Specialists in the field
We have unrivalled experience of working with community heritage projects. We know the success factors, the volunteers, the web users, and the issues. Jack Latimer, our Creative Director, is a leading figure in the UK's community heritage movement and is frequently invited to speak at conferences. Ian Grant, our Technical Director, is famous for 'making the vision into nuts and bolts with no fuss!' Look at our testimonials.
Proven track record of sustainability
Our flagship site at www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk has been running for 10 years. Wholly run by volunteers, it's gone from strength to strength on minimal running costs, and in 2008 won two international web awards in competition with major museums like the Tate and the Science Museum.
Tried and tested
Our software and services have been developed over eight years of working with the heritage and community sector. We provide robust and user-tested software that has been refined over years of real use.
Let the public contribute to your project.
With our CommunitySite software, you can create a website that contains all the range of media you could possibly need: video, audio, maps, text, photos, animations. Users can add comments, complete questionnaires, upload content, collect their favourite pages...lots of proven interactions that led to the My Brighton and Hove winning the Best Community Site and Best Small Museum Siteinternational awards in 2008. You can embed content that is hosted elsewhere, which cuts down your hosting costs.
Easy and fun to use - even for the unconfident!
Because our software has evolved through years of working with volunteers, it's strikingly easy to use - even for the unconfident. Many people who want to contribute to heritage and community sites have no interest in computers at all, but through our software they can follow an easy progression from casual users of the site right up to editors!
Cataloguing software
Our cataloguing software enables you to catalogue your collections to the standards used by professional archivists. Our website software was designed specifically for use with contributory heritage sites. We can help you run a project that will not only be a success in the here-and-now, but will also leave a legacy for the future.