# DEC rebrands to help strengthen fundraising

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/10/12/dec-rebrands-help-strengthen-fundraising/
- Published: 2012-10-12T08:52:39+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The DEC has redesigned its website as part of a rebranding process designed to
strengthen fundraising during future appeals. The rebranding is part of a new fundraising
strategy for the organisation that brings 14 leading UK aid charities together in
times of crisis.**

It is designed to increase public awareness of the DEC and underline the collective
nature of the charity’s work.

The main visual impact of the website is series of concentric ‘seismic’ circles,
indicating an earthquake, a common disaster faced by the DEC and its member agencies.

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The rebranding, carried out by Johnson Banks, is based on consultations with the
member charities, donors and the public. The research found that “spontaneous awareness
of the DEC is currently very low and the nature of the charity is not well understood”.
It also found that the public and other audiences are positive about the collective
nature of the DEC appeal mechanism when they are made aware of it.

The DEC generated funding for the rebranding and strategy work from a special corporate
development fund. It was careful to point out that “no donation to any DEC disaster
appeal has been used to pay for the rebranding work”.

The most prominent messages around future appeals will continue to come in the name
of the DEC itself. However, in many other places the message could come from a member
agency that will use elements of the new branding to highlight that it is part of
the DEC appeal.

DEC Chief Executive Saleh Saeed, who took over the role this year, said: “We are
very pleased with the new ‘seismic’ visual identity for the DEC. While it is the
most obvious element of the rebranding we will also be highlighting the collective
nature of the DEC and the work of our members much more prominently in the future”

“As part of the new fundraising strategy, member agencies will have a greater role
in promoting appeals and the new brand enables them to do this while clearly identifying
these activities as part of the DEC appeal.”

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