Our training programme is designed to directly address the need for greater ethnic diversity in the Public Relations (PR) and Communications industry and is open to graduates from a Black, Asian and minority ethnic background to apply.
There are a number of training programmes that run each year, each programme has a different partner. Our current programme partners are: Brunswick Group, FGS Global, FTI Consulting and HSBC UK.
The summer programme partner is Brunswick Group .
Brunswick is a critical issues firm. They advise the world’s leading companies on how to navigate the critical issues they face and engage with their critical stakeholders.
Their purpose is to help their clients play their role in the world more successfully. They help the leaders of the world’s great value-creating organisations operate successfully across the increasingly complex and fast-changing arenas of finance, politics and society at large.What is the PR Training programme?
The Taylor Bennett Foundation (TBF) PR Training programme is a paid, in-person, 7-week intensive PR and Communications training programme.
The training programme will include:

Workshops & insights into the range of Brunswick’s work across various sectors and practice groups. This includes (not limited to) sessions on:

• An Introduction to Financial Communications
• Investor Relations and M&A
• ESG & Sustainability
• Public Affairs
• Issues and Crisis Communications
• Employability sessions to help you plan your future in the communications industry
• Present campaigns and research topics to a variety of audiences
• Writing tasks – including analysis, reports as well as media summaries, press releases and blogs
• Masterclasses: weekly in-person masterclasses are held with a variety of agencies and in-house communication teams across a range of sectors such as Public Affairs, Financial Services, Consumer PR, Digital, Healthcare, ESG & the third sector!
• Training opportunities via the CIPR and PRCA

The traineeships are paid. The training allowance is equivalent to your age and the National Minimum Wage + up to a Zone 1-3 travelcard in London.

TAX AND NI EXEMPT & EXPENSES PAID