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 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!
The Beneficiary… Single Homeless Action Initiative in Derwentside, (SHAID).
SHAID is a small local charity, established in 1993 as a response to youth homelessness in Derwentside. They work with young people who are ‘socially excluded’. e.g. homeless, care-leavers, victims of abuse, unemployed or those not engaged in education. Due to their youth and previous experiences the young people they deal with lack the personal and social skills necessary to get on in life. Low self-esteem, lack of self confidence and feelings of isolation and loneliness are common problems. Many lead chaotic and transient life-styles and often have health and emotional problems.
SHAID works pro-actively with young people and communities to raise awareness of youth homelessness and leaving home issues.
The Brief… Create a professional web presence that can easily and regularly be built upon and updated by staff and volunteers.
The site needs to appeal to young people and reflect the young people’s activities as well as present a professional image to funders, supporters and partners. The site should not only present news and information of SHAID activities and projects but should be of such a quality that it can be actively used to promote SHAID and attract web site visitors that might not otherwise know of the organisation and its projects.
MAG is a minority support organisation that works for the rights of motorcyclists.
The Brief: Our latest job was a simple one the north east branch of MAG was looking for a way to up the attendance from its 1,000 members at their AGM, the bland letter of notification having provoked little response in the past.
Design 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!
What we do 
