UDS are exactly the kind of NGO we set up to work with. Operating in rural Uganda to relieve poverty, they've been making a tangible difference in people's lives for 16 years. Their previous website had been servicing them well for half a decade, but was starting to suffer on both the content and the functional sides; it was time for a change.

Using our own Blanc Tools CMS, built in partnership with Hawkz, we've developed UDS a great looking, flexible and powerful website that'll keep their online presence fresh, current and relevant for many years to come. Blogging, podcasting, page-editing, file managment... it's all there!

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For many years now, Tearfund have run an annual event calling people to focus on, and pray for the plight of people all over the world suffering at the hand of poverty. Global Poverty Prayer Week, they called it. 2011 will be different; they're still hosting GPPW as a focal-point for the year, but this year they are trialling a year-long experiment in digital prayer, and we've had the privilege of helping them develop it. Our brief was 'twitter for prayer', and this is what we came up with...

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We were very excited, back in April, when The Consortium of British Humanitarian Agencies appointed us to brand them and build them a website. It's been a challenging brief, with so many stake-holder's to consult and satisfy, but it's been a challenge that we've relished and thoroughly enjoyed. The site's fully content managed, and integrates things like Google Maps to deliver higher-level mapping of data.

We're proud to be playing our part in humanitarian sector, and look forward to helping the CBHA to develop their visibility strategy in the months and years to come.

The site can be found at thecbha.org, go take a look!

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It's a bit belated; this shoot took place back in 2009, just as the leaves were falling from the trees. For a small setup (art director, photographer and model), the shoot went brilliantly well, thanks to Aga and Marry for making it what it was! More images from the same set can be found on Flickr.

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We've been working for the last month along-side a new charity called Restored. "Restored is an international Christian alliance working to transform relationships and end violence against women." We've developed a rich website, designed to be as flexible as possible in the short-to-medium term, which will be able to absorb what ever they choose to throw at it while they are establishing themselves...

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Blacklock Jewellery are a family-run business, dating back to 1832. They specialise in bespoke jewellery design, and my goodness, do they do it well! This project has been somewhat epic in its scale, starting with a full branding exercise; progressing through a huge website design and build including a comprehensive CMS and fully-functioned e-commerce framework; right through to asset development involving a small army of content suppliers including 3D artists, photographers, models, stylists and copywriters.

We've thoroughly enjoyed working with the Family Blacklock, and we look forward to many more years of collaboration. Chris Blacklock has also done us the honour of writing a glowing endorsement.

UPDATE: On 14 May, we discovered that the Blacklock Jewellery website (3 months old at that stage) had beenshortlisted for 'E-tailor of the year' by the UK Jewellery Award 2010. A massive achievement that we're very proud of.

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Bloom are a brand consultancy based in Clapham, London. They redeveloped their brand through the course of 2009, we've had the privilege of working along-side them to bring it to life online.

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“RG&B have helped Blacklock Jewellery come back to life through the creation of a stunning new website that delivers on many levels. From the outset a thorough strategic review was undertaken and brand template created that gives real depth and leverage. What has impressed me the most is that the thought process has not stopped upon completion of the strategic review but has continued and evolved as significant development work has progressed. It is unusual to get such a thorough and complete 360 degree approach to marketing and it is something we are lucky to have had. As a business we could not ask for more and I would recommend RG&B to anyone.”

Chris Blacklock, Blacklock Jewellery

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“Through working with Paul Evans and RG&B we’ve found an exceptional creative and project management resource. Through all of the projects we’ve collaborated on over the years, we’ve been consistently impressed with how every project fully meets each clients’ requirements. Through not only visually stunning creative design, but also a rare depth of client understanding and management, we’re fully confident in the successful conception, implementation and delivery of every project. We relish each opportunity to work with RG&B as the results always amaze.

“After working with several design firms in the past, none have managed both the reliability and straight-talking transparency we get with Paul. We’re yet to see one of his clients get stressed! As both a supplier and a client of RG&B, we know we can rely on solid delivery and a seamless management experience. We find RG&B to be our leading asset in client satisfaction and creativity, and look forward to many years of successful collaboration in the future.”

Stephen Hawkes, Development Director, Hawkz

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Part of the Blacklock project has entailed managing three photoshoots. Finding the right fashion photographer, models, make-up and hair artists, and stylists has been challenging, but we've loved every minute of it.

Here's a handfull of the bake-stage shots from the third of those shoots; for the Contemporary Collection. More can be found on Paul's Flickr stream.

We also took this opportunity to produce a 'behind the scenes' film of the shoot. Big thanks go to the guys at Big Llama Media for their involvement!

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Funkful stylings, check! Online store and event booking, check! Bullet-proof heavy-weight CMS, check! Onelife are a shiny new Christian youth work organisation based in Chorleywood. We've been working with guys at Anoo Design to develop the online side of this stunning new brand.

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Anoo are lot like us; independent, creative, professional... We've partnered on a number of job over the last few years and the results have always been fantastic. They asked us recently to lend a hand on their own website, with Anoo's Alex Normanton (Creative Director) fully in control of the aesthetic, we developed a robust and expandable content management system that enables them to effortlessly keep their site up-to-date.

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