Precedent Giveaway £30k of web development

***  UPDATE - Due to the number of requests received Precedent have extended the entry deadline to January 10th - see  http://bit.ly/1822KQ  ***

Precedent, a London based communications agency, is celebrating its 20th anniversary by giving away the equivalent of £30k of web development, training and strategy.

Originally Precedent planned to give away £20,000 of agency time, but their 70 strong team were so keen to get involved and volunteer that the prize is expected to rise to of well-over £30,000. The team are also looking to help the winning charity by getting involved in fundraising activities and the Media Trust have donated a bursary place on a communications course.

The competition is open to all UK registered charities. To enter charities need to post a short video onto YouTube explaining why their entry should win the prize and what difference it will make to them. The video (no longer than 3 minutes) can be anything from a mobile phone clip to a professional recording. It could be funny or hard hitting, it just needs to be memorable.

In “X Factor” fashion the entrants will be judged by a panel which includes Media Trust, Third Sector Magazine and Director and Artist Ian Emes (Duran Duran – The Chauffeur, Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon), Paul Hoskins, owner and founder of Precedent, Dean Russell, Head of Digital Marketing at Precedent and a polled vote from across the Precedent team.

Dean Russell commented “We know how passionate charities are about what they do, so we are hoping that this will create a showcase for them to promote themselves, whether they create the clip in-house, or ask their volunteers to do it for them.”

To enter, upload your video onto YouTube and send Precedent the link with details via the competition microsite (http://giveaway.precedent.co.uk). All videos will be showcased online, and a shortlist of 6 charities will be made when the competition closes November 27th, with a winner announced in December – just in time for Christmas!

As an additional bonus all the clips will be available online, adding to all the charities profiles and helping their search engine optimization. The winning charity will be promoted online throughout the project, with their website launch anticipated early in 2010.
To find out more go to http://giveaway.precedent.co.uk/