The Activist
Digital Agency

Sustainable digital marketing & creative storytelling
for advocacy and system change

Content Strategy

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Trusted by 80+ changemakers around the world

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services

We scale social and environmental projects for the changemakers out there.

We blend content strategy, storytelling and advocacy to create maximum impact on websites and social media.

We're a UK-based sustainable marketing agency made up of creative directors, digital innovators, and designers with an OBSESSION for social and environmental justice.

We pride ourselves in being highly ethical and transparent.
In fact, we've consistently helped our clients save thousands by making smart digital choices.

Digital marketing

We build: beautiful websites, effective ad campaigns, and impactful SEO campaigns.
We don't inflate our quotes with useless items and we don't reinvent the wheel.

Our digital transformation work has also been featured twice at the UK's Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport.

🎉 Our work was featured twice at the UK Department for Culture, Media & Sports.

Creative storytelling

We create: videos, graphics, photographs and illustrations. We write pretty good copy too.
Our storytelling skills are grounded in neuroscience-backed research.

🎥 Our work has been featured on the BBC, ITV, Channel4 and more.

Advocacy

We advocate: in partnership with the HERO Circle team - supporting 120+ climate campaigners worldwide - we now also create advocacy campaigns to create true system change.

Why build 10,000 homes or deliver 10,000 meals, when you can change the law itself?

Why do it on your own when you can hire the best in the business? Get in touch to find our more about our unique advocacy services. And we do mean unique: no-one else does this.

🌳 Like the campaigners who helped pass the EU Nature Restoration Law (led by Adelaide Charlier).

Consultancy & Workshops

We train: offer range of workshops from carbon literacy and storytelling to Canva and digital marketing (SEO, social media marketing).

We also provide consultant services in B Corp accreditation, sustainability strategy and digital transformation.

💡 Our workshops have been delivered at various UN Agencies and purpose-driven VC funds.

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Impact

570%

increase in engagement for UN-Habitat on social media

3.5M views

for a European commission campaign in one year

4,500+

Volunteer applications for Re-engage's new call companion service over 3 months

225% ROI

on Meta adverts for circular business The Spray Group

Advocacy-focused high level political forums promoted and co-organised worldwide

£350k

Saved for the Kennel Club since 2016 for their online academy

100%

Year-on-year growth in website traffic over 3 years for Habitat for Humanity GB

£240k+

raised for charity in the campaigns we've worked on

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Ventures

This where we run our very own projects - usually funded by our sustainable marketing agency. Sometimes it's a social business, sometimes it's a children's book.

*NEW: use our "Demand Climate Action" profile picture frame on social media.

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Testimonials

“A creative agency that is excellent at managing digital content and social media platforms not forgetting web design! Great at storytelling and offering trainings that help boost employees capacities in impact storytelling. I like how they are proactive and always taking time to brainstorm with clients and develop customized solutions!”

Caroline Nyamamu

Habitat for Humanity Africa

“The Restless team helped us triple the organic traffic on our website within 8 months, created ad campaigns with a direct 2.5x ROI (not including LTV) and launched our online store which went from £3.5k/month to £12k/month within 4 months. Can't recommend enough - a great digital content and marketing partner.”

Lee

Spray Group

“Just want to let you know that the video worked great at the [World Habitat Day] event.
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A lot of people LOVED it and said that it was the best thing at the ceremony! So thanks a lot for realizing this great idea!”

Katerina Bezgachina

UN-Habitat

"Restless Stories supported me in organizing a large-scale regional conference. They were responsible for all digital work, including graphic design, video production, social media engagement, newsletters, report design, and countless print branding elements. Working with them was seamless and ensured that the event had strong promotion and audience engagement. It was a resounding success!"

Deena Khalil

MENA Housing Forum

“I have turned to Dario for work on website design, social media, filming and stills photography. What is particularly gratifying is that he not only has enviable technical savvy but also have great sensitivity. This is exemplified by the talent that graces his work both visually and musically.”

Tim Thomas

Musical Producer

"It was great to work with Dario. He would come up with solutions for a range of web and digital marketing problems, including SEO and Video Production, which produced some great results."

Alex Wilkes

Zava

"The team at Restless Stories are masters at translating the work of an organisation to making it approachable & engaging through effective communications.

I worked with the team for a large, continent wide conference to develop reports, newsletters, graphic design and social media. Their contributions made the event an overwhelming success."

Robyn Emerson

Africa Housing Forum

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Works

Digital strategy

Social media advertising campaign for Call Companions

We ran several UK-wide Meta (Facebook & Instagram) advertising campaigns, powered by a series of animated gifs, for the launch of Re-engage's new "Call Companions" service during the first lockdown of the pandemic. The launch was a roaring success with over 4,000 applicants over three months.

Digital strategy

Photography

Photographing isolated older people at a tea dance

Working with Re-engage has been eye-opening. You don't really see how much social isolation is going on among older people in the country until you meet some of those they support. And even then you're barely scratching the surface.

Photography

Creative campaigns

Documentaries on evictions & sustainable communities

A creative campaign pitched and developed for Habitat for Humanity. A series of documentaries, interactive videos and more for an EU-funded project to raise awareness of the UN's SDG 11 - with a focus on land rights, slums and gender equality.

Creative campaigns

Video production

Bluebird Care Camden & Hampstead: Company Presentation

A week after I'd watched "The Fundamentals of Caring" on Netflix, I received an email from the CEO of Bluebird Care Camden & Hampstead about creating a video for his business. No need to say I was already pre-sold!

Video production

Digital strategy

Re-engaging with digital: charity website redesign

Changing a name is a big deal. It’s not a decision that’s made lightly. Especially when it’s a charity rebrand. How do you change a small organisation founded in the 1960s that has one of the largest volunteer bases in the UK with over 12,000 members?

Digital strategy

Creative campaigns

Marketing an Online Event: the Europe Housing Forum

In July 2021, we were asked to provide marketing support for an online event, the Europe Housing Forum, scheduled to take place in November 2021. Some of the duties included social media management, content creation, email marketing, and paid advertising on Facebook and LinkedIn.

Creative campaigns

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