmental regions in England and two in Wales for NIACE , with funding from the DfES. The 300 delegates were from voluntary and community groups as well as learning providers
- We worked with the NHS to encourage more employees to boost their basic skills in order to improve services to patients
- We worked with Community Enterprise Gloucestershire and Co-Operative Futures to disseminate the results of a major ESF Equal-funded ACE programme to promote social and community enterprises
- We edited a four-page supplement in the Daily Mirror promoting better maths skills as part of a national campaign by NIACE and the Basic Skills Agency
- We worked with Gloucestershire's biggest daily newspaper The Citizen to develop awareness of the issues faced by the county's market towns, resulting in a series of about 35 editorial features over six months, written by their rural affairs journalist
Christmas Cottage
Farmhill Crescent
Stroud
Gloucestershire
GL5 4BZ
t 01453 759675