Community

Cobb in the Community

We believe that companies have a duty to put something back into the communities where they work.

It might be time, business skills, high level contacts or money. But the important point is to do something.

At Cobb PR, we like to practice what we preach and have three key strands to our work in the community:

•  Education
•  Sport
•  Charities

Education

We have supported schools and colleges for over 10 years. Our support includes providing work experience opportunities, careers advice for students, enterprise weeks, Young Enterprise, and encouraging other businesses to engage with schools.

We work closely with journalism students at the University of Brighton and City College and take a regular feed of students for work experience. Tim Cobb is a regular guest speaker at City College in Brighton.  

Cobb PR has strong links to Wired Sussex and also offers graduates the chance to experience life in a busy and fast-moving agency.

Sport

Tim Cobb is a non-executive director at Eastbourne Borough Football Club, which is run as a community interest company. He works with the chairman and other directors to raise the profile of the club and encourage the business community to take a greater interest in the side.

He is also supporting Albion in the Community in its desire to extend its reach into the Sussex business community.

Cobb PR is closely involved with the Sussex County Cricket Club. We are proud sponsors of the club and sit on the testimonial committee to raise funds for cricketers in their final year of the professional game.

Tim was a keen cricketer in his day and could often be seen running out the way of a fast-moving ball. His claim to fame was managing to break two fingers in two consecutive games. It was at this point that he realised that it was better to be a fan than a player.

Charities and community groups

Cobb PR runs three exclusive networking clubs for business owners in Sussex and Kent. At each of the monthly meetings, Cobb PR gives a charity or community group a five minute platform to talk about their hopes and aspirations for the year ahead. Club members donate more than £10,000 a year to these charities.

Cobb PR gives on-going marketing and PR support to The Rockinghorse Trust and the Edward Starr Charitable Trust .

We enjoy a strong relationship with St Wilfrid's Hospice in Eastbourne, the Pickering Cancer Drop-In Centre in Tunbridge Wells and Chestnut Tree House Hospice in Arundel. In October 2010, Tim ran the gruelling Beachy Head Marathon and raised £2,000 for Chestnut Tree House. Tim's main sponsor was the fantastic team at County Clean Environmental.

If you are a charity and would like to have the opportunity to speak at one of our lunch clubs, please email Janet Kemp our business manager.