Cornwall Community Foundation
Client Overview:
Cornwall Community Foundation is an organisation that connects philanthropic donors with grassroots organisations across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Their mission of “Positive change for one & all” reflects their commitment to building stronger, more resilient communities and improving the lives of many people in the south west of England. The site was built to a custom design created by Papaya Studio.
Project Scope:
I developed a custom WordPress website to serve as the foundation’s digital hub. The site needed to effectively communicate both their mission and their significant impact, while enabling connections between donors, community projects and volunteers.
Impact Metrics:
The website prominently showcases the foundation’s amazing impact throughout 2023. Their achievements include:
- Distributing £2,965,294 in grants across the region
- Successfully funding 686 projects through donor support
- Positively impacting the lives of 105,205 people through their various initiatives.
Key Features:
The grant management system incorporates a customised, updatable archive of available grants, complemented by comprehensive step-by-step application guidance and eligibility criteria. The donor engagement platform presents statistics alongside clear messaging about local community benefits, creating easy pathways for potential donors to get involved and provides transparent information about fund management.
I also built a filtering system to enable an interactive showcase of community stories, making it simple to navigate through success stories and impact reports. The CMS includes a comprehensive fundholder directory, detailed staff profiles, and a regularly updated news section.
Technical Implementation:
I built a custom WordPress theme that prioritises ease of management and long-term sustainability. The Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) integration enabled the creation of custom content types for grants, projects, and impact stories.
This system includes flexible content blocks for easy page management, with drag and drop across the site for maximum customisation. The admin interfaces were specifically designed to be intuitive for non-technical staff, reducing the need for extensive training.
The build also included implementing a custom filtering system for community stories, allowing users to get directly to the content they want to view. I also built the site mobile-first across all pages of the website to make sure it is viewable to even the smallest devices.
Client Benefits:
The new website provides significant advantages for the foundation, including the ability to make easy content updates without requiring developer intervention. The flexible content management system reduces ongoing maintenance costs while empowering staff members to manage their own content effectively and independently.
It was a pleasure to work on a project that will bring so much benefit.
