November 2022
Mackle Communications secure 3-year contract with Belfast Arts Organisation, Young At Art.
Armagh Public Relations consultancy, Mackle Communications have been awarded a 3-year contract to deliver Communications and Marketing to young At Art and Belfast Childrens Festival from 2022 to 2025.
The contract will see Mackle Communications, owned by Maurica Mackle, work alongside Young At Art to deliver branding and advocacy, sponsorship, marketing, communications, event management support and evaluation for the organisations Belfast Children’s Festival which takes place every year in March.
Mackle will deliver a full public relations campaigns for the festival and work with press to raise awareness of the works of Young At Art and Belfast Childrens Festival, which is the largest children’s festival on the island of Ireland, attracting over 12,000 participants annually, and support its Education and Engagement programme which engages a further 2,500 young people.
In addition, the Mackle team will deliver print, digital, video/photography, distribution and communications materials including Belfast Children’s Festival brochure and Young at Art’s annual report.
Commenting on the new contract with the team from Young at Art, Maurica Mackle, owner of Mackle Communications, said;
“We are thrilled to be working with the team from Young at Art again, and are excited for the 2023 Belfast Children’s Festival, and helping Young at art deliver the communications and marketing required to support the annual festival. The festival is growing in energy, enthusiasm and ambition every year, and we are really excited to work with Young At Art, and will no doubt bring our own inner children to the contract, which will mean a lot of fun for all!”
Eibhlin De Barra, Director of Young at Art, added;
“Young At Art are excited to be working with the team at Mackle Communications to plan our children’s festivals for the next 3 years. We are about to turn 25 and have much to celebrate to make sure our festival is even more far reaching and engaging audiences from young children through to their families and grandparents, than ever before. Everyone loves Belfast Children’s Festival, and we know that the plans already in development, supported by Mackle Communications will make for an enjoyable programme of delivery in 2023 and beyond.”
The contract for Young AArt, Belfast Children’s Festival commenced in November 2022 and run for 3 years.
Last month, Mackle Communications and Belfast Children’s Festival received a silver award at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations Awards for the 2022 Festival in the ‘Low Budget Campaign’ category.
