The team at Leigh Road Baptist Church are just a tad excited. We have recently heard that we have been selected as a finalist in the Christian New Media Awards 2011.
The judges are at present working their way through the final stage of the judging process; if they decide we are either a winner or runner up, then we’ll be invited to the awards ceremony on Friday 14th October in London – how very black tie!
LRBC Online has been shortlisted in the Accesibility Award category.
Matt Williams, Managing Director of ECRU said, “We were delighted to have the opportunity to work with David Elcock on the Leigh Road Baptist Church website – we experienced a real meeting of minds when it came to the spirit underlying the project, with a shared focus on fostering communication with real people, whatever their age or ability.”
David Elcock, Creative Worker at LRBC added, “Social media plays a big part in the LRBC.org.uk website, with Twitter and Facebook integration, embodying the spirit of a church that goes out and meets the community where they are”.
Sarah Lennard-Brown, ECRU Director, commented, “Attracting people into the website, and into the church, is also crucial. Our rigorous approach of accommodating the real-world needs of disabled people when they access information has proven time and again to pay off, because it results in a website that is not only technically accessible i.e. that it enables people with disabilities to access information – it also results in websites that are usable by the widest range of people, regardless of ability. Everyone benefits from this greater clarity of communication.”
David Elcock, continued, “Working with Matt and Sarah of Ecru.co.uk to create the new site that launched in April of this year has been a joy. We are really happy that it has already been recognised for its accessibility. ECRU have been excellent in helping LRBC with their expertise in creating a truly useful and accessible website that works for us as a church in our attempt to reach out to the people of our community. We couldn’t recommend them enough.”
It is evident from our experience that ECRU are an energetic and highly skilled web design agency, passionate about creating entrancing websites that have transformed ours and others ability to communicate with our audience.
Leigh Road Baptist Church wished all the best to the other finalists.