Category archive: Case Studies

Purple Rain has worked with PCI at their annual General Assembly in a variety of roles. In 2013, Rebecca provided micro blogging support of the proceedings via Twitter. For the first time in eighty years the Assembly moved from its usual base in Belfast to Londonderry, so it was imperative that constant communication was sent…

Bangor Worldwide Missionary Convention is an annual Christian conference held in August, mainly at Hamilton Road Presbyterian Church in Bangor, dedicated to promoting and informing people about mission agencies working across the world. Purple Rain has assisted in promoting the event since 2014, managing press relations pre and post event, helping to gain coverage in a…

Purple Rain had the pleasure of supporting Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council in promoting their Enterprise Week in November 2018 and November 2019 as part of the annual Global Entrepreneurship Week. Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the 2020 campaign took the form of an online suite of virtual events. Purple Rain worked closely…

The Presbyterian Church in Ireland commissioned Dr Gladys Ganiel and Jamie Yohanis to write a book to help gather the experiences of Presbyterians and the Troubles. Purple Rain assisted by managing press at the launch in Belfast on 5th November 2019 and issuing out the press release and pictures and liaising with radio producers. There…

Food Matters at the Barn launched in August 2019 offering cookery lessons in County Down to help improve confidence and skills of home cooks. Purple Rain worked closely with the owner, Heather Henning to develop her web presence and develop a social media strategy to build awareness of her cookery school on Instagram and Facebook….

Purple Rain was pleased to offer PR support to the Ulster Farmers’ Union to celebrate their Centenary with a special weekend of events in May 2018.  This was a family celebration event in the perfect setting of the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum to reflect on the organisation that has been ‘the voice of farming’…

Purple Rain project managed Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend between December 2015 and September 2018. The initiative, which takes place annually in June, seeks to get members of the public onto working farms to have a greater appreciation of where their food comes from. A range of farms take part from all across Northern Ireland…

ReachOut was a bi-monthly magazine published by the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. Purple Rain owner Rebecca McConnell was assigned the role of editor of the magazine in 2015 and 2016. Having previously worked for PCI, Rebecca was able to build on the contacts she had made as she liaised with congregations to gather in stories from around Ireland. After drafting…

Purple Rain worked with the Young Farmer’s Clubs of Ulster to create #yfsms14 – a social media seminar designed to explore the role of social media in farming and rural life. Held in December 2014, the event attracted over 80 YFCU members and friends in the Assembly Buildings Conference Centre, in Belfast. Key speakers included…