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Helping a children’s charity capture and communicate the true value of their work.
date:
April 2022
Web link:
http://www.includem.org

The mission brief

Find a way to succinctly describe a charity's services, when they do whatever needs to be done to help.

includem do really good, worthy work helping young people facing difficult life challenges in Scotland. They’re flexible and solutions-based — rolling up their sleeves and doing whatever needs to be done to help. While this means the impact of their work is significant and wide-ranging, it made succinctly describing exactly what they do a challenge.

Added to this, includem have undergone numerous evolutions over the last 20+ years. Their messaging hadn’t caught up with these changes, and their brand voice didn’t reflect the current reality of their organisation.

I was brought on board by includem’s communications team to help them gain clarity on their services and how to explain them, capture their brand’s tone of voice and develop a messaging framework to streamline their comms and keep everything consistent.

The plan of action

An outcomes-based messaging framework focused on impact and results.

Alongside explorative chats with the communications team and an audit of their existing materials, I held a workshop with practitioners from across the charity to learn about their work and what it means to be part of includem.

From this research and discovery work, I defined a brand voice that balanced includem’s grit and tenacity — they never shy away from a challenge — with their optimism and kindness. This included sample copy and writing guidelines to help everyone put the new tone of voice into action.

I developed a messaging framework focused on the impact and results of includem’s work  — rather than what they do to get there. And streamlined their long list of target audiences (from funding bodies to potential service users) into three broad interest categories with messaging to match.

The result

A brand language strategy everyone at includem can unite behind. They can confidently shout about what they do and the impact it has, and present the true value of their work to a broad range of stakeholders in a clear and consistent voice.

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