Liverpool agency, Connect and two of its high-profile clients were placed in three categories last week at the prestigious 2024 Digital Impact Awards. The Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership’s new website took home the Bronze Award in both the “Best use of digital from the public sector” category and “Best corporate website (other)” category. 'Connect took another Bronze Award for their innovative intranet project work with Government Project Delivery, this time in the “Best intranet” category.
The award wins showcase two different aspects of Connect’s work; website design and development, and their popular intranet offering, Hivetalk.
The Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership works towards creating violence free communities on Merseyside in tandem with local bodies and organisations. Government Project Delivery is the organisation of people in government departments and arm’s length bodies who advise on, lead and manage project development and delivery.
Connect Internet Solutions is a multi award-winning digital technology agency based in Liverpool. They blend creativity, technology and data to help organisations accelerate and innovate. Connect is an established supplier to a number of high profile government departments, blue light organisations, the public and private sectors.
The Digital Impact Awards sets the industry-wide benchmark in digital stakeholder engagement and honours the best corporate digital communications work in Europe. The awards are judged by a panel of digital communications experts from some of Europe’s biggest companies and organisations.
Connect’s Managing Director, Janet Symes said: “We are absolutely delighted to win awards with two different clients, it really shows the variety of work we do here at Connect. We are very proud of our relationship with both of these organisations and we’re thrilled for both clients that the hard work they put into our partnership with them has been recognised.”
MVRP Director, Supt Georgie Garvey said: “We’re delighted to receive this recognition for our website, in what is a very competitive field of organisations from across the globe.
“We are so proud to be making a big difference in the lives of young people and families across Merseyside. By working with Connect, our aim was to create an accessible and engaging online space showcasing the vital work of our team and so many of our partners to prevent serious violence – these awards are further proof that hopefully we have achieved that!”
Owen Kennedy, Deputy Director and Service Owner for the Government Project Delivery Hub, commented: “We are thrilled to receive this award, which reflects the hard work of a small service team to continuously push the interests, needs and priorities of users, and to look at solutions to make it easier for the profession to deliver successful project outcomes.”
For more information about the incredible work that the Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership are doing across the region, you can visit their website here:
https://www.merseysidevrp.com/
For more information about Connect and their services, contact Beth James at bj@connectinternetsolutions.com or visit www.connectinternetsolutions.com
For more information about the Digital Impact Awards, contact Andrew Thomas at andrew.thomas@communicatemagazine.co.uk