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Portsmouth City Council Launches New Play Pathfinder Website

Having secured funding from the Department of Children, Schools and Families to develop and improve 28 play areas throughout the city thanks to the Governments Play Pathfinder project, Portsmouth City Council (PCC) felt that it was time to showcase all the hard work that had been undertaken.

After seeing our Go Places to Play site, developed with Bristol City Council, PCC decided that they would like us to design a new interactive website for them to promote their Play Pathfinder status and to provide a resource for parents and children to find places to play across the city.

The site focuses on natural play and providing fun, exciting environments and places for children to enjoy themselves in and learn from.

We worked closely with Sophie Davis, the Community Projects Manager at PCC to finalise the new logo and look and feel for the site, which will also be used across all other promotional materials.

They’re thrilled with the results, and we’re pretty proud too. 

Take a look here

Well Aware - health, wellbeing and community services in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and Bath & North East Somerset.

We were approached by The Care Forum  earlier this year to review, redesign and update their Room 102 directory, a comprehensive online directory of thousands of individuals and organisations with an emphasis on health, social care, disability and disadvantaged groups.

Well Aware is the result; a guide to health, well being and community services in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and Bath and North East Somerset. The directory is now available to be searched by all, and allows users to be able to find the resources they need quickly and with minimum fuss!

See the Well Aware website.

Online Shop for Sustrans

Sustrans, the UK's leading sustainable transport charity and the good people behind the National Cycle Network, came to us needing a revamp of their online shop - a key resource in the battle to raise funds.

As well as a 'front end' spruce up, we provided Sustrans with a brand new administration facility giving them total control over products, orders, content and shopping feeds to external sites such as Google Products. The shop also integrates with their existing stock management system - cutting out manual processes.

See the Sustrans Shop website.

1 Big Database – Family information at your fingertips

Back in 2004 we were approached by Bristol City Council, South Gloucestershire Council and Bath and North East Somerset Council to develop an online database to support the Family Information Services across all three locations.

The website provides one central resource featuring a wealth of information for children, young people, their parents, carers and families, with a searchable directory of over 2500 organisations. It's also now directly integrated with the national Family Information Directory from the Department of Children, Schools and Families, it continues to develop and grow.

See latest blog about 1 Big Database.

Go Places To Play

One of our favourite projects created for our friends at Bristol City Council is Go Places To Play which helps young people and parents throughout the region to find safe places to play.

All the city's Play Areas are highlighted on an interactive, animated map and there's photos of each site - allowing users to check the facilities available.

We're now rolling out something similar for Portsmouth City Council - due for launch in March 2010.

"We are delighted with the new Go Places to Play site and have already received a lot of positive feedback. Focus understood our requirements and have produced a new look and feel for the site - including the logo which we can use in other marketing campaigns."
Les Compton
Deputy Head of Youth and Play Services, Bristol City Council

Visit the Go Places To Play website.

Fresh Design for Sharp Interpack

One of the benefits of working with Sharp Interpack - the UK's leading manufacturer of thermoformed plastic packaging - is the occasional delivery of fresh berries into the office that tend to get snapped up and eaten swiftly.

Our content management system helps Sharp publish their web site in five European languages including latest company news and full multilanguage versions of their online product catalogue.  

"Focus New Media have delivered a website that is not only innovative and creative but also accurate in detail and content. Their account handling offers a personal level of service that is unparalleled – we are safe in their hands."

David Riley
Marketing Manager, Sharp Interpack

Visit the Sharp Interpack website