Dear Gavin Starkey

Further to your email dated 18 September 2008, in which you requested that I provide information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please find the information provided below in the style of your email dated 18 September 2008.

Can you tell me if a company by the name of "The Campaign Company" registration number 04275708 has undertaken any work for your organisation since 23/08/2001?

Yes, the Campaign Company supported membership recruitment activity for this Trust in the Autumn of 2007.

If so, what was the nature of the work undertaken, was the work satisfactory or met its targets and what was the total cost for the undertaking of this work?

If the said company has undertaken more than one piece of work with your organisation can you give information for each case individually?

The Trust contracted with the Campaign Company for the following work:

The Trust did have some concerns about the way this work was delivered, in particular relating to inconsistency of message to the local public, accuracy of information collection, data validity and reporting, slow achievement of target numbers and erratic invoicing processes.

There were concerns also with this work relating to inconsistency of message regarding membership and not meeting agreed recruitment target numbers.

Costs for the above work totalled £8160 plus VAT.

I trust this information answers your enquiry

Yours sincerely

Yvonne French

Head of Corporate Services

Chair: Joyce Catterick Chief Executive: Steven Michael