Cause UK specialise in supporting ethical businesses, good causes, festivals and the arts with award winning public relations services.
Cause UK, has secured three significant new contracts this summer, strengthening its reputation as a leading public relations agency for the creative arts and literary sector. The northern agency is…
Cause UK, has secured three significant new contracts this summer, strengthening its reputation as a leading public relations agency for the creative arts and literary sector.
The northern agency is now representing New Writing North, The Reading Agency, and the Royal Society of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce (RSA).
Based in Harrogate, Yorkshire, Cause UK has a 14-year track-record supporting charities, good causes, social enterprises, and the arts.
A B-Corp, the award-winning agency is run by sisters, Clair and Ann Challenor-Chadwick.
Its client list includes the oldest literary festival in the north, Ilkley Literature Festival, the UK’s biggest crime fiction convention, CrimeFest in Bristol, and the national network, the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA).
Cause UK is providing interim marketing and communications across New Writing North’s portfolio of work.
New Writing North leads the development of creative writing and reading in the North of England, identifying talent, creating career-changing opportunities, and ensuring excellent writing finds great audiences. It also produces Durham Book Festival for Durham County Council with support from Durham University and Arts Council England.
At the end of July, Cause UK launched its campaign to build a new centre for the writing industries in the North East, achieving significant profile on BBC Radio 4 Today, PM, BBC R2, and BBC online. Media evaluation platform Cision reported a total reach of 243.6M for the campaign.
The Reading Agency is a UK charity with a mission to empower people of all ages to read. It champions its proven power to improve health, wellbeing, life chances and social connections. Cause UK begins work to raise profile of its annual Quick Reads campaign this September.
Quick Reads is a tool for social change, offering short, accessible, and affordable books for less confident readers or those who have lost the reading habit. The campaign culminates with a Quick Reads giveaway on World Book Day in April 2025.
Cause UK also produced its own literary festival in rural Yorkshire, the Dickens’ Festival in Malton with Miriam Margolyes, as well as hosting a number of author talks and events over the years.
It is also a special advisor to the Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra, which the agency helped relaunch to support freelance northern musicians after the pandemic. Last year, it also pitched and produced a film for Sky Arts, Working Classical Heroes, which tells the story of a working-class pianist from Leeds, featuring a bespoke soundtrack commissioned from Yorkshire composer, Ben Crick.
Ann Chadwick, Director of Cause UK, said: “As an agency based in Yorkshire, we’re committed to supporting northern talent. We’re also keen to show that you don’t have to be based in London to achieve high-end PR campaigns with proven impact. We’re proud to be part of a wider movement in the north that’s working to rebalance that southern bias – particularly in the writing and publishing industries.”
The Royal Society of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce (RSA), known for its commitment to social change, has also appointed Cause UK to advise on trust and bid writing.
The RSA’s work aligns with Cause UK’s expertise in driving meaningful impact through strategic communication in the creative and cultural sectors.
Clair Challenor-Chadwick, MD of Cause UK, said: “We are delighted to represent these three respected organisations who do remarkable and transformative work in the creative sector. The new contracts are testament to our longstanding work representing the arts, particularly literature and books, and our expertise built across the last decade or so positioning arts organisations and campaigns on the national media map.”
Clair added: “Our work with New Writing North, The Reading Agency, and the RSA allows us to expand our reach and continue to promote the life-affirming power of the arts. These partnerships align with our passion for storytelling and our mission to support cultural initiatives that make a difference, particularly for underserved communities.”
Cause UK is a B-Corp agency, that also represents charities, social enterprise, and ethical businesses.
About Cause UK:
Cause UK is a leading public relations agency specialising in representing charities, businesses, the public sector, and social enterprise.
The creative arts, cultural initiatives, and the literary sector are a core service area. With a focus on storytelling and impact-driven communication, Cause UK works with a range of clients and is B Corp certified. For more information about Cause UK and its services, please visit www.causeuk.com.