Editing
Developmental editing for non-profit addressing trauma and adverse childhood experiences
The founder of a new not-for-profit in the USA* needed help with ‘finding her words’ and communicating the organisation’s mission and case for support. The organisation sets out to ensure that no one who’s experienced adverse childhood experiences and early trauma will face barriers to care and healing. It uses a new and innovative way…
Read MoreWASH Systems Academy – copy editing, writing and proofreading
When IRC launched its WASH Systems Academy online training courses in June 2019, it asked Writing Services to help with editing the content.
Read MoreUniversity of Sunderland – writing content for online training
Our copywriting work for the University of Sunderland was very exciting as it involved our very first foray into developing online training materials for a MOOC – a Massive Open Online Course. A MOOC is aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web. In addition to traditional course materials such as filmed lectures,…
Read MoreKing’s College, London – editing work culture and creativity reports
We were asked to do some editing and rewriting work by King’s College, London on The Cultural Value Scoping Project report, the second report of The Cultural Value project. This was a significant piece of research supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. The report needed to be easy to read for a wide audience of…
Read MoreIRC – copywriting and editing for promotional, fundraising, and learning materials
“The sector we work in is one with an acronym. And there starts the problem. It’s the WASH sector – the water, sanitation and hygiene sector. It is cluttered with jargon. We who are in it are barely aware of the impenetrability of our discussions for outsiders. The jargon is not a problem at the…
Read MoreWEA Cymru – copywriting and editing a strategic plan
“The team at Writing Services responded extremely positively and professionally to our request to develop a plain English and Cymraeg Clir version of our draft Strategic Plan, with very little notice and an extremely tight deadline. They totally understood the brief and produced versions that could be used to widen access and increase the participation…
Read MoreDynamix, Welsh Trainers & Consultants Consortium, WCVA – editing training manuals
“With five co-authors it was vital that our training pack was written with one consistent voice. Anita and Dyfan achieved this, and this significantly contributed towards the quality of the pack. Their professionalism and efficiency made this tight deadline entirely possible, whilst still preserving the integrity and quality of our work. They showed great understanding…
Read MoreDepartment for Children, Schools and Families – website editing
“Please accept my thanks for all the work you have done on ECM. Your calm and constructive professionalism and skill as an editor has been an invaluable asset. Very best wishes for the future, it has been a pleasure working with you.” Darren Davison, Digital Communications Manager at Department for Education. “Anita’s many skills have…
Read MoreEnvironment Agency Wales – staff newsletter
Writing Services won the tender to edit the staff newsletter for Environment Agency Wales in order to appeal to staff and to communicate corporate messages. “We’re delighted with the way Grassroots has developed since Anita has been working with us. It has an important role in our internal communications strategy, and the editing process helps…
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