PR professionals honoured at annual awards
THE cream of Yorkshire’s public relations professionals were recognised last night at the industry’s annual awards ceremony.
Twenty one accolades were handed out at the tenth anniversary celebration of CIPR Yorkshire and Lincolnshire PRide Awards at The Queens Hotel in Leeds.
There were two gold awards each for Lava, Yorkshire Water, Aberfield Communications and Manifest, who were also named as recipients of the night’s biggest award ‘Outstanding Public Relations Consultancy’.
There were special awards for Claire Moulds who was honoured as the ‘Outstanding Freelance Practitioner of the Year’ and Elizabeth Hudson, who was named as the ‘Outstanding Young Communicator’ for her work with Barnsley-based agency Cream.
Dee Marshall was gifted with a unique award for being the ‘Communicator of the Year’ for her work as the head of communications for Welcome to Yorkshire.
Speaking after the awards, chairman of CIPR Yorkshire and Lincolnshire group Gary Taylor, said: “After 10 years, the PRide Awards continue to highlight the best work of the region’s talented individuals and agencies. Everyone nominated for an award tonight should be proud of their work and the contribution they have made to the region’s economic success.
“My congratulations go to our Gold winners this evening, all of whom have demonstrated the highest professional standards of public relations practice.”
The full list of the 2013 Yorkshire and Lincolnshire PRide Awards winners is as follows:
• Corporate and Business Communications Campaign – UK Point of Sale – Manifest
• Not-for-Profit Campaign – National Insect Week 2012 – Cicada Communications
• Internal Communications Campaign – Securing the future of Yorkshire Water’s pensions – Yorkshire Water
• Community Relations Campaign – Creating a coast to boast about – Yorkshire Water
• Public Sector Campaign – Research with impact – Leeds Metropolitan University
• Low Budget Campaign – Making No Bones About Cancer – Aberfield Communications
• Healthcare Campaign – HealthE mum-to-be – Epilepsy Action
• Best Use of Media Relations – Putting Portsmouth FC back into the hands of its fans – Hatch Communications
• Integrated Campaign – Dunlop Adhesives – Manifest
• Best Use of Social Media – Getting Social with Childminders – Lava
• Best Use of Digital – The Students Know Best – Prohibition
• Best Event – SO Festival 2012 – Lava
• Issues and Crisis Management – Navigating a ‘Perfect Media Storm’ – Acceleris
• Regional Campaign of the Year – Rising Stars – Rising up – Approach PR
• Outstanding Freelance Practitioner – Claire Moulds MCIPR – Bloom PR
• Outstanding Young Communicator – Elizabeth Hudson MCIPR – Cream
• Outstanding Small Consultancy – The Right Agency
• Outstanding In-House Public Relations Team – South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue
• Outstanding Public Relations Consultancy – Manifest
• Best Use of Research, Planning, Measurement and Evaluation – Making No Bones About Cancer – Aberfield Communications
• Communicator of the Year – Dee Marshall
