VONNE’s website and branding has had a makeover and we’re so excited to finally be able to share it with you.
Our core mission and values remain the same, but we hope the new layout of our website and the way our information is displayed makes the work that we do, and the impact we have more transparent.
VONNE depends on the support of our members and stakeholders to inform and underpin our work, alongside collaboration with our partners and networks to strengthen the North East VCSE sector. So it’s important that our website acts as a platform for you to engage with us so that together we can ensure our collaborative voice is heard.
What can you expect from our new site?
Put simply, a new layout, a new design and improved accessibility! Here are the key changes you’ll find as you navigate through the site:
It’s easier to get involved in our projects and partnerships
Our project work is important to us, and we’ve made this much more prominent on the website. You can now easily navigate through our ‘Projects & Partnerships’ and ‘Health & Wellbeing’ hubs to read about the projects we’re running and how you can get involved.
Get the information you want, how you like it
We’ve refined our news categories to better define the work we do and what you’re interested in. You can now filter our news and blog sections to see the latest news that interests you the most.
Find or advertise new job opportunities
As the leading VCSE sector job advertiser in the North East we’ve made it easier for you to advertise a job listing with us, and search for your ideal new role if you’re a job seeker. We’ll be testing changes to our Jobs bulletin too, so that’s it’s easier for you to find your ideal role at the location, level and salary you’re looking for.
Our latest impact in one place
What has VONNE been working on over the last 12 months and who have we networked and engaged with? Head to our Impact Hub to find out!
Meeting Accessibility Standards
We want the information we share at VONNE to be accessible so that we can engage with as many people as possible across our projects, networks and memberships.
Our new site meets Website Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 accessibility criteria and compliance and, we’ve installed Userway, an accessibility widget to offer a more accessible user experience across our site.
Whilst we appreciate we can’t get it 100% perfect for everyone, user testing so far has been largely positive and we’ll continue to evaluate and improve where we’re able to.
Find out more about accessibility
Improved user dashboards
VONNE offers a number of services to our members and other North East VCSE organisations, including job and workspace advertising and recruitment support. We’ve developed our user dashboards to make information more accessible and simplify the process of advertising and managing your own data.
It's now much easier for you to link your user account to an organisation, and with a user account you’ll be able to register to attend VONNE events, edit your newsletter settings, list a job advert and purchase a workspace license.
Find out more about improvements to member services here.
It looks so different!
Yes, it does! It’s a long time since we last had a makeover, in that time so much has changed within our organisation that we want to tell you about. We’ve had a great time working with our web developers, Northbridge Digital to think about how our many stakeholders want to engage with VONNE and what they need from our website. Our Web designers and user experience experts, Boba helped us to consider and define VONNE as a brand, refining our messages and focus points. Our lovely new branding highlights the following key aspects of VONNE.
We embrace the North East and we’re proud of the region.
We’ve focussed on the North East compass element of our logo, making it more prominent throughout our branding. The North East element of the logo can now be seen throughout the website (on images and buttons). North East landmarks are featured too giving a subtle nod to the region we’re so proud to be a part of.
We want to unite the VCSE community
Community matters to us, and we’ve showed this using the illustrations throughout the website. Sharing news, information and networking together are all important aspects of our work and these people-led illustrations are designed to show that.
More VONNE means more colour
As our work has grown, there are so many different aspects of VONNE that different stakeholders will want to see on our site. To help you navigate around the site more clearly, we’ve expanded the VONNE colour palette and use different colours throughout the site to categorise the section you’re in . You’ll also notice a site path at the top of each page to remind you where you are.
Expect to see the new branding and colour schemes across all our comms, including newsletters and social media.
Finally, a big thank you
Huge thanks to our web developers, Northbridge Digital and Boba Studio who have done an incredible job, it’s been great fun working with you and seeing your expertise and designs come to fruition.
Thank you to the wider VONNE team and those within our community who volunteered to take part in user testing – your feedback has been so valuable to us.
Please take some time to explore the site and let us know what you think, we hope you like it as much as we do!