The Clapham Society is dedicated to preserving the unique character of Clapham, its conservation areas, and its historically and architecturally significant buildings. The Society actively participates in planning and development consultations, presenting evidence at formal inquiries when necessary. It organises a variety of events, including talks and walks that cover both new developments and local history, and regularly publishes a newsletter for members and local stakeholders. By fostering strong relationships with Lambeth councillors and officials, the Society effectively represents the views of its members. Additionally, it publishes books and guided walk leaflets about the area and its history, and hosts social events for members and their guests.
The Clapham Society need a new website design that delivers 5 over-riding objectives:
To dynamically display all the most current events and activities with as little manual intervention as possible
To actively manage the membership
To allow anyone to reserve a place at an event
To receive and process payments including fees, gift aid, donations, events and merchandise
To be the custodian of the historical archives and newsletters (with a good search function)
The website is quite large. It currently has a top level menu of 14 items and contains many links to other organisations and a healthy library of articles and local information. Ideally most of this would remain the same but it would be good to see some simplification. They are looking for expert advice on whether to modify and improve what we have in existence, or whether in the long run it might be better to completely re-build the site from scratch. In each case, the five key objectives above remain the same.
Excellent Accessibility Standards
Optimised for all devices
SEO ready
Built in flexible and dynamic contact / registration forms
Fast loading times
A User-Friendly edit process to allow anyone to make ad hoc changes to text and images when necessary.
Excellent User Experience / User Journey
A mechanism for people to contact them to ask any question.
The functionality to support QR codes to link people to more detailed information as displayed in newsletters and external signs.
Links to X and Instagram social media feeds as well as other relevant organisations and websites.
Security Certification (SSL)
Link to Google Analytics
Display dynamic and latest content for News, Events, Walks, Newsletters etc (Can show in multiple areas and only need to add once)
A link to display previous Events and Walks
Search and filtering system for content
A simple mechanism to allow people to join the Clapham Society entirely online (entering their personal details and setting up a regular payment for annual fees including Gift Aid notification)
A mechanism to identify Clapham Society members from non-members when they interact with the website to allow for different outcomes and entitlements.
A mechanism to book a place at an event on line
A mechanism to pay for things: either a fee, a donation or to purchase an item and possibly to pay to attend an event
Organisers of both Events and Walks can have access to edit the events directly in the CMS with locked down interface