UPDATE: Since Watermark campaign was launched in 2016, it has raised over £350,000 for a flood resilience fund against future flooding in The Calder Valley communities. All raised by local groups and businesses under the Watermark banner. The Watermark campaign has also helped to raise the profile of the Community Foundation for Calderdale to a […]
Author Archives: chris
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Apr
Apr
EXHIBITION Tanunda, Barossa, South Australia Extraordinary Everyday Barossa made such an impact that I was invited by RDA Barossa to create an exhibition of the work, to include photographs, stories and a rolling exhibition of the films, as a part of the Barossa Vintage Festival (Vintage denotes the year of the wine made, and celebrates […]
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Feb
Feb
Branding The South Pennines I live in the wild, beautiful, rugged place that is The South Pennines. Home of The Brontes, the CoOperative Movement, over 40 micro Breweries, hundreds of miles of bridleways and footpaths, artists, makers and people who generally like to take life by the scruff of the neck. It’s a place that […]
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Feb
Feb
Posters Inspiring Fundraising & Philanthropy in the 21st Century – A Conference Possibly the longest title I’ve ever had to fit into a logo, but a really exciting event it was. Run by The Community Foundation for Calderdale, this conference pulled in speakers from across the UK, with workshops on crowdfunding, fund raising and inspirational […]
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Feb
Feb
I have a lot of connections with The Barossa Valley in South Australia. I’ve visited 3 times for work, and have worked on branding projects there, as well as with towns and communities on Totally Locally stuff. It feels like a second home to me, and I’ve made loads of friends there. So when I […]
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Jan
Jan
I was commissioned to undertake a full re brand for Stockton Riverside College and its associated sixth form college, SRC Bede Sixth Form. Based in Stockton-on-Tees and Billingham, the college didn’t have a great historic reputation but over the previous two years had really turned around, achieving an Ofsted Good, and an increasingly good reputation […]
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Jan
Jan
VALLEY OF LIGHTS – WINNER OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT APSE AWARD 2013 – Best Community & Neighbourhood Initiative in The UK The Valley of Lights was a project designed specifically to improve the Local Economy of the Calderdale Upper Valley area after the terrible floods of the summer of 2012. Totally Locally was commissioned by […]
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Jan
Jan
A full re brand for Barnsley College – one of the UK’s highest performing FE Colleges. It is an outstanding college (Ofsted) but the people of the area didn’t know it. This was due to long held perceptions of the college’s past, and also the stigma of “being in Barnsley”. So the re brand was […]
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Dec
Dec
If you know me, you know I love my cycling. REALLY love it. And I love the area I live in. So when I was commissioned by Pennine Prospects for a project to promote cycling in the place I live (The South Pennines) I couldn’t believe it! But when you love a place and an […]
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Dec
Dec
To understand the principles which Totally Locally is based on, just have a look at the video above. (Video by White No Sugar TV – Commissioned by Pennine Prospects). Totally Locally, the multi award winning, free to anyone campaign has spread across the world. I created it for my home region of Calderdale, and the […]