Sight Savers International re-launches its website with staff around the world now in charge of content
Howard Lake | 6 April 2006 | News
Sight Savers staff, including those with visual impairments, in up to 18 different countries around the world will be responsible for their own content on the UK charity’s new website. The site, complete with a new content management system and a fresh new look, was officially launched this week. The top priority for Sight Savers, which works in 33 countries restoring sight and preventing blindness, was to improve the site’s accessibility and overall user experience, while at the same time, enabling staff both in the UK and overseas to add their own content as easily as possible.
One of the main challenges was finding a content management system that was easy to use and suitable for people with visual impairments and moderate internet connectivity. As an organisation that works to improve the lives of those that will never see or who have low vision, it was essential for Sight Savers to re-design the site to meet the highest standards of accessibility. To do this a content management system called Rhythmyx, supplied by Percussion was implemented by technology company Unified Solutions in collaboration with the Sight Savers’ in-house web team.
Matt Blake, Web Manager at Sight Savers said: ‘We have managed to combine a fresh new look with high accessibility. Now Sight Savers staff across the globe can feel they share ownership of this resource and help ensure it has all the latest news and information for our donors, supporters and casual surfers.’
New and improved features include:
Eye Doctor – an educational interactive game where you get to be an eye doctor
Online donations
Electronic Press Office
Photo galleries of Sight Savers work from around the world
Visit: www.sightsavers.org
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For further information or a screen shot of the site contact James Georgalakis on 01444 44 66 71/86 or Michelle Akande on 01444 44 66 55 or email
pr***@si*********.org
Notes to editors:
1. Sight Savers International works in over 33 developing countries to prevent blindness, restore sight and improve life for those who will never see.
2. In addition to the 37 million people who are blind in the world, 161 million people are visually impaired.
Since 1950, Sight Savers has restored sight to 5.5 million people and prevented blindness in 84 million.
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.