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Campaigns Stories 2005

Bristol weekly launches first campaign
Re-launched Clifton Chronicle speaks out for community in NHS debate

Evening News hands over dossier in asylum fight
Fight is on to allow displaced family to stay in the UK

Gazette calls for emergency crews to be shown some Respect
Growing trend of abuse prompts Lancashire title to take a stand

Press appeal success grants 'an extra three months of life'
Chronicle begged NHS to make north-east developed life-extending drug available to patients

Gazette backs bid to make town safer after violent death
Student tragedy sparks in-paper safety campaign

City's 1,000 extra jobs thanks to the Echo
Paper's initiative is helping to

Quadruple campaign victory for the Echo
Four victories in ten days "beyond our wildest dreams", says editor

Evening News calls for law to protect 999 workers
Newspaper says fire fighters should get the same protection as the police

Minister backs Mail's hit and run message
Midlands paper sets the agenda after 20-year-old's death on pelican crossing

Evening News in bid to free man from Brazilian jail
Press backs family of man who says he was imprisoned without fair trial

Chronicle extends schools safety campaign
Picture editor comes up with latest plan to make kids safer

Alexine's Law success follows pressure from Telegraph
"Justice is finally being done", says campaigning newspaper

Newspaper's forest-saving project praised
Argus readers help raise £100,000 to restore woodland

Success for killer driver campaigns as law change is planned
Regional papers' call for tougher sentences gets results

Weekly paper's plea bring 50 sacks of aid in two days
Editor "taken aback" by response after front page appeal for help

Evening Courier makes readers 'proud'
Newspaper takes a positive stance after calls from readers

Readers send 6,000 messages backing benefits office debtor
Calls to write debt off are taken to parliament

Barking-mad reporter works like dog to raise animal charity cash
Chief reporter tumbles over the line in stadium mascot race

Echo's bid to reclaim the neighbouirhood
Chief Constable backs press campaign to rid city of its yobs

Guantanamo detainee's fight taken up by The Argus
Journalist travels to Home Office to deliver paper's dossier on local man's case

Chronicle's campaign cites 101 reasons to take Pride
First major initiative for new editor reflects "enthusiasm and energy" of readers

Stark's Park press campaign set to win through
Free Press set to claim victory in campaign to save local football club

Star's £1m pet rescue bid
Editor launches front page appeal in animal cruelty blackspot

'Ignored' cancers under newspaper's spotlight
Bid to raise £2m in three years as appeal is launched

Lifeboat call-outs are cut thanks to Standard campaign
Emergency services hail "excellent"

End to Chinese Whispers as Mail gets answers

End to Chinese Whispers as Mail gets answers
Month-long fight included a front page headline in Mandarin Chinese and a Chinese embassy visit

Argus launches fight to stop police merger
Chief constable promises to listen to readers after tough talking from local paper

Fire deaths slashed in wake of Post campaign
Newspaper initiative has had a "tremendous effect"

Fight for germ warfare probe to go to health secretary
Dossier to be handed over at party conference as Evening News targets minister

Drivers the target in Chronicle's safety push
New school year prompts push to improve road safety

Fight for germ warfare probe to go to health secretary

South coast paper fights for hospital beds
Echo lauches petition in protest as more than 100 beds come under threat

Newspaper helps solve more than 100 crimes
Rogues gallery achieves "fantastic rate of clearing up crimes which would otherwise have gone undetected"

Germ warfare probe victory for Evening News
Independent medical research may unravel East Anglian cancer mystery

Terri campaign raises £376,000 - and counting
Young burns victim still touching the heart strings of Suffolk readers

Five-day series to cut death toll
Mail sets out its stall to cut road crash mortality rate from one every three days

Journal calls for u-turn on college closure plans
"Campus is vital to the economy and we will do our utmost to keep it here" - editor

Kilt ban overturned by Herald
Campaign over ban on national dress captured the imagination of readers

Parliamentary support for Post's fight on dental care shortage
Early day motion proposal backs YP's campaign for dentistry services

Flying start for Stand up for Salford hotline
Campaign to stamp out 'yobbery' aims to restore city's reputation

Media group aims to Get Kent Giving
New campaign aims to encourage people to give more to good causes

Mail leads 'United for Peace' message
New editor backs multi-faith harmony event

Wear1 says 'shout up for Sunderland'
Echo launches major push to "talk up" city and encourage positive change

Flying start for Stand up for Salford hotline

Swindon and proud of it attracts sniping from rivals
Much-maligned town shrugs off attack from columnist

Wear1 says 'shout up for Sunderland'

Telegraph targets fine dodgers as successful campaign is revived
Offenders are named and shamed into paying their dues after 21-strong 'wanted' list is published

New twist to Shop A Yob as troublemakers turn themselves in
News Shopper campaign draws a "fantastic response" as vandals are urged to come clean

Herald takes action to stamp out underage drinking
Reader concerns prompt poster campaign to stop adults buying alcohol for under-18s

Echo takes Reds' case to Uefa
Paper calls for football club to be allowed to defend Champions League title and gives 3,600 reasons why

Star claims victory after moving quickly to nip health threat in the bud
Weekly collected 2,000 signatures in less that two weeks as it harnessed "people power"

Worcester News 'wishbands' raise £20,000 for tsunami children

Worcester News 'wishbands' raise £20,000 for tsunami children
Paper sold Indian Ocean-coloured wristbands in aid of Unicef appeal

Paper bids to wipe out smoking in public - and starts with its own office
York title closes its smoke room as new campaign encourages others to do the same

Death sparks hard-hitting anti-drugs campaign from Chronicle
Graphic front page is used in bid to get others to break the habit

Standard declares victory in fight to save pool
Closure sparked paper's most popular campaign in living memory

Paper accused of stirring up racial tensions
Scottish Parliament told coverage could lead to a backlash - but paper maintains its reports are fair

Post appeal aims to cut cycling deaths
Newspaper urges readers to use their head and wear a helmet

MP takes Examiner's Silent Killer fight to House of Commons
Campaign sparks "unprecedented" response which saw 1,000 gas detectors snapped up in two hours

Double success for Echo's Forgotten Hero appeal
School hit by arson also gets a cash boost after fundraising target is surpassed

Press campaign raises £100,000 for 'bile bears' in 28 days
Local charity's target was £5,000 but Daily Press readers' money continues to pour in

Star appeal helps rebuild tsunami-hit village for a second time
Earthquake destroyed paper's efforts but it pledges to rebuild - bigger and better

MEN editor in training to scale Africa's highest peak
Newspaper trio hope to raise £50,000 in trek up Kilimanjaro

Rail crash victims to be remembered thanks to Observer
Paper's anniversary tribute led to memorial campaign

Victory is declared as Parker's Piece cricket is saved
170-year-old pitch will stay, thanks to the Cambridge Evening News

Appeal target upped by £400,000 as Advertiser enjoys fast response
Editor praises "incredibly generous readers" as £600,000 is raised for cancer appeal

Rail crash victims to be remembered thanks to Observer

Post campaign gives food for thought
Midlands paper encourages people to buy locally produced food

News lends its support as club battles for survival
Thousands of posters printed as paper urges community to stand united

Regional press effort raises £2.5m for tsunami victims
Charity thanks industry for "unprecedented" response which saw it link up with 42 titles

Free weeklies move towards £2m appeal target

Echo in bid to win direct rail link to capital

Standard's litter blitz attracts national interest

£485,000 difference to those in most need

Veterans to keep care home thanks to 'heroes' fight
Readers' support helps Express save benevolent fund mansion house

Hassan supporters to lobby Home Office

Observer calls for memorial to rail crash victims

Focus on paper's ex-smokers boosts campaign's reach

Paper claims first round victory in blackspot fight

Post gives readers chance to win fertility treatment
Newspaper will foot medical bills as part of unique initiative

Press snappers target lazy parents

EDP gets tough on domestic violence

EDP gets tough on domestic violence
Norfolk title joins forces with police in bid to help victims

£100,000 in three months for bone marrow charity

Telegraph hits the Magic Million
Success for biggest campaign in paper's history ensures hospitals get cancer kit

Trainee leads pony appeal to success