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Wheelchair-Bound Barry Conquers Ben Nevis with Team of “Human Huskies”

PR Superstar has signed up as the latest recruit for “Westy’s Warriors” – providing pro-bono support for superman Barry West, who takes on tough challenges to inspire other wheelchair users that “anything is possible.”

A car accident left Barry, from East Sussex, paralysed from the neck down 15 years ago, but that did not stop him reaching the 4,409ft peak of Ben Nevis.

Barry was taken up the Scottish mountain – the UK’s highest peak – in a purpose-built, homemade wheelchair by his loyal and super-fit friends aka “Westy’s Warriors.” Barry is now planning an ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro.

PR Superstar has secured high-profile media coverage for Barry and his remarkable challenge, including BBC TV South East, BBC Sussex and Sussex Express. Barry also hit the headlines in The Scotsman, a Scottish national newspaper.

Tags: Barry West, BBC, BBC South East, BBC Sussex, Ben Nevis, PR Superstar, The Scotsman, Westy's Warriors | Posted in National Press, Online Media, PR for Good Causes, Regional Press, TV and Radio April 18th, 2011

SAM Property PR Campaign a Hit

Wimbledon’s All Saints C of E Primary is the latest school to sign up for our ‘SAM for Schools’ campaign, that we created for PR Superstar client Samuel Estates.

Nigel Chandler, of St John Fisher Primary School’s PTA, also Wimbledon and a member of ‘SAM for Schools,’ said: “This is an excellent way for a local business to support schools in their area, where both organisations are benfiting by supporting each other.”

Samuel Estates, the award-winning and innovative residential lettings, management and sales agency, with offices in Colliers Wood and Balham, launched the ’SAM for Schools’ property PR and fund-raising campaign last year.

How ‘SAM for Schools’ works:

* Schools across South West London are invited to sign up and get involved

* Parents, teachers, their families, friends and associates who are wanting to sell or let their property can raise funds for their local school by using Samuel Estates, who will donate 15% of their fees to each school generating a successful sale or let.

* Each school chooses their own worthwhile fund-raising cause – such as new computer or sports equipment, creation of a school garden or vegetable plot, more books for the school library, and so on.

Schools in South West London wanting to join ‘SAM for Schools’ should contact Jill Kent at PR Superstar public relations consultancy on 020 8274 0807.

Tags: PR, Property PR, Public Relations, Public Relations Campaign, SAM for Schools, Samuel Estates | Posted in PR for Good Causes February 22nd, 2010

Proton Beam Alex PR Campaign

Brave Alex Jones with his sister Lucinda

Following widespread regional coverage on Alex Jones, PR Superstar has stepped the PR campaign up a gear and contacted the national media.

Sky News, Channel 4 News, The Independent and The Sunday Express are currently investigating Alex’s story and speaking with his family, and his consultants and the authorities both in the UK and US.

PR Superstar has donated its services to help Alex and his brave bid to fundraise 150k to send him for life-saving treatment in America.

To make donations log on to: www.protonbeamalex.com

Tags: Alex Jones, Channel 4 News, PR Campaign, PR Superstar, Sky News, The Independent, The Sunday Express | Posted in National Press, PR for Good Causes, TV and Radio June 3rd, 2009

Front Page News for ‘SAM for Schools’

PR Superstar’s local public relations campaign for award-winning estate agents Samuel Estates has made front page news in the area.

Our property PR campaign was the front page lead for today’s Wimbledon Post and was the page 3 lead for South London Press, the UK’s weekly newspaper of the year. The Wimbledon Guardian and local magazines are covering the story too.

The high-profile ‘SAM for Schools’ community campaign was created by PR Superstar to raise funds for schools in the Colliers Wood, Wimbledon, Balham, Tooting and Clapham areas, and to raise the profile of the local, independent estate agents in the immediate area.

For a compelling public relations campaign, B2B or B2C, that really resonates with your target audiences, contact Jill Kent, Founder of journalist-run London public relations consultancy, PR Superstar on 020 8274 0807.

South London Press

Tags: PR, PR Campaign, Property PR, Public Relations, SAM for Schools, Samuel Estates, South London Press, The Wimbledon Guardian, The Wimbledon Post | Posted in Local Press, PR for Good Causes June 2nd, 2009

Help Brave Alex Jones

A cancer patient who has undergone 14 operations to remove brain tumours is desperate to raise funds for life-saving treatment in the US.

Brave Alex Jones’ life hangs in the balance after he was diagnosed with another deadly brain tumour. Medical experts say the 34-year-old’s only hope of surviving this latest tumour is proton beam therapy at a cost of 150k – which the NHS refuse to fund. This treatment is only available in the States at The Cancer Centre, Boston. There is currently no effective treatment in the UK.

Alex’s famliy have now set up a registered charity and have launched a high-profile campaign, supported by PR Superstar, to send Alex, from Gillingham, Dorset, for life-saving treatment at the specialist cancer care centre in the US.

A special website has been created where people can find out more and make donations to help pay for Alex’s life-saving treatment in the States www.protonbeamalex.com

The BBC was the first to cover Alex’s story, including: BBC Online, BBC TV South Today and BBC Radio Solent.

ITV West News have contacted us and are keen to cover the story; and local press, the Western Gazette and Blackmore Vale magazine are running features.

Tags: Alex Jones, BBC, PR Superstar, Proton Beam Therapy | Posted in Local Press, Online Media, PR for Good Causes, Regional Press, TV and Radio May 27th, 2009

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