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The one often forgotten about website feature that has emerged to now make it “cool” to be nice: Ethical design and marketing isn’t just about sustainability or transparency, it’s about inclusivity too. (more on how inclusivity even boosts your website traffic shortly) Last Wednesday, I attended a brilliant web accessibility session by Colin Grist from Few and Far®. From the session, we learnt that 97% of top websites aren’t fully accessible. That means millions face unnecessary barriers just trying to browse like the rest of us. But the accessibility rating of your website will even affect your SEO. That’s because Google will rank your site higher if you’ve made it more inclusive! You can view how Google sees your site using Google Pagespeed Insights. See and example screenshot below. (I guess those Google peeps aren’t so bad after all?) So, here are 5 ways to improve your website’s accessibility (and therefore traffic): ✅ Use meaningful alt text – Close your eyes and listen to the description to test if it’s descriptive enough ✅ Fix colour contrast issues – Ensure text is readable (4.5:1 contrast ratio minimum) but check AA and AAA standards. ✅ Make your site work with a keyboard – Try navigating with just the tab key. If you can’t, it’s not accessible. ✅ Avoid autoplay and carousels – Movement should be optional, with a pause button. Equally, don’t force animations on people and have a way to disable them ✅ Structure content properly – Headings (H1, H2, H3) should follow a logical order so screen readers can navigate them. Thanks to Few and Far for the great session! If you haven’t checked your site for accessibility before, it’s worth a look. P.S. That’s not the only way you can boost your website traffic: 💡 I’m running a talk for planet-positive and purpose-driven businesses on how to get more website traffic. I’ll cover traffic sources, examples and strategies. 16th of April @ 2pm. 🔗 Sign up here: https://lu.ma/46qv89fe

Now that the dust has settled on another livestream fundraiser for Leeds Mind, I’m absolutely delighted to announce Get Together Through Gaming has raised £8.2k for mental health support services here in Leeds. After starting GTTG with our pilot in 2023, the amount raised and the streamers involved has consistently increased and has now raised over £20k in what equates to only 9 days total. The event has included over 150 fundraisers to date, playing games, having fun with their community and speaking about the importance of mental wellbeing. This year was the most polished yet; there was posters all across Leeds businesses, bars and restaurant's, we created custom t-shirts (with all proceeds going to Leeds Mind), we branded up our own office arcade cabinet, streamed as a team from our office and even got interviewed by ITV! I'd like to personally thank the sponsors who also took part this year (sorry for the pestering!), it is massively helpful and really helped to kickstart this years event and to Sophie & Emily from Leeds Mind for their constant support, dedication and willingness to get stuck in each and every year. If you'd like to see what we got up to, check out the merchandise, see the schedule that took place and meet the streamers involved visit: https://gttg.stream I’m sure we’ll be back in 2026 for more fun, friends, emojis and games 🎮 #MentalHealthMatters #Fundraising #Gaming #Donate Thanks to our Sponsors: David Eccles, Jonny O'Reardon, Dan Waters, Kelly Weston (Sebine), Sam Taylor 🌱💻, Matt Wheeler, Daniel Hall, Abb-d Taiyo, Driftime® – A Design & Impact Agency, madeby.studio, The Data City, Adarak, Numiko, The Brand Federation

This looks like a brilliant, free Few and Far® webinar on accessibility for charities and good causes. (I'm not involved, just sharing it cos I think it will be of interest for a lot of you). It's called: Understanding accessibility, usability and inclusivity online. The organisers say: "This 2-hour webinar is aimed at charities, community foundations, CICs and any other good cause who wants to improve the accessibility of their website and make their website more accessible, usable and inclusive for everyone. "It was brilliant, one of the most useful webinars I've ever been to."  ️ " A fantastic webinar - lots of practical advice, a full 2 hours of useful info (no padding!) - very high quality!"  ️ " It 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."  ️ What they'll discuss What accessibility is • The importance of making your content accessible • Understanding where your website currently stands on accessibility • Physical disabilities, situational limitations and socio-economic restrictions on accessibility • Tools you can use to improve accessibility • Suggestions on easy changes you can make yourselves What you’ll receive A full 2-hour, interactive webinar hosted via Google Meet (no installation required) A video recording of the entire session A document with all the tools and resources presented Links to videos and posts to support the argument on why accessibility is important Bonus tips Q&A session Who’s it for? This webinar is aimed at anyone with an interest in accessibility and making the web more accessible to all. But, it will have a charity angle, and is aimed at helping those who struggle with digital through time, expertise or budget to do what they can to make a difference, where they can. You don't need to be an expert or a designer to understand the slides (we hope!) and you will all come away with invaluable information to help improve your website, make your content more accessible to all and in-turn improve the user experience of your website for everyone. Reminder: it's free! Sign up: https://lnkd.in/eRpzaugt

Come and say hello to the whole team over at https://gttg.stream right now!

#GTTG kicks off at midnight tonight over at gttg.stream! Tune in for an amazing weekend of games, guitar, darts, art and more - all to raise money for local mental health services. We'd love to say a huge thank you to everyone who has made this event possible! Thank you to... 🎮Event Partners Few and Far® 🎮46 streamers who are taking part 🎮Key Sponsors Numiko & The Data City 🎮Sponsors Adarak, madeby.studio, The Brand Federation, MozzaFella and Driftime® Media.

We're back again partnering with Leeds Mind for another year of Get Together Through Gaming! 🎮 GTTG is a full weekend of video game streams to bring people together and raise money for Leeds Mind. Last year everyone involved streamed over 200 hours and raised an amazing £7,414! This year we’re looking to smash that amount. If you'd like to sponsor the event or get involved as a Streamer there's still time, checkout the website at gttg.stream Gaming is a great way to look after your mental health, connect with your friends and build communities. So get involved this weekend by tuning in on Friday from 10am. #Fundraiser #Charity #VideoGames #MentalHealth #MentalWellbeing

Unfortunately, we can't often change how others work or how they communicate with you, but we can change when you open yourself up to lines of communication, when you make time to work on specific tasks in your role and - just as importantly - when you take a break. We call this the Default Diary and to us, it's extremely important in keeping our days on track, without letting days run away with us. Find out all about the Default Diary and how to implement it into your working week on our Charity Hub: https://lnkd.in/eXSEYBue #Charity #Planning #ThirdSector #MentalHealth

We’d like to highlight one of our wonderful partners today: Seagulls Reuse, who are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year. Seagulls Reuse Ltd are a nationally recognised and award-winning social enterprise based locally to us, here in Leeds, who recycles and reuses paint from landfill to provide employment, volunteering and training opportunities. They joined us last year as part of our Nurture Programme and we've been supporting them to improve how people order their paint and how the website works for them as a team to better tell their story. After their recent store move, they also celebrated turning 20 years old and instead of having a one-off celebration they decided to do something a little bit different... Find out more on our Journal post: https://lnkd.in/eCbU9jJT #Leeds #Paint #Recycling #Design #GraphicDesign

Did you know that we work with UK Community Foundations, the national membership organisation for accredited community foundations around the UK? UKCF is a national network of 47 community foundations, bringing together people and organisations that want to improve their communities. Lydia Cerguera, Communications and Marketing Manager had this to say on their continued partnership with us: “Our partnership with Few and Far began, really, because of seeing their desire to support charities through honest skills sharing. Having worked with several of our members already, Few and Far had a deep understanding of what community foundations do and the impact we wanted to show on our website. Through the Nurture Programme, their team have creatively listened, explored, tested and collaborated on ideas with us behind the scenes – not as a pay-by-the-hour service, but as an extra member of our team – always looking for the best results.” Learn more about our Nurture Programme and how we can work with you to give your organisation time back, whilst moving you forward at the link below: https://lnkd.in/emTsVTa6 #Community #CommunityFoundation #Charity