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PressChoice<br />
Online directory of experts and commentators,<br />
mostly used by business and personal finance<br />
journalists. Charities are required to pay a<br />
subscription fee to join the directory.<br />
T: 020 7209 3843<br />
www.presschoice.com<br />
ResponseSource<br />
Offers a subscription service (approx £200 per<br />
year) that allows PRs to receive story requests from<br />
journalists. It’s mostly used by consumer journalists.<br />
T: 0845 370 7777<br />
www.responsesource.com<br />
Planning and<br />
Diary Services<br />
Amiplan<br />
Advanced media information service. Offers<br />
subscribers advance information on current<br />
affairs, business and political news and events.<br />
www.amiplan.com<br />
Count Me in Calendar<br />
Offers information on awareness campaigns,<br />
charity events, charity challenges, multi-faith<br />
celebrations, national days, green events and more.<br />
www.countmeincalendar.info<br />
DeHavilland<br />
Political information service. Monitors<br />
all parliamentary events and offers a<br />
forward planning service (subscription and<br />
access can be purchased online).<br />
www.dehavilland.co.uk<br />
ePolitix.com<br />
Free comprehensive political information. Offers<br />
gratis ‘Tomorrow’s Agenda’ e-mail service,<br />
alerting subscribers to forthcoming policy<br />
announcements and Westminster debates.<br />
www.epolitix.com<br />
Eventful<br />
Website offering free events listings for the UK.<br />
www.eventful.com<br />
Foresight News<br />
Run by the Profile Group UK; offers subscribers a<br />
news and current affairs forward planning diary.<br />
www.foresightnews.co.uk<br />
Forthcoming Events<br />
Owned by Cision, subscribers pay<br />
to access categories of future event<br />
information. Free trials are offered.<br />
www.forthcoming.co.uk<br />
London & UK Datebook<br />
Free online diary of UK social events with<br />
particular attention to the charity sector.<br />
www.thedatebook.co.uk/calendar_events.php<br />
UK Fundraising Calendar<br />
Offers advance news of key events for fundraisers.<br />
www.fundraising.co.uk/calendar.php<br />
VolResource<br />
Free website offering practical resources and<br />
guides to charities including an events calendar.<br />
www.volresource.org.uk<br />
The Year Ahead<br />
Interactive forward planning event resource;<br />
shows subscribers what events will be<br />
happening on any particular day.<br />
www.yearahead.co.uk<br />
Press Release Distributors<br />
AllmediaSCOTLAND.com<br />
A portal for people working in Scottish media.<br />
Charities can post and distribute their press<br />
releases using the site’s ‘allnewswire’ service.<br />
Subscription costs £100 for 12 months.<br />
T: 0131 624 9854<br />
www.allmediascotland.com<br />
Community Newswire<br />
Web-based service run by the <strong>Media</strong> Trust,<br />
which enables charities to get their press<br />
releases distributed free via the Press<br />
Association’s wire service, reaching hundreds<br />
of newsrooms across the country.<br />
T: 020 7874 7610<br />
www.communitynewswire.org<br />
PressBox.co.uk<br />
Offers free press release distribution<br />
service on its website.<br />
www.pressbox.co.uk<br />
Press Dispensary<br />
Offers a press release distribution<br />
service. Prices start at £150.<br />
T: 0845 430 4433<br />
www.pressdispensary.co.uk<br />
Press Port<br />
Online press release distribution<br />
service. Prices start at £65.<br />
www.pressport.co.uk<br />
Realwire<br />
Offers online distribution of press<br />
releases. Prices start at £150.<br />
www.webitpr.com<br />
<strong>Media</strong> Guides and Training<br />
for Charities<br />
askCHARITY<br />
Free website supporting charities in their<br />
work with the media. Includes media<br />
directory, Messageboard, journalist contact<br />
details and journalist request service.<br />
T: 020 7415 7155<br />
www.askcharity.org.uk<br />
CharityComms<br />
Membership organisation set up to promote<br />
best practice, effectiveness and integration for<br />
not-for-profit communications professionals.<br />
Offers frequent free seminars for charity<br />
communicators (membership not required).<br />
T: 020 7415 7199<br />
www.charitycomms.org.uk<br />
Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR)<br />
Offers one-day training workshops<br />
for PRs (costs vary).<br />
32 St James’s Square, London, SW1Y 4JR<br />
T: 020 7766 3333<br />
www.cipr.co.uk<br />
Directory of Social Change (DSC)<br />
DSC offers information and support to voluntary<br />
organisations. It provides communications<br />
training courses for charities, and its website<br />
hosts a useful book store including titles<br />
such as The DIY Guide to Public Relations<br />
for Charities published by DSC (£16.95).<br />
T: 020 7391 4800<br />
www.dsc.org.uk/charitybooks<br />
Marketing Handbook/Advertisers’ Annual<br />
Published by Hollis, these books offer<br />
information on UK advertising agencies<br />
and media advertising contacts.<br />
www.hollis-publishing.com<br />
<strong>Media</strong> Team Australia<br />
Although based in Australia, <strong>Media</strong> Team’s website<br />
offers useful free media guides including a<br />
communications audit and media strategy generator.<br />
www.mediateam.com.au<br />
<strong>Media</strong> Trust<br />
<strong>Media</strong> Trust helps charities communicate. It provides<br />
free online media guides, training sessions (costs<br />
vary) and mentoring services. <strong>Media</strong> Trust runs<br />
the Community Channel, Community Newswire<br />
and a media matching service, which links<br />
professional PR/ media volunteers with charities.<br />
T: 020 7874 7600<br />
www.mediatrust.org<br />
PressBox.co.uk<br />
This website offers free guides to<br />
writing press releases.<br />
www.pressbox.co.uk<br />
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