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UNICEF
In 2017 we won a global tender to provide editing and rewriting services for UNICEF. Since then we have edited over 100 reports for their offices around the world.
Government Office for Science (Go Science)
We won a tender edit a suite of around 30 summary reports for Go Science’s Foresight project on the future of transport in the UK. We ensured that these reports came across clearly, accurately and consistently.
Environment Agency
The Environment Agency tasked us with translating technical papers on flood defences into briefs fit for public consumption. We rose to the challenge.
Equality & Human Rights Commission
The Commission recently tasked us with editing guidance material, as well as tackling research reports. We ensured both were easy to read, clear and concise.
Visit Britain
Our report writer served as wise counsel to the Chairman and Chief Executive whilst this strategic review of Britain’s tourism was drafted and redrafted. He provided advice about report structuring and tone of voice, as well as his writing and editing skills.
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European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
We’ve edited over fifty research and policy reports for this EU Agency.
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Eurofound
Around 400 research reports have had the full ProseWorks editing treatment, ensuring consistency of tone and clarity of language across the board.
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Department for Transport
We recently edited a command paper on aviation policy for this central government department.
European Network & Information Security Agency (ENISA)
Our editing team have tackling over twenty technical and corporate reports on European information security issues.
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Oxford Policy Management
We edited and formatted evaluation reports on government projects in central Africa for this leading development consultancy.
Audit Commission
ProseWorks won a framework contract to edit research and policy documents for this public sector watchdog. Methodical and meticulous copy editing and proofreading was required.
Coffey International
We have tidied up language and presentation issues, as well as copy editing and proofreading project reports for this leading international development consultancy.
National Housing Federation
Our copy editors brought coherence and consistency to Building Greener Homes, a publication showcasing eco-friendly housing initiatives.
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London Development Agency
ProseWorks won the tender to edit a suite of research reports. We have also written executive summaries, as well as copy for a business conference marketing brochure for the LDA.
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Ministry of Justice
Various consultation papers have been pored over by ProseWorks editors and proof-readers before they saw the light of day. MoJ officials have relied on our accuracy and professionalism to work with texts and proofs, often at short notice.
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Northwest Regional Development Agency
We transformed a fifty-page policy report on enterprise into an upbeat summary document suitable for public consumption.
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Advantage West Midlands
Clarity and precision were the order of the day for The West Midlands Economy – a document produced jointly with HM Treasury and the Department for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform.
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Department of Trade and Industry
The DTI gave us the task of editing a report on social finance. While we maintained the report’s authoritative tone, we brought the text to life and made it easy to digest.
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Local Government Ombudsman
We’ve edited a special report on how to seek redress from partnership arrangements for this watchdog organisation.
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Turning Point
We’ve edited two publications – one on needle exchanges and another on dual diagnosis – for this cutting edge substance abuse charity.
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Learning and Skills Council (LSC)
ProseWorks has written and edited a host of policy briefings for the Learning and Skills Council on the key issues affecting post-16 education. Editing newsletters, web editing and writing jargon-free copy are all part of the services we have provided for the LSC.
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Worldwide Initiative for Grantmaker Support (WINGS)
WINGS is an international umbrella group for charitable trusts. This Brussels-based body called in ProseWorks to edit and design a report marking a recent international conference on philanthropy and grant-making.
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Thomas Pocklington Trust
For the last five years ProseWorks has edited a range of different guides and research reports for this housing, care and research charity for people with sight loss.
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The Giving Campaign
ProseWorks edited an information pack that describes the complexities of donating shares to charity. We also edited a fundraiser’s guide to tax effective giving.
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4Children
A 40,000 word resource pack on managing children’s clubs required copy editing and proof reading. We were happy to oblige for this leading national children’s charity.
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Waste and Resources Action Programme (Wrap)
We’ve edited a wide range of materials for this waste reduction and recycling body, converting technical detail into easy-to-read reports, guidance documents, case studies and summaries.
Arts Council England
Arts Council England’s diversity and equality toolkit needed the ProseWorks treatment to ensure a consistent voice and tone throughout. We also copy edited and proof read this toolkit.
BOND
This membership organisation represents development charities in the UK. With its own in-house team overstretched, ProseWorks stepped in to edit and produce its monthly newsletter.
Department for International Development
From editing documents on water issues through to drafting policy documents aimed at children, ProseWorks has undertaken a range of editing assignments for this Whitehall department.
Parkinson’s Disease Society
PDS produces a number of information booklets for people with Parkinson’s Disease and their carers. We were commissioned to write one on the various types of brain surgery available to sufferers.
Macmillan Cancer Support
This leading charity recently produced a new user involvement guide for people with cancer. ProseWorks edited this important document.
The Countryside Agency
ProseWorks edited a policy document on the rural economy, turning jargon and ‘policy speak’ into plain and simple language. We also wrote a user guide for a web-based rural learning network.
Christian Aid
Editing an internal document on the implications of data protection was a task we were given by this well known international development charity.
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM)
ProseWorks was commissioned to write and edit a joint ODPM/Home Office report on crime and neighbourhood renewal.