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Design Aid is a registered charity (reg charity No. 1077235) providing professional graphic design & related services to charitable organisations, here are some of our key services:
  • Design for print
  • Design for web
  • Photography & illustration
  • Exhibition stands
  • Print Management
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    Web 2.0 by Design Aid

    screenshotDesign Aid takes the creation of community websites to the next level. Our powerful and versatile CMS and Web 2.0 functions are integrated with our custom modules and plug-ins to create a site that is content managed not only by administrators but at many different levels by your community, for your community! Sites like this one!

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    Brand Values for your Charity PDF Print E-mail
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    Written by Bruce Allinson   
    Thursday, 03 April 2008

    What is a brand?

    "Any visible sign or device used by a business enterprise to identify its goods and distinguish them from those made or carried by others"
    - Encyclopaedia Britannica.

    • Your charities brand is the creative combination of bespoke design, use of graphics, colours, typography and words, a package which when used correctly identifies your organisation or project and differentiates it from everything else.
    • A brand should attract the attention of your target audience and make your charities message clear to everyone; supporters, partners, beneficiaries and funders.
    In a society fixated with image, branding is big business. A fittingly-conceived and well-executed brand is essential to an organisation's progress sustainability and survival.
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    Free Advertising PDF Print E-mail
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    Written by Bruce Allinson   
    Friday, 28 March 2008

    For those of you who have not noticed yet, the internet offers a huge potential for free advertising to promote your organisation and its projects.

    The opportunities are almost endless, enough to keep many professionals in business selling services that exploit these opportunities and enough to write a book. Design Aid can also provide these services for a fee but what I want to do here is just give a short introduction to what you can achieve with no more than a little time each week and an internet connection.

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