Case Studies
Sanctuary Retirement Living – copywriting promotional brochures
Sanctuary Retirement Living (SRL) approached Writing Services to tender for its first sub-contracted copywriting project. We were asked to develop copy for brochures to promote five of its 29 properties. The Marketing Manager then commissioned copywriting for the remainder of its properties. SRL is a not-for-profit organisation which has 29 properties across England. It provides…
Read MoreThe Leicester-Shire Music & Cultural Trust – communications
We were asked to do some communications work, along with our colleague and friend Marc Jaffrey, for the Leicester-Shire Music and Cultural Trust. The Trust was in its early stage of formation, and its trustees wanted some support to help with their fundraising. The Trust was set up to raise funds to support the work of…
Read MoreGloucester Culture Trust – copywriting annual impact report
Gloucester Culture Trust (GCT)’s director Hollie Smith-Charles saw the Impact Report Anita had created and provided copywriting for local music charity, The Music Works. So when she needed someone to create and provide copywriting for GCT’s first annual impact report, she knew who to ask. GCT aims to put culture at the heart of Gloucester.…
Read MoreBrighton & Hove Music & Arts – communications strategy
“Anita did great work with our leadership team, really listening to our initial thoughts, progressing the thinking, and then developing a helpful communications strategy with tangible outcomes. This has built on the work she had already carried out, working with our teams on digital marketing, and communications work for Our Future City”. Peter Chivers, Head…
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 MoreCharanga – copywriting, website development, and vision, mission and values
Charanga creates modern, fun and irresistibly easy-to-use online resources to help teachers to inspire and excite children and young people to learn music in the classroom. Our paths kept crossing through our work in music education, until it seemed obvious we should be working together! We were commissioned initially to help develop the communications strategy…
Read MoreThe Wilson – writing an evaluation report
“Anita created a bespoke evaluation framework which included new tools and templates that we used for the first time, as well as a final evaluation report that included benchmark analysis and case studies. Anita works with a great deal of care and attention to detail. We really valued and benefited from her high level of…
Read MoreClub Soda – copywriting its vision, mission and values
“We wanted support to rewrite our organisation’s mission statement but only had a shoestring budget. We approached Writing Services and they worked out a dynamic approach to carrying out the work within our means. We couldn’t be more pleased with the outcome and the service provided. We are looking forward to working with Anita and…
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…
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