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Every child benefits from islands of space and time
Every day across York hundreds of vulnerable young people are living chaotic lives – victims of abuse and domestic violence, witnessing alcohol and drug abuse, subject to cyber or physical peer pressure and bullying, poor
Funding to help people have a healthy relationship with money
Yorkshire Bank Foundation Spirit of the Community Awards Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks have a strong tradition of supporting the communities in which we operate and in which our employees live and work. We recognise that
Social Vision update | January 2017
I recently went for coffee with a criminal justice contact of mine who said: “Wow, I didn’t know what you did!”. I spend all of my time raising other people’s profile, so often forget to
Social Vision partners with YorkMix to profile the local voluntary sector
An exciting new partnership between Social Vision and YorkMix will provide opportunities for the local not-for-profit sector to raise awareness of their work, highlight challenges faced, and promote opportunities for York residents to engage with
Serenity in the Lakes
“Our youth justice system should not just be about punishing crime, important though that is; it should also be about reforming offenders. It should provide discipline, purpose, supervision and someone who cares – elements that
Street food venue in York
We’ve had the pleasure recently of designing the website, communications plan and press releases for Spark:York, a new street food and social hub in York City Centre. Spark:York will consist of 15 upcycled shipping containers,
Building a brand
Social Vision were contacted by New Harmony Project, a York-based company looking to establish an exciting C.I.C. for start-ups and local entrepreneurs. This really excited us here at Social Vision, and we continue to work
Creating great newsletters
Email newsletters remain one of the most effective ways of getting information to your target audiences. Despite being given a strong run for their money by the immediate and urgent nature of social media, a
A picture paints a thousand words
Today, Social Vision headed to Holloway, North London, to capture some images of Hibiscus Initiatives; a small voluntary sector organisation providing support for migrants caught up in the UK Criminal Justice System. Due to the
Selling an experience
A private sector client wanted to showcase it’s venue to it’s target audience, and asked Social Vision to support it to achieve this. Using our in house film-maker, we were able to create a contemporary, cool and engaging
Introduction to social media
I recently held a social media training session for a small voluntary organisation down in beautiful Wiltshire. This organisation only had four members of staff, with little knowledge or confidence of using social media in
The Pub and Working Life
We recently created another new website – this time a nice basic gallery-style site for the late artist, Richard Alan Gardham – publife.jaygee.org.uk Richard’s work was displayed, posthumously, at York’s first community pub, The Golden Ball, and the
