Harrogate PR firm that's worked with Sky Arts wins one of highest awards in business world

Since it was launched in 2010 by Clair and Ann Chadwick, Cause UK has won a nationwide reputation for supporting the arts and ethical issues in a way that has a positive impact.

For more than a decade, the two sisters’ independent firm has worked solely with clients who operate in the arts, charity, social enterprise, and public sector, as well as supporting ethical businesses.

Now the success of the Cause UK’s socially-conscious approach has been recognised with the award of B Corps certification.

The latter is only given to organisations which have demonstrated an ongoing commitment to meeting the highest standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability.

A delighted Clair Challenor-Chadwick, MD of Cause UK, said: "We’re incredibly proud to meet this milestone.

"B Corp is a rigorous process that demands Cause UK meets the highest standards of social responsibility and environmental stewardship.

"Over the years, we’ve helped create a social enterprise for veterans at risk of homelessness, raised over £1 million for charities, and curated our own arts events.”

The small but dynamic business favours a collaborative and hands-on approach.

Cause UK’s national projects included rewriting the website for the UK and Europe branch of Alcoholics Anonymous to make it more accessible to all faiths, ages, and gender.

This year has also seen it work with Care Pakistan, whose mission is to enrol one million children living in poverty in school by 2025, and Free Tibet, a lobbying group highlighting continued human rights’ abuses.

In Yorkshire, key projects in 2023 included supporting the QED Foundation host their annual Asian Young Achiever Awards, delivering a major campaign for Inclusive Equal Rights UK to launch an Anti-Racism strategy for the city of York, and writing the annual Social Impact report for the north’s leading social investor, Key Fund.

It also launched the new Great Ouse Rivers Trust, with a major national media campaign across the BBC.

Cause UK is also an Arts Council recognised infrastructure support agency, supporting many arts organisations, including Ilkley Literature Festival, CrimeFest Bristol, the Northern Aldborough Festival, and North Yorkshire Open Studios.

The team also deliver its own cultural events. In recent years it has produced a stage play, curated a Dickens festival, and hosted a series of talks with celebrities including Chris Packham and Miriam Margolyes.

This year, the team produced a new short film for Sky Arts, championing northern working-class classical musicians, commissioning new work from composer, Ben Crick.

The team are advisors to the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra, which it helped relaunch in 2022.

By obtaining B Corps certification, Cause UK is joining a global community of like-minded organisations that are redefining success in business.

Clair Challenor-Chadwick, MD of Cause UK, said: "We’ve always been more than a PR agency.

"In 2024 we aim to represent more businesses in order to afford us to support more good causes.

"We believe most businesses now take responsibility for people and planet and we’re keen to work with those who share these values as part of our five-year growth strategy.”

For more information about Cause UK, visit www.causeuk.com