Society for Children and Youth of BC Website Re-design

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Application ID: 000365
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Project Description
Project Title
Society for Children and Youth of BC Website Re-design
What is the central research question you want answered?
What are the objectives of your project?
Re-design the look and structure of our Society’s website to increase functionality and traffic to our website, thereby increasing public knowledge and awareness of SCY’s work.

Since public awareness and education, resource development and dissemination of information on child rights and child and youth friendly communities underpin and support all of our activities and are central to the mandate of our Society, an effective website is an important component of our communications strategy. The current design and layout of our website however, is outdated and difficult to navigate. We are in need of a more effective design, with research into our target audience in order to make an appropriate layout that it appealing to visitors, reflective of SCY’s longstanding history as a unique child and youth advocacy organization and exciting current initiatives.
Project Type
Computer Related     
Creative     
Formal Research     
 Organizational Development     
Survey     
Other  
Size of Project (Number of pages, minutes, cm, etc.)
Re-design of Society for Children and Youth of BC website:
www.scyofbc.org
Project Description (Use this space to further elaborate on the project)
SCY develops tools and resources, provides training and workshops, advocates on issues, and runs public campaigns to support the well-being of all children and youth in BC. The project will involve the creation of new templates, configuring content to site and updating new graphics into new template look and modifying colours and graphics to make an eye catching website that is an easy to use communication tool for SCY.
How do you plan to use the results of this project?
The newly designed website will be a key component of our public outreach and education in our upcoming province-wide Child Rights Awareness Campaign. The campaign will be focused on engaging children and youth to use their voice and participate in educating the adult population on child rights in BC. A major component of this campaign will be to develop a child rights section of the site to house the campaign and inventory of child rights initiatives in BC.
What larger goal is served by undertaking this project?
To improve the well-being of children and youth in BC by improving the Society for Children and Youth of BC’s ability to communicate with the public and raise awareness of child rights and work around the development of child and youth friendly communities.
The Organization
Organization Name
Society for Children and Youth of B.C. (SCY)
What community do you represent or work with?
SCY represents all children, youth, families and communities throughout BC.
What is your organization/group's goal or mandate?
SCY’s overall mission is to improve the well-being of every child and youth in BC.

SCY PURPOSE
The well-being of children is to be honoured in action. Creating environments that foster the safety and healthy development of children and youth requires commitment. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child provides the foundation for action on this commitment.

Are you a registered not-for-profit?
Yes
Contact Information
Contact Person
Anne O'eil
  
Position
Acting Executive Director
Mailing Address
306 – 1212 W Broadway, Vancouver, BC V6H 3V1
Telephone
604.433.4180
Fax
604.730.1015
Email
anne@scyofbc.org
  
Alternate Telephone
 
Alternate Fax
 
Alternate Email
info@scyofbc.org
Project Plan of Action
Duration of Project
 
If you know the duration more specifically, please indicate here
Either one semester or two.
What are the specific deliverables that you expect of the student?
The student would meet with us to discuss how the website will fit in with out overall communications strategy. They would then produce a new “look” for the website that fits with the SCY logo, etc. They would then do the necessary programming for the website to create all the necessary links and insert the provided content into the new graphic design and layout.
Estimated time commitment per week
Not specified.
Liaison
Liaison Name
Ginny Gonneau
  
Liaison Position
Project Manager/ Administrator
Liason Contact Info (If different from above)
Same as above
How much time per week will the
liaison be available to the project?
Liaison will be available to provide support to the student for at least 2 hours a week.
How will the liaison provide direction and support to the project?
The Liaison will provide a thorough orientation of SCY and the project to set a clear context for the student(s) to work in. The Liaison will also work with the student either in person, by phone or e-mail to discuss the communication strategy, goals for the website and provide student with on-going feedback.
Student Researcher
Student area of study/experience
Graphics design, web programming and/or public communications. General understanding of child rights and United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is an asset.
Student skills/attributes
-Creative/ critical thinker
-Well organized and punctual
-Ability to take initiative while seeking and following direction as appropriate
-Well organized and punctual
-Advocate for children’s rights
Student related interests
-Child and youth issues
-Human and child rights
-Community development and capacity building
-Education
-Child and youth engagement

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