Corporate Communications

Communications and Public Relations

The Corporate Communications team is based in the Chief Executive's Department and is responsible for the management and development of all aspects of the Council's internal and external communications strategy.

The introduction of the strategy is one of the goals in the Council's current Corporate Plan.

The Council aims to:

listen to all of its stakeholders (residents, communities, customers, partners and employees)
understand fully what is being said
respond in the right way, at the right time

Corporate Communications supports the Council's approach to communications by :

managing and developing the way the Council communicates with residents, communities, customers, partners and employees
managing media and public relations locally and nationally - news releases
managing the Council's presence on the worldwide web and developing content for this website and the internal Intranet

SBConnect

SBConnect is the Council's newspaper for Borders residents. There are three editions every year in Spring, Summer and Winter.

Press Office

To contact the Council's Press Office please call (01835) 826632. Out of office hours a staff rota system operates.

To send a fax please call (01835) 825059

Staff contact details

Kathleen Travers, Corporate Communications Manager - 01835 825008
Pauline Bristow, External Communications/Press Relations Officer - 01835 826632
Claire Chalmers, Internal Communications Officer - 01835 825209
George Thompson, Media Assistant - 01835 826601
Mark Gorzalka, Website & Intranet Manager - 01835 826588
Keith King, Website & Intranet Officer - 01835 826689

Or you can contact us via our online form