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Turn Off the Red Light Campaign Website

jean — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:57:51 +0000

Date created: February 2011

About the Project: Turn Off the Red Light is a campaign to end prostitution and sex trafficking in Ireland. The campaign was set up by an alliance of NGOs and was coordinated by the Immigrant Council of Ireland.

I designed the identity for the campaign, and built the website through WordPress so that the campaign could manage their own updates and post regularly to a blog. I worked on the project with Colin Murphy of Polity, who provides media services and production.

Sam McMahon Trust Website

admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:24:19 +0000

Date created: Winter 2009

Web Address: www.sammcmahontrust.ie

About the Project: I built this website on a volunteer basis for the Sam McMahon Trust. Sam McMahon is an 8 year old boy from Dublin who suffers from Friedreich’s Ataxia, a degenerative neuro-muscular disorder. Sam’s family set up the Sam McMahon Trust to raise awareness of the condition and raise funds for the Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance (FARA). Sam’s family are doing great work: it’s very inspiring to see how they are becoming advocates and reaching out to others with the condition. The Trust runs frequent fundraising events, such as a cookery demonstration with Neven Maguire which is coming up in March.

The site is a simple WordPress customisation, which I based on the free theme by Dimox. The background pattern, illustration of Sam and Sam McMahon logo were designed by Elizabeth Davis.

Easy ways to take action on Blog Action Day

admin — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:00:26 +0000

My lovely employer Oxfam Ireland is, in its own words, a campaigner for a fairer world. Our major campaign this year is on Climate Change, which ties in perfectly with the theme of this year’s Blog Action Day. There are many things you can do to take action on Climate Change, from the easy to the extremely easy.

Sign Oxfam Ireland’s petition calling on the Irish government to ensure a fair deal at the UN global climate change negotiations at Copenhagen this December.
Donate. The world’s poorest people are the ones most directly affected by climate change.
If you have a blog, you can write about Climate Change for Blog Action Day too. Full details at www.blogactionday.org
This is a design site, and I’ll repeat the call I made to designers on Blog Action Day 08: think about volunteering some of your talents and time to a charity or campaigning organisation. A strong image may only take you a few hours to produce, but a non-profit can get years of value from it.

Flyer for Oxfambooks

admin — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:19:31 +0000

Date created: April 2005

About the Project: I created this flyer to publicise Oxfam Books’ sale of crime fiction. Click on the image to see a full version of the flyer. Thanks to Crimeboss.com for permission to use the original image.

Comhlamh: Diversity Through the Arts Poster

admin — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:17:13 +0000

Date created: February 2006

About the Project: This poster was created for Comhlamh, to publicise a course for teachers.

Catholic Housing Aid Society

admin — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 08:18:47 +0000

Date created: September 2006

Web Address: www.catholichousingaidsociety.com

About the Project: I designed and built this website for the voluntary organisation ‘Catholic Housing Aid Society’