Leverhulme Trust

The Leverhulme Trust is a private charitable foundation that makes awards for the support of academic research and education. Getfrank were approached by the Leverhulme Trust in Spring 2002 with a request to re-design, build and host their corporate website. One of the key drivers of the project was an aspiration to cut down on paper-based communication, and to be able to update their communications quickly and easily.

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Solution

A lengthy and detailed Discovery process convinced sceptical stakeholders of the utility and rationale for the project, after which Getfrank worked with the Trust to produce a design in keeping with the aesthetics of a philanthropic organisation. An important concern was to produce a design solution in line with the respect that the Trustees demanded be placed on the memory of the Trust’s founder, William Hesketh Lever. Getfrank successfully produced a modern, clean interpretation of the Trust’s values, underpinned by a content management system that allowed quick and easy publication of news stories, details of grant awards and guidelines and other site content.