Organisations in the non-profit and public sector face a communications challenge that commercial agencies rarely understand. You need to build trust, demonstrate impact and engage multiple stakeholder groups simultaneously — often with limited resources, strict governance requirements and audiences that are rightly sceptical of marketing language. We have worked with NGOs, cultural institutions, universities and public bodies for decades.
Communications strategies that serve your mission — not just your marketing objectives. We develop messaging frameworks that speak credibly to funders, beneficiaries, partners and the public at the same time.
Annual reports, impact reports, grant reporting documents and stakeholder publications. We write, design and produce the full document — from first draft to print-ready file.
Organisational strategy planning and stakeholder alignment. Concept development and grant-ready project writing. EU and UK funding partnerships and full proposal management.
Website management, social media strategy and content production for organisations that need to maintain a credible digital presence without a large in-house team.
Awareness campaigns, fundraising communications, advocacy campaigns and public information programmes — strategy, creative and production under one roof.
Modern trade union strategy — worker engagement, inclusion and wellbeing communications, collective action narratives and learning content for fairer workplaces.
Research communications, international partnership content and cross-sector collaboration communications — particularly around UK-Turkey and UK-EU academic exchange programmes.
We know that your communications budget is limited and every pound needs to work. We build lean, effective strategies — not bloated campaigns designed to impress rather than deliver.
We have supported organisations in developing grant proposals and funding applications for UK and European bodies. We understand what funders look for.
Our content team comes from publishing and journalism backgrounds. Impact reports and stakeholder documents produced by Connective are held to editorial standards.
Decades of work across civil society, cultural institutions, trade unions, universities and public bodies in the UK and internationally.
We understand your constraints — and your ambitions. Let's have a conversation about what is possible.
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