Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation (IFCF) has donated an incredible £30 million to date since its launch in 1973.
IFCF has a mission: to make life better for people.That’s why it raises money and awareness for good causes – and because it believes it’s simply the right thing to do.
Dyslexia Scotland is a national charity dedicated to enabling people with dyslexia in Scotland to realise their potential.
Dyslexia Scotland is committed to a vision of making Scotland a dyslexia-friendly country that values the skills and talents of dyslexic people. It is working to inspire and enable dyslexic people to reach their potential in life, learning and work
Alder Hey Children’s Hospital cares for over 330,000 children, young people and their families every year.
As one of Europe’s biggest and busiest children’s hospitals, it treats everything from common illnesses to highly complex and specialist conditions.
Alder Hey is an incredible organisation that does amazing things for children and their families across the UK. It is focused on the future through its innovation and pioneering research but is anchored by its unwavering commitment to giving children the very best care, and sets out to make them feel happy, safe and confident as they play, learn and grow.
Iceland Foods is a British retailer with over 900 stores across the UK and 40 owned or franchises stores in Europe.
Iceland is committed to being a truly responsible business and has placed sustainability at the heart of its strategy. We are proud to support them in communicating their ambition and significant progress they are making as they champion sustainability across the retail sector.
We designed and built the Be More portal, on behalf of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, to provide a central platform for young people to search, explore and learn about apprenticeship opportunities in the Liverpool City Region.
This included the development of the name, visual identity in addition to the planning and development of the portal. It was built in consultation with current and prospective apprentices at every stage.
As part of this evolution we have also developed an online service to enable young people to create their own prospectus documents for courses available at different schools/colleges across the region.
The portal was designed to provide a clear, direct and intuitive platform for young people to search for local vacancies, explore real-life stories and access useful guides on apprenticeships. It was the first of its kind in the country, setting the standard for other regions to follow. Throughout the development of the site our ideas and proposals were tested robustly by a sample of young people to ensure the platform would deliver the maximum value.
Since launch in 2019 we have continued to work with LCRCA in developing and expanding Be More to reflect the changing needs of the market and regional strategic priorities around youth education and employment.
It is vital for our economy to generate more and higher value jobs, and ensure that we have a workforce with the right skills to fill these roles. Apprenticeships are a key part of this.
Platforms such as Be More in bringing together vital information into one place, making it easy for young people to take control of their future and the opportunities available to them.
Be More was established to provide an overarching identity and platform for the complex apprenticeship offer across LCR. The platform is highly adaptable and is now used flexibly by a range of organisations who each have a role to play in the apprenticeship offer and interface with a broad mix of stakeholders from job seekers and families through to colleges, businesses and partners.
150,000 + vacancy searches since launch
The Be More site has been identified as an example of best practice across the country and has set the path for others to follow.
The core brief was to develop, implement and launch a brand for a revolutionary new careers service within the University of Liverpool within just 10 weeks.
A graphic concept, based on a hexagon, was developed to represent the multi-faceted nature of careers opportunities available to students, along with a nod to the hard-working and industrious nature of bees and honeycomb structures.
The hexagon was used to carry the core logo, which was required to work alongside the corporate University of Liverpool logo;
and it was also used to develop a broader visual language to communicate the various themes of the service and its proposition to students.
The visual identity was applied extensively across multiple channels, including:
Engaging young people on their future careers is absolutely vital to encourage them to explore and identify what their future could be. The staid old model of careers advice was stagnating and didn’t represent the modern, dynamic nature of student life; so the brave and progressive ambition of UoL was critical to engage students in a different way.
We worked with a multi-disciplinary client team who were all focused on differing aspects of the service – from communications and IT to estate management and careers service leads. This required a robust approach to co-creation and engagement across a complex stakeholder set up.
Roll-out achieved within 10 weeks
The Career Studio has been identified as a trailblazing service in the sector across the country
In recent months we have worked on a number of web apps for our clients that have enabled them to harness the tech and connect with their audiences in a range of ways. This includes a tool to aid the sales pipeline for a business consultancy, through which users are able to ‘diagnose’ their business challenge and therefore provide valuable insight on customer needs to the consultancy . An interactive set of questions are completed by the user in collaboration with the consultancy to drive engagement, with a personalised report automatically generated for every user that highlights the areas that they need support.
We’ve also worked on a tool to stimulate conversations around blood pressure between health professionals and the public. Based on a series of on-screen questions and utilised within face-to-face sessions with professionals, the tool encourages people to reflect on their lifestyle before they are presented with a personalised dashboard of their current ‘heart health’. High-level guidance is provided on practical steps that individuals can take to improve their health, while health professionals are able to use the dashboard to prompt further discussions about wider changes that could be made and services available locally.
If you would like to talk to us about creating a web app for you, then please get in touch!
Invest Liverpool is a team based within Growth Platform which aims to strengthen, simplify and coordinate the business landscape for the Liverpool City Region – in short to make it easier for businesses to start, grow and invest in the region.
We are passionate about creating a prosperous and sustainable future for our region. This closely aligns with Growth Platform’s mission to deliver growth across the City Region – through business support, attracting investment and developing talent to create a fairer, greener and more inclusive economy for all who live and work here.
RealWorth is a consultancy that works in the UK, North America and mainland Europe. It represents a unique blend of skills combining academic and commercial expertise to help it’s clients to create better and more sustainable outcomes for their organisations and wider society.
The ultimate aim of RealWorth is to help to create a future where everyone’s quality of life is improved because social and environmental impacts are valued in every policy, investment and development decision. We believe this type of thinking can only lead our society to become a more positive and sustainable place.
Bethell Group is one of the UK’s leading privately-owned construction and utility services companies, established in 1865.
Bethell is a growing and ambitious organisation that upholds the traditions and reputation of one of the UK’s oldest and most respected civil engineering contractors. It is involved in a wide range of flagship infrastructure projects that are critical to the way we travel, communicate and move around our region – supporting connectivity and accessibility among our communities.