The Fifth Estate group supports anyone working with PR and communications in the not-for-profit sector. The aim of the group is to provide members with the ability to develop skills and broaden their knowledge base within the third sector.
Latest updates
The Fifth Estate Group had their AGM on 27 February 2012.
Download the CIPR Fifth Estate 2011 AGM Report (PDF format).
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Are you a member of the CIPR? Choose the Fifth Estate sectoral group for free as part of your membership. As an alternative method of joining, or to find out more about Fifth Estate, please email Chair Gill Dandy at fifthestate@cipr.co.uk.
Events and resources
We hold regular meetings with top rank speakers from the media, not-for-profit organisations and other relevant sectors. There are half-day workshops to build your skills in corporate identity, high profile event management and the like. We publish a newsletter to keep you up-to-date on developments in the field, run a peer-mentoring scheme and provide a member directory.
2011 events
Our event 'Trends in Charities' use of Social Media' on 13 Sep 2011 featured presentations from Tova Turkel, British Lung Foundation and Ben Matthews, Bright One. Their slides are now available for download:
- Using social media to enhance your campaign – British Lung Foundation case study (PDF)
- Social media – an introduction (PDF)
You can also find out more about what happened at the event on the Bright One blog.
How you can get involved
Members of Fifth Estate can get involved in a number of ways through:
- Regular speaker briefings with people from the media and not-for-profit organisations.
- Learning about the extent to which communications is a valued discipline in the voluntary sector as outlined in the latest report from Fifth Estate, Get Heard (PDF format).
- Roundtable events to engage members and stimulate debate around issues relevant to communications in the third sector.
- Reading the latest views and opinions of the not-for-profit sector via Guardian Voluntary Sector Network.
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