Sportily is a sports ministry charity that is creating a network of sport and faith groups across Gloucestershire. The charity's heart is to see fresh expressions of church planted among children and young people, with sport, physical activity and well-being at their heart.

Backed by the Diocese of Gloucester the charity has been able to grow significantly in its reach and vision, and now has a team of workers (both paid and voluntary) delivering a wide range of sport and activity sessions in multiple locations

Sportily was born in October 2021, and approached Church Pages with a brief to create a website that embodied its key messages of having fun, making friends and joining in, and which also made the most of the bold graphics and visuals that had been created as its brand.

How did Church Pages help?

The vision that Sportily had as a charity resonated with the Church Pages team and we were excited to be able to work on this project.

Church Pages understood that the website's primary audience would be parents and guardians wishing to find activities for their children in Gloucestershire. We were blessed by being given a clear brief, and an excellent brand document that naturally led to the design and hierarchy of website. The site was fully bespoke and incorporated CSS animation to add interest and engagement with the website. Church Pages also have a superb team of developers who are normally found working on API's for Amazon Vendor's! They worked alongside our Creative Director to ensure that there was a seamless integration to Sportily's booking system provider so that events were brought onto the each location's page and could be booked easily within the site.

We also optimised the site to help the activities to be found online.

Sportily's reaction

Working closely with Chris Priddy, Sportily's Chief Operating Officer, Church Pages was pleased with the site that was created, and felt that it closely reflected the charity's branding. He said:

“We are thrilled with the website that Church Pages have produced for Sportily” said Chris Priddy, Sportily COO,

“Having previously worked for a CofE diocese, I’ve long been aware of the Church Pages team, their heart for serving the church, and the quality of the websites they produce.

It was so wonderful to work with them on this project and we’ve been blown away by all that they’ve done. Their technical expertise, the way they’ve worked with our visual identity, their understanding of our brief and the quality of the website they’ve produced is just outstanding, we couldn’t have asked for anything more, or for such lovely, generous hearted people to work with. We look forward to reaching new audiences and inviting people to #Giveitago with the website as an initial point of connection. Thank you so much.”