Community Wakefield

The new place for services, activities, opportunities and events across Wakefield District

We’ve put together this page to talk you through all the exciting features of the new Community Wakefield website.

Want to start adding your group’s information? Sign up here.

Purpose

A service built around the needs of community-focused organisations and services.

  • Quickly and easily promote what you do
  • Be found and contacted easily
  • Receive referrals from health and wellbeing professionals
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Easy

Simple to use.

The content you add will look good without effort – just answer questions about things like who it’s suitable for and when and where it takes place and we’ll do the rest.

By asking you the right questions, we’ll categorise your listing so it’s easy for people to find.

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Effective

Making your job easier.

You’ll receive emails reminding you when your listings need reviewing to keep them up to date.

Have multiple team members able to manage your organisation’s listings, and create departments within your organisation which share your branding.

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Integrated

A service that’s well connected.

Manage your Community > Wakefield and Volunteer > Wakefield content all in one place.

A widget will make it simple to display data from Community > Wakefield on your website. Use it to display your own listings, or content relevant to your audience – and know that it’ll be kept up to date automatically.

Open and accessible

How we’re making design choices that benefit everyone

Guided by the UK Government Digital Service Standard

We’re following service design principles that will benefit both organisations and users.

Following current accessibility guidelines

Targets full compliance with the latest Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1).

Enabling open data

Data on the platform will be available for use on other platforms through an API.

Timeline

Where we’re up to.

  • Consultation complete

    We’ve talked to community groups, council services and Wakefield residents to build a picture of what will make the service a success.

  • Branding and system build complete

    We’ve developed a new brand identity for Community Wakefield that works in partnership with Volunteer Wakefield. The new system is currently being built.

  • System preview Complete

    We’ve invited selected organisations to preview how the system works for testing and feedback.

  • Launch to groups and services May 2021

    We’ll be inviting groups across the district to set up an account and add their listings in advance of the public launch.

  • District-wide launch campaign June 2021

    We’ll be launching the website in June and beginning a district-wide campaign over the summer.