Website Design for a long established charity for Venice

Venice In Peril

We are a charity that has been in existence since the 1960s. We have been around for several years and have followed the same brand in that time.

We specialise in restoration projects in Venice and to inform our members of news in Venice.

Our audience are more for the art crowd, who are interested in Venice and wish to preserve its heritage. We surive on donations from our members. therefore, our members or potential members tend to be of the older generation, from the middle to upper class, who just want information and not fussed about gadgets

I have attached a file that is a questionnaire. This will help describe what we like and dont like as well as our brand guidelines.

Our website can be seen here:

http://veniceinperil.org/

Our abortive effort can be seen here

http://www.veniceinperil.co.uk/

As you see from the proper site, what we need to show on the homepage. We need to show

1) Our sponsors (so you an see their logos). Our idea is the logos will be kept in one area of the site that will be like a slide show to appear and disappear a range of logos. So we can avoid the tickertape presentation. The logos are a mix of landscape and portrait.

2) we need a large image area that will be a slideshow. They can be like the abortive attempt or something modern or classy to present the images. They will not be done in Flash. The images will be high resolution images of Venice or collages of past projects.

3) we need to highlight projects in progress, news, our shop, events and registration area.

4) search area

5) venice map

6) the tag line at the top of the site is important.

7) please use current logo

8) ensure contact details are clear

Our key thing is to pull people into the site to either donate or join in an event or find the latest news. The purpose is to raise money but look classical.

We will need templates for

1) homepage
2) content page
3) shop
4) project page

I have included a potential wireframe for the homepage