New Website Helps Women's Refuge Project
The Women's Refuge Project wanted to increase access to their services, provide information on domestic violence and abuse and information to supporters by having a website. They knew what they wanted but didn't know how to achieve it. Then BCP put them in touch with local web designers, Ice Palms Limited, who donated all their services for free, designing and setting up the site.
Jane Binns, fundraising officer from the Womens Refuge Project said:
"We're very grateful to Ali and Luke of Ice Palms, who put in so much hard work to ensure that the website was ready to be launched at our AGM. They've continued to support us by updating the website for us and we've formed an excellent relationship with the company. They are also kindly supporting our sponsored run in September."
Ali Tucker, director of Ice Palms Limited said:
"The website request from the Womens Refuge Project (WRP) was unique and presented a challenge. We had to address three distinct groups; women, children and teenagers who had all suffered domestic violence. We wanted to encompass every technical facility we could, to make the users feel as safe as possible. Our design had to ensure we built immediate trust with these groups, directing them towards the information in a friendly and intuitive way, quickly and efficiently"
The website has been written with speed of use and safety in mind, and features quick exit buttons and information for users who are worried about someone finding out they have looked at the site. It has been written in W3C, conforming to the Web Accessibility Initiative Guidelines and has achieved a triple AAA rating. This high accessibility rating ensures that no-one is excluded from seeing the site due to any aspect of disability.
Featured in the website are special menus ‘Help for Kids' and ‘Help for Teens' giving help and advice for children and young people in an attractive and well designed cartoon format.
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