Few and Far

27/06/2024

“That was one of the most engaging and interesting webinars I’ve been to in a long time. The follow up resources were great and I learnt so much, Thank you.”

Our webinar all about accessibility, usability and inclusivity is back. This talk is to help you and your charity to understand and improve the accessibility of your website with tips, tools, interaction and insight.

Book now for the 25th July at the link in our bio.

 

03/06/2024

Ready to elevate your charity’s website without breaking the bank? 💻

Join us on Thursday 20 June, for a webinar with digital experts Colin and Thomas from Few and Far! They'll share invaluable insights on transforming your charity’s website on a budget.

Secure your spot now:
https://t.ly/Gj8ht

03/06/2024

We’re starting to run free 1-2-1 sessions to help more charities learn how to use Google Analytics with confidence and we’d love to know what you’d like us to focus on:

17/05/2024

Delighted to join the board at Leeds Mind as a Trustee 🎉

02/05/2024

It’s hard to believe that Cat has been part of the team for a year already! 🎉

Starting with us in May last year as an Intern, Cat become full time with us in August and has become integral to our design outputs, working on multiple projects for St George’s Crypt, M2, Social Sync, Mind in Bradford and Leeds Mind.

Cats eye for design, willingness to help, down to earth attitude and bubbly personality has really helped to make this past year of working with her absolutely fly by and we’re so delighted to have her.

For more on our team and our values check out the link in our bio.

15/04/2024

Our Charity Hub now contains our first bespoke tool: A Colour Compliance Checker to help you test your charity brand & website colours 🎨

The tool is built to be as easy as possible for people working in charities to use, understand and improve the contrast of their colours if they need to. As designers, a tool like this has been integral to our workflows over the years and we’re really proud to have one that works as easy as this one.

Simply add any foreground colour and a background colour and it will preview how it will look whilst giving you a contrast ratio that passes or fails based on text size. You can adjust the hue, saturation and lightness of each colour to get it just right. It works seamlessly on mobile and the colours you pick are shareable too.

Colour compliance is incredibly important from an accessibility perspective to ensure that people who are visually impaired aren’t missing valuable content on your website, so give the tool a go (link in bio) and tell us what you think in the comments.

Don’t miss any new additions to our Charity Hub by signing up to our newsletter (link also in bio).

27/03/2024

Make your charity website work harder, for free with The For Good Guide.

We get it. Good causes can struggle with time, a lack of digital expertise and stretched marketing budgets. The For Good Guide is here to help you do more, with less.

We have worked with hundreds of charities in creating bespoke audits on how to improve the website they have and this new, free workbook provides our most effective suggestions directly to anyone who needs it.

The For Good Guide includes exercises on how to:

✅ Improve the website you already have
✅ Become your audience’s guide
✅ Leverage your impact
✅ Increase online donations
✅ Improve accessibility

Download the guide now at the link in our bio.

15/02/2024

We’d like to welcome our newest partner at Few and Far: The PSA Foundation.

The is the charitable arm of the Professional Squash Association. They are the bridge that supports and connects the World Tour and professional players with squash communities all over the world; helping support the growth of the sport globally through community engagement, providing equal opportunity and player wellbeing.

Hear from Col at Few and Far, Alana from the PSA Foundation and read the full announcement on our Journal - link in bio.

13/02/2024

“The depth of technical expertise, thorough analysis and insightful recommendations have proven to be invaluable to us.” — Bunmi Owolabi, CEO, Afrikindness

Week in, week out we’ve continued to provide charities of any size with our Impact Optimiser service. The Impact Optimiser is a completely free website audit that includes a bespoke report of their website with five suggestions they can action themselves.

All charities struggle with time, marketing budget and digital expertise and this service is here to help alleviate those issues.

If you’re a charity looking for help with your website, book your Impact Optimiser today with the link in our bio and get your 2024 off on the right track.

30/01/2024

This Thursday, Col will be chatting LIVE 🔴 with Diane Gibbs from the Creatives Ignite Podcast about mental health.

Col will be chatting about his own mental health journey, struggles with creative block and how he deals with his own mental wellbeing today.

Diane is a designer, coach and a Professor of Graphic Design at the University of Alabama for over 20 years - she’s a great person that we always enjoy chatting with and we’re hoping you can all join us for a chat this Thursday at 7:30pm.

It should make for quite a good chat and as its filmed live it’d be great to see you pop by and say hello!

Tune in to Diane’s channel on Thursday, 1st February at 7:30pm GMT to check it out

10/10/2023

Today is World Mental Health Day. Mental health is a universal human right and this day is about raising awareness of mental health and driving positive change so that we can ensure better mental health for everybody.

We speak on mental health a lot at Few and Far, but today is about championing you all to get out there and speak on it; either to help raise awareness, or to speak on your own struggles.

Today is about being open and honest on the conversation, to show that it’s ok to talk openly and honestly about it and to get help yourself if you’re struggling.

Visit mentalhealth.org.uk today to find out more and to get help if you need it.

23/08/2023

Threads (the Meta alternative to Twitter/X) has announced it's rolling out a desktop version of it's social network later this week.

This will be a relief to charities (and us) who've already taken up the platform but are limited by only being able to post/interact on it via their mobile device.

There's reports the desktop version is already available in some countries, but a full rollout should be completed by the end of the week. The website can be accessed at threads.net to see if it works for you already.

For more Digital Tips and Charity Tricks, sign up to our newsletter. Link in our bio.

23/08/2023

Join the Few: We're looking for a Software Developer

We work with charities to increase their impact and tell inspiring stories to make our world a better place. We’re looking for a Software Developer to join our small, but talented team in our mission.

Charities need help in a digital world. To tell their stories, to be heard, to allow them to do more. We have personal experience of how good causes have helped us and now we’ve made it our purpose in life to help them to make the world a better place.

If our purpose resonates with you and you’d like to contribute to a variety of projects with a team of open minded and passionate team members and clients, we’ve got a Software Developer position with your name on it.

See the full job description and how to apply in our bio link.

28/07/2023

Col recently presented to 18 health and welfare charities in Surrey on the importance of accessibility, usability and inclusivity online.

These charities make up Talking Shop, which is a hub for those in voluntary and community group marketing communications in Surrey who get together monthly to network, share ideas and chat all things comms.

Col shared our "A Web For All" webinar, which helps charities to understand and improve the accessibility of their website with tips, tools, interaction and insight.

If you’d like to chat with us about potential speaking or webinar opportunities across the charity sector on anything related to digital get in touch!

26/07/2023

Elect Her work to motivate, support and equip women to stand for political office in Britain.

Under our Nurture Programme we’ve helped them to refine their website, streamline their user journeys and develop a new resource hub for women to explore their futures as leaders, legislators and champions of political governance.

"It’s been a real joy working with Few and Far. Throughout their Nurture Programme, they’ve been thoughtful, kind and really understanding of our mission and how to share it effectively to grow our community.

They have helped us take the content we already had and went the extra mile in making it more impactful & accessible, whilst ensuring we have the tools to continue improving our website independently in the long run. We’d really recommend Few and Far to any non-profit organisation looking to develop their online work."

– Hannah Stevens, Chief Executive

Find out all about Elect her on their website: https://www.elect-her.org.uk/

21/07/2023

We recently welcomed Cat Macauley to the team on a three month design internship. Our Creative Director Col recently sat down with Cat to ask her about her experience as an Intern so far, how and why she reached out to Few and Far in the first place and to see what type of creative work she’s been getting up to.

Read her story on our website.

20/07/2023

Week in, week out we've continued to provide charities of any size with our Impact Optimiser service. The Impact Optimiser is a completely free website audit that includes a bespoke report of their website with five suggestions they can action themselves.

All charities struggle with time, marketing budget and digital expertise and this service is here to help alleviate those issues.

This quote is from James' Place, an incredible charity that offers free, life-saving treatment to suicidal men in Liverpool & London. We recently supported with an Impact Optimiser and this quote from Gemma, Senior Communications Manager speaks volumes about the service and how it can help.

If you're a charity looking for help with your website, book your Impact Optimiser today with the link in our bio.

05/07/2023

Our interactive piece for tells the story of ‘Peggy’, a character we created who begins her journey on The Pathway after becoming homeless due to a job redundancy, the experience follows her as she makes her own path through the Crypt on her way from living on the streets of Leeds to getting her life back on track with the help of the Crypt and its staff. 

Although Peggy is a character we’ve created for this experience, her story is very real. St. George’s Crypt helps thousands of people just like Peggy every year, people who come through the Crypt’s doors and need support.

We’re delighted to be able to shine a light on their Pathway and celebrate how continues to help change people’s lives.

Experience it now, link in bio.

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04/01/2023

2022 was an amazing year for us. Thank you to all of our charity partners for making it possible - it was a blast and we really enjoyed looking back at some of the things we got up to in Our year in numbers.

Check some of them below, or click the link in our bio to read the full article.

£2,087 raised for Mind in Bradford’s ‘Move for Mind’ Campaign

276 volunteering hours provided to charities all across the UK

62 Impact Optimiser audits for charities across the world

750+ people reached through webinars on digital impact and accessibility

1% of our revenue goes to environmental causes

80% of our partners are in the third-sector

Thank you to all of the charities and community foundations we've worked with this year. It's been the best year we've ever had and we can't wait to help even more of you make more of an impact in 2023.

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14/11/2022

Charities, community foundations, CIC's! Would you like to understand more about Accessibility and its importance on the Web? Then we’ve just the thing... 👇

We’re running a free webinar on Understanding accessibility, usability and inclusivity online, specifically for those in the third-sector, who want to learn more about accessibility and what you can do to make your content and website easier to use for everyone.

What we’ll be covering:

- what accessibility is
- the importance of making your content accessible
- the physical disabilities, situational limitations and socio-economic restrictions related to accessibility online
- tools you can use to improve accessibility
- suggestions on easy changes you can make yourselves
- links to resources and posts to support the argument on why accessibility is important
- bonus tips and information on our free Impact Optimiser service for all attendees
- Q&A session

When is it? Thursday, 24th November, 10am BST

How do I book? It’s booked out on Eventbrite already but if you’re a charity and would still like to attend reply below and we’ll send you a personal invite!

Found out all about it on our bio link.

18/10/2022

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-web-for-all-accessibility-usability-and-inclusivity-online-tickets-443244124107

A talk aimed at charities to help understand and improve the accessibility of your website with tips, tools, interaction and insight.

19/08/2022

For 30 years, Lennox have provided a lifeline for children and their families experiencing the trauma and heartache of a childhood cancer diagnosis.

We provided Lennox with a complete digital transformation, giving them renewed confidence, an increase in grant wins & donations and a solid foundation for their next 30 years.

Working with Lennox was - and continues to be - an absolute pleasure for us. Slide to see more of our work then show them your support by following them at

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12/08/2022

As part of the brand rollout for Lennox, we also created a Visual Language Guide to help their team use the new brand in the right way.

From outlining the brand personality work we did together, to colour usage and photography, this guide is everything they need moving forward for a consistent brand.

For 30 years, Lennox have provided a lifeline for children and their families experiencing the trauma and heartache of a childhood cancer diagnosis.

We provided Lennox with a complete digital transformation, giving them renewed confidence, an increase in grant wins & donations and a solid foundation for their next 30 years.

Working with Lennox was - and continues to be - an absolute pleasure for us.

Here’s some of the merchandise we created as part of our work, including these awesome pin badges - which they actually sent us today. Very cool to see them fully realised.

Show Lennox your support by following them at

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08/08/2022

For 30 years, Lennox have provided a lifeline for children and their families experiencing the trauma and heartache of a childhood cancer diagnosis.

We provided Lennox with a complete digital transformation, giving them renewed confidence, an increase in grant wins & donations and a solid foundation for their next 30 years.

Working with Lennox was - and continues to be - an absolute pleasure for us. Slide to see more of our work then show them your support by following them at

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05/08/2022

Pin badges and staff tees for Lennox Children’s Cancer Fund.

For 30 years, Lennox have provided a lifeline for children and their families experiencing the trauma and heartache of a childhood cancer diagnosis.

We provided Lennox with a complete digital transformation, giving them renewed confidence, an increase in grant wins & donations and a solid foundation for their next 30 years.

Working with Lennox was - and continues to be - an absolute pleasure for us.

Here’s some of the merchandise we created as part of our work, including these awesome pin badges - which they actually sent us today. Very cool to see them fully realised.

Show Lennox your support by following them at

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03/08/2022

Wayfinding and campaign collateral for Lennox Children’s Cancer Fund.
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29/07/2022

New Project: For over 30 years, Lennox Children's Cancer Fund have provided a lifeline for children and their families experiencing the trauma and heartache of a childhood cancer diagnosis. 🎗

They approached us in-need of a new website to help move them forward, but through getting to know them more we realised they needed help with their brand too - they were low on confidence with their current brand and didn't feel like it resonated with their audience or with potential high-value donors.

We did a full brand overhaul to renew their confidence, and in-turn created a powerful, new website for them to be able to manage their own content, stories and campaigns on their own.

Our partnership with Lennox is still continuing and is stronger than ever, and we can't wait to show you all more of the work we've been doing for such an incredible charity over the next few months.