Chalkstream was established in June 2012 by Ben Verinder, then communications director at the Association of Colleges.
We combine research, strategic planning and public relations expertise to help clients achieve their objectives through improved insight and communication.
Typically we are initially engaged to deliver market or reputation intelligence through primary research, supplemented by professional evidence-based counsel or expert training and coaching.
Chalkstream clients most commonly operate in the education and skills sectors, but we also work with a wide range of other types of organisation, including Government departments and agencies, membership organisations and publishers.
David manages data analysis, respondent recruitment, fieldwork teams and research reporting. He is also the lead interviewer on specialist projects and helps design project plans and questionnaires.
Rae helps design and deliver projects and has worked with a very wide range of education and skills clients.
Justina began her career as a features writer and commissioning editor for national newspapers before shifting into public relations and copywriting via online journalism. She has extensive social media and digital publishing experience, is the author of fiction and non-fiction books and a commentator on cultural matters for BBC Radio 4 and BBC World Service.
James is a brand, reputation and trends analyst working in the field of socio-economic and commercial change who supports Chalkstream on specialist research projects.
As editorial director at the Future Foundation, James headed the team which converted the company’s research programmes into useful, future-focused findings. Clients included Boots, Eurostar, BA, Lloyds, Standard Life, Save the Children, O2 and Facebook.
Sue supports Chalkstream in delivering reputation and communication training for senior leaders in education.
Alison supports Chalkstream in the delivery of internal communications training for managers and leaders in education. She is a multi-award winning communications professional with an MSc in public relations whose expertise covers media relations, internal communications, crisis management and public affairs.
We help clients tackle significant challenges, build stronger relationships and achieve business objectives through high quality reputation management support. Chalkstream specialises in the education, training and skills sectors but we also work with a wide range of other types of organisation – including Government and agencies, publishers and trade associations. Our mix of research and consultancy expertise ensures that we deliver robust, evidence-based counsel in order to help clients.
