BLETCHLEY PARK APPOINTS KALLAWAY
Bletchley Park, the once top-secret home of the World War Two Codebreakers and the birthplace of modern information technology has appointed Kallaway to raise its profile and drive footfall.
Kallaway’s first campaign was to support the launch of Bletchley Park’s new exhibition and immersive film D-Day: Interception, Intelligence, Invasion, which launched during the 75th anniversary of D-Day, tells for the first time the pivotal role Bletchley Park played in providing intelligence that contributed to the success of the Normandy landings.
The PR campaign generated coverage across national print and broadcast media and increased online ticket sales by 91%.
To break through the crowded media agenda commemorating this historic moment, Kallaway’s campaign focused on a new narrative for Bletchley Park’s success – its outstanding teamwork. Bletchley Park is well known for the famous Alan Turing, the man who broke the Enigma machine code. In fact, the top-secret site was home to an unseen army of almost 10,000 Codebreakers and others, the majority of whom were women, working around the clock on many different codes and ciphers.
Often these women and men worked as individuals or in small teams, and were unaware of how their work contributed to the wealth of intelligence provided by Bletchley Park to Allied commanders.
Our campaign generated 26 news and features throughout the national print media as well as live onsite broadcasts with BBC Breakfast TV and interviews across ten regional radio stations.
Examples included a full-page feature in the Observer on ‘king of calm’ Eric Jones, the son of a Macclesfield textile manufacturer who eased tensions and boosted morale within the factory-like conditions of Hut 3.
We also highlighted the secrecy honoured by the Codebreakers in interviews for BBC Breakfast. Deborah Lamb spoke about her parents, cryptanalysts Mavis and Keith Batey, and how she had no idea what they did during the war until the Official Secrets Act was lifted in 1973, and 96-year-old veteran Rena Stewart, who spoke of how she kept her heroic work at Bletchley Park to herself until long after the war was won.
Katrina Harper, Head of Communications, Bletchley Park said: “Bletchley Park was the epicentre of World War Two codebreaking and the British wartime intelligence hub – a place where modern technological innovation and human endeavour made ground breaking achievements that have helped shape the world we live in today.
“Kallaway has an impressive track record of supporting world class attractions reach their goals. They have already started to help us achieve our mission to excite and inspire new audiences about achievements of Bletchley Park and why they are relevant today. Their first campaign has been excellent and we’re excited about the future.”
William Kallaway, Managing Director, Kallaway, said: “Bletchley Park is an astonishing place that helps us reflect on the challenges we face in today’s rapidly changing world. We are delighted to working with the team and look forward to helping them reach their goals.”
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Email: William.kallaway@kallaway.com
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About Kallaway (www.kallaway.com)
Kallaway is a PR and sponsorship consultancy that helps world class brands become more successful. It specialises in the culture, leisure and retail sectors and excels in destination marketing. Clients range from Battersea Power Station, Berkeley Homes, Interstate Hotels and London Bridge BID through to Tower Bridge, Japan House London, Affordable Art Fair, KidZania, Hard Rock Cafe and Royal Academy of Dance. Past campaigns include launching landmark attractions and destinations including The View from The Shard, Dreamland, Margate; The Mary Rose Museum and Being Brunel
Bletchley Park
Bletchley Park is a vibrant heritage attraction and museum, open daily to visitors.It remains highly relevant to our lives today and for the future. It is the home of British codebreaking and a birthplace of modern information technology. It played a major role in World War Two, producing secret intelligence which had a direct and profound influence on the outcome of the conflict.
Over the past twenty years Bletchley Park has become an internationally renowned heritage attraction, visited by people from around the world, which acknowledges the successes from the War and the people responsible for them. It celebrates their values: broad-minded patriotism; commitment; discipline; technological excellence. By presenting and explaining these achievements and these values, in the very place where they occurred, Bletchley Park brings together the dramatic history of the twentieth century with the challenges we face in the twenty first in our rapidly changing and technologically complex society.
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