Posts by Jackie Latham
SEO best practice for your charity’s website
Optimising your charity’s website for the search engines (or SEO) is crucial – if people can’t find your website then you have zero chance of getting them to donate or volunteer! Getting your site to rise quickly through the search engine ranks is a huge area of study and a full time job for many,…
Read MoreThe RW Mann Trust
The RW Mann Trust are a grant-making charitable trust which supports organisations north of the Tyne and into south east Northumberland in their endeavours to improve the lives of people in the local community. I met the director of the Trust as we made our way up the stairs to an event at North Tyneside…
Read MoreLow contrast vision and how it affects web design
I’ve mentioned before that one of the reasons I started investigating digital accessibility is because I have poor contrast vision – that means that there is stuff I can’t see if the contrast between foreground and background isn’t big enough.It doesn’t impact me in my day to day life hugely. I can still get around…
Read MoreHow your website can encourage people to get involved
All good websites, whether for charities or commercial, are most successful when they draw people into their story, getting them involved and engaged so that they’re more likely to buy. For charities it’s even more important because you’re trying to get your site’s visitors involved when it may benefit someone else rather than themselves. And,…
Read MoreCleveland Family History Society
Cleveland Family History Society (CFHS) are one of my oldest clients and (shh! Don’t tell anyone else!) one of my favourites. They are a community group based in, wait for it!, Cleveland, and they research and hold archives about families from Cleveland, North Yorkshire and South Durham. They have a worldwide membership of many thousands…
Read MoreWhat makes traffic lights accessible?
I’ve been thinking recently about traffic lights and accessibility. ‘Why on earth would you do that???’ I hear you scream. Well, because traffic lights were designed with people with colour blindness in mind. That’s why, unless there are logistical reasons, they’re always in a vertical configuration – so if you can’t tell the difference between…
Read MoreWhy do I like working with charities and the non profit sector?
When I first started Jackdaw Web Design back in 2016 I was happy to work with anyone – non-profit, commercial, small business, corporate. I think this is common amongst start ups as not only can they not afford to turn work down, but they are also learning about who their ideal customers are. And getting…
Read MoreHeads Up CIC
Heads Up CIC are a wonderful organisation run by two women who go into primary schools to teach children how to look after their mental health. They, quite rightly in my opinion, work on the premise that it’s never too young to learn. And they do it without scaring or stressing the youngsters. They use…
Read MoreThe importance of language for accessibility
Why do so many people make it so hard for people to understand what they do, or what they sell? As I’ve said many times before, accessibility isn’t just about visual impairment, it’s about everything that could make it difficult for anyone to use your website, and one of those things is language. Sometimes it…
Read MoreFriends of St George’s, Cullercoats
This little website was a long time coming, but I hope it was worth the wait.The Friends of St George’s Cullercoats are a volunteer group whose aim is to “to beautify and assist in the maintenance of the parish church of Saint George, Cullercoats in the Diocese of Newcastle and to preserve St. George’s as…
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