Sportily
"'We are thrilled with the website that Church Pages have produced for Sportily. 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.!'"
Chris Priddy, Sportily's Chief Operating Officer
Church Pages spoke with Chris Priddy at the very start of the launch of the Church Pages' Initiative. He was keen to work with us, but it wasn't until he started with Sportily that this opportunity afforded itself!
How the website was designed and built
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.
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.
The finished website benefits from:
- A user-friendly, responsive website that strongly reflects the charity's branding.
- A website that integrates with the BookWhen booking app.
- A website that can grow as the charity extends its reach.
- Support at the end of the phone when required.
What else did Church Pages do?
We optimised the site and worked closely with BookWhen to ensure that the site remained useable as Sportily added more events.
How did the website go live?
We became the name server for the domain, but managed the MX and TXT records.
Conclusion
We thoroughly enjoyed the challenge of this project. The design needed to be engaging and meet the brand guidelines. Working with BookWhen enabled us to create a site that works well on desk top and mobile. Both Church Pages and Sportily were very pleased with the end result.