07729965231 rebecca@purple-rain.co.uk

Author archive: purplerain

Harvest 2020 video campaign

Autumn is a beautiful season with the trees changing colour, nights getting darker and an excuse to light the fire in the evenings. On the farm, it also means harvest season as barley is cut, silage is made to feed animals through the winter and potatoes are ready for digging. To capture this special time…

Purple Rain’s first podcast appearance

Thanks to the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Purple Rain had the opportunity to take part in their first podcast appearance. The episode aired on Wednesday 23rd September focusing on ‘Maximising social media’. Alongside Carnmoney Presbyterian’s Creative Associate Jamie Neish and Hill Street Presbyterian Church’s Assistant Minister John Graham, Purple Rain’s Rebecca McConnell joined host, PCI’s…

Wimbledon: Five Championship Reads

Over the years I have bought and read many tennis books, including my favourite type – autobiographies. As a tennis fan and a book addict, it is the perfect combination. Reading first hand from the players whose shots I admired on court helped me to get a fuller story of them as a person, behind…

Lessons in lockdown

Today’s blog is a bit more personal than business related, but given the current circumstances, I just wanted to share some thoughts to help us through these ‘different days’. This plate was given to me when I was seconded to the Youth Justice Agency to help with their internal and external comms. It was made…

The journey so far…

Today, nine years ago, I set up Purple Rain as a PR consultancy. Thanks to my clients and the support of family and colleagues, I am still in business getting to promote companies and organisations and work on some wonderful campaigns. Here is a short video showing some of my work to date and some…

Campaigns recognised at Premier Digital Awards 2019

Social media campaigns for the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, managed by Purple Rain PR, were recognised at Premier Digital Awards in London. Christmas Means More and Easter Means Everything were created to help tell the story of people’s faith online. They came runner’s up in the Best Use of Social Media category at the UK…

Remembering the fallen journalists

After a visit to St Bride’s Church in London for the 70th anniversary of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), Rebecca reflects on the need to remember journalists who have died in war zones bringing us the news. You’re watching the news with a cuppa and the pictures that you see on TV aren’t…

Food Matters at the Barn opens it’s doors

A cookery school offering classes in practical family cooking has been officially opened on the outskirts of Rathfriland, Co Down. Food Matters at the Barn on the Whitegate Road is the business dream of Heather Henning, a Food Science graduate from Queen’s University, Belfast. From her wealth of experience working in the food industry specialising…

Happy Birthday to the UFU & Balmoral Show

One of the key drivers in creating a newsworthy publicity campaign is the marking of time of an organisation or service that has been going for a long time. This week sees the 150th Balmoral Show take place and this year, the Ulster Farmers’ Union are also celebrating their Centenary and being the voice of…

Joyce McConnell, Rebecca McConnell, Vincenta Leyden and Lisa Stewart pictured at In the line of duty

To mark the seventh anniversary of Purple Rain, I held a photography exhibition in Rathfriland on the theme In the line of duty, in Rathfriland Young Farmers’ Hall. I was delighted with the turnout and response from family, friends and neighbours as well as the local community. Colleagues I had worked with in the past journeyed…

MENU