“Democracy’s CMS Health check focused on campaign management, with evidence confirming that a solid process (a Communications Planning Brief) was in place covering all pertinent areas including objectives, background, insights and budget. The form encourages clients to focus on “what success looks like” and any considerations which would stand in the way of achieving objectives. The process is promoted to team members online in relevant shared folders via an online hub. Well done to Democracy for passing their CMS health check and for retaining PRCA’s best practice CMS accreditation for 5 years.”

“This is the third time Democracy PR has completed CMS.  On diversity and equality, the Agency has a comprehensive policy in place focused on creating an inclusive place to work and this commitment is communicated on job adverts.  In addition, the recruitment process includes a commitment to interview all candidates with a disability. An anti-harassment and bullying policy is also in place.  There are additional actions in relation to diversity via monitoring make-up of the team.”

We scooped the top award at the national PRCA Digital Awards for Best Use of Paid Media for East Lancashire Railway – achieving outstanding sales with new customer groups for their programme of train related events!

We also scored a highly commended (Silver) for Best Digital Marketing Campaign for Tequila Rose, which centred around a programme of lux experiential brunches for influencers, driving a new drinking occasion, and increasing both brand awareness and sales.

“It is apparent from the evidence presented that Democracy PR are building on excellence. In particular client satisfaction and business development were very strong areas. This agency also put a lot of thought into what clients work best with their team, including their approach of adopting 10% into piloting creative experimental approaches.”

Our trophy cabinet has shiny new additions in the form of the Best Media Relations and Best Digital & Social Media awards. They’re recognition of hard work and determination to get our clients the very best outcomes.

At Democracy, we love nothing more than giving challenger brands their time to shine in the spotlight. Even more so when we use digital and social channels to give them that opportunity to get in front of new audiences and spread awareness and consideration.

Democracy has been listed as one of the North’s Top 15 PR Agencies by Prolific North – the region’s leading platform for all media, marketing and creative news.

After much calculation and evaluation of our work by independent researchers, Democracy was ranked as twelfth in the influential list of the North’s Top 50 Agencies.

We were pitted against more than 200 agencies with offices in the north so are delighted to be listed in the Top Ten.

We’re celebrating after hitting No5 in the Business Insider’s list of Top PR and Marketing Agencies in the North West for 2020.

It’s an amazing achievement for the Democracy team and testament to the work we do in PR and social media.

We’ve built our success on our ability to change what people think, feel and do and are thrilled to have smashed into the Business Insider’s Top Five.

Challenge Event of the Year – Silver. Dulux London Revolution

Dulux has worked with The Outward Bound Trust (OBT) for more than 14 years, working to improve the lives of disadvantaged young people. This is a crucial part of the company’s CSR programme, which is designed to help motivate, develop and empower their employees. The Dulux sponsorship of London Revolution is at the heart of this partnership and Democracy amplified the story of the 2018 cycling event, where more than 240 Dulux employees took part, raising more than £100k for OBT.

Corporate Social Responsibility – Nominated. Celebrating 25 years of Dulux Community RePaint.

Democracy helped educate the nation in how to put leftover paint to use, diverting it from landfill and getting it into the hands of those who could not otherwise afford it via Community RePaint. This powerful story of people coming together to brighten up their communities not only struck a real chord with the media, but also resulted in a spike in donations of paint from the public and the growth of the Community RePaint network nationwide.

Winner of The Best PR Campaign of 2019 for the story of Colour of the Year for our client Dulux.

With more than 500 pieces of coverage judges praised Democracy for creating mass awareness for the new colour launch, knocking grey off the number two spot as the most bought paint for the first time ever.

GOLD: Internal Communications Campaign for Dulux launch of the Quality Promise

The Judges said: “The Escape Room concept was a clever and effective way of engaging various internal stakeholders. Clearly a memorable experience for those involved, the campaign exceeded its targets in terms of both participation and key message retention. It was a creative idea, well executed.”

SILVER: Not For Profit Campaign for East Lancashire Railway

SILVER: Best Event for the launch of Cuprinol

SILVER: Sarah Howarth, Outstanding Young Communicator

SHORTLIST: Community Relations Campaign, Low Budget Campaign, Travel, Leisure or Tourism Campaign and Best Use of Social Media.