Intern Campaign

In October 2011 the PRCA launched a campaign with PR Week to end the practice of unpaid internships. This is part of the association’s commitment to raising standards in all aspects of the PR industry.

Deputy Prime Minister supports PRCA - PR Week Campaign to end unpaid internships

Unpaid internships do the industry a disservice. In the long term it results in organisations recruiting from a self-selecting pool of talent, not only reducing diversity within an industry that relies on creativity and understanding diverse stakeholders, but also excluding many outstanding candidates. The short term benefits of free labour are greatly outweighed by the way that this practice devalues our expertise. It is unfair to ask young people to work for free so that in the short term organisations can benefit financially. PRs provide valuable counsel and should be prepared to pay those who contribute accordingly.

Agencies that pay interns at least the National Minimum Wage

The following PR agencies commit to paying their interns at least the National Minimum Wage:

Agency

Website

4CM Ltd

www.4cm.co.uk

Aspectus PR

www.aspectuspr.com

AxiCom

www.axicom.com

Beige London

www.beigelondon.com

Bite Communications

www.bitecommunications.com

Bottle PR

www.bottlepr.co.uk

Burson-Marsteller

www.burson-marsteller.co.uk

Champion Communications Ltd.

www.championcomms.com

Champollion

www.champollion.co.uk

Clive Reeves Public Relations Ltd.

www.clivereeves.com

CM Porter Novelli

www.cmporternovelli.com

Cohn and Wolfe

www.cohnwolfe.com

Curtin & Co

www.curtinandco.com

Edelman

www.edelman.co.uk

EML Wildfire

www.emlwildfire.com

ENS Ltd.

www.ensltd.com

Fourth Day Public Relations

www.fourthday.co.uk

Frank PR

www.frankpr.it

Freshwater UK

www.freshwater-uk.com/

Golin Harris

www.golinharris.co.uk

Grayling

www.grayling.com

Incorporated PR

www.incoroporatedpr.com

INGMedia

www.ing-media.com

Insight Public Affairs

http://insightpublicaffairs.com

Journalista

www.journalista.co.uk

Kaizo

www.kaizo.net

KAM Communications/medeuronet UK Ltd.

www.kamcommunications.com

Kinross & Render Ltd.

http://www.kinrossrender.com/

Latienne

www.latienne.com

London Communications Agency

www.londoncommunications.co.uk

MHP Communications

www.mhpc.com

Napier Partnership

www.napier.co.uk

NC Creative Group

www.nccreativegroup.com

Nelson Bostock Group

www.nelsonbostock.com

onechocolate communications

http://www.onechocolatecomms.co.uk/

Orchid Communications

www.orchid.je

Platform PR

http://platformpr.com/

PLMR Ltd

www.plmr.co.uk

Porter Novelli

www.porternovelli.com

Portfolio Communications

www.portfoliocomms.com

Portland Communications

www.portland-communications.com

Recognition PR

www.recognitionpr.co.uk

Red Consultancy

www.redconsultancy.com

Red Lorry Yellow Lorry

www.rlyl.com

Six Degrees Limited

www.sixdegreespr.com

Speed Communications

www.speedcommunications.com

Talk PR

www.talkpr.com

Tangerine PR

www.tangerinepr.com

Topline PR

www.toplinecomms.com

Tribe PR

www.tribepr.com

Unity

http://hellounity.com/about/

Watershed PR

www.watershedpr.co.uk

Weber Shandwick

http://www.webershandwick.co.uk/

Wolfstar PR

www.wolfstarconsultancy.com

Members who pay interns at least the National Minimum Wage and are not currently on the list, should contact tom.hawkins@prca.org.uk

Members who change their policy on interns are responsible for informing the PRCA of any change.


Social Mobility Compact
Press Release

The PRCA has signed up to the Social mobility business compact, which is the government’s campaign against the practice of unpaid work. The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, said:

I am delighted that many of the country’s biggest organisations and employers have already signed up – including the PRCA and PR Week. I want to encourage every company across the PR industry to join too.” (To see his full column in PR Week click here)

To sign up to the compact click here


PRCA Intern Training Scheme
The PRCA is committed to helping organisations develop the next generation of PR professionals through a heavily discounted paid intern course with structured training programmes.

To find out more please click here


Access Commission
Press Release

In February 2011, the PRCA established an Access Commission to review the current state of social mobility in the PR industry. The commission was set up in response to growing concerns about social mobility, internships, diversity and flexible working. In January 2012 the Commission reported back to the PRCA with its recommendations.

You can read the whole report here.


Taylor Bennett Foundation
Press Release

Since the beginning of 2011 the PRCA has strengthened its commitment to increasing diversity in the PR industry by donating around £10,000 worth of PR Training to the Taylor Bennett Internship scheme.


PRCA blog
PRCA members are welcome to write a piece on their experiences with internships on our blog:

Heather Baker: You get what you pay for – why unpaid internships fail

Tom Curtin: Are internship a form of slavery?

Leanne Tritton: I’m ashamed we ever used unpaid interns

Kourtney and Leo: http://www.prcainterns.blogspot.com/

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