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TOKAN Foundation. Making the mission clearer.

I redesigned TOKAN Foundation's existing WordPress website. The work centres on how an established organisation presents its mission, programmes and opportunities to support children and young people.

Nonprofit / Complete WordPress website redesign
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TOKAN FOUNDATIONWORDPRESS REDESIGN
THE MISSION, IN FOCUSA future
within reach.
CHILDREN COMMUNITY POSSIBILITY
EDITORIAL PROJECT COVER
Editorial project cover · click to explore the redesigned website.
FROM THE ARCHIVE / BEFORE THE REDESIGNOpen the earlier homepage

The earlier website, preserved for context. Open the live website above to explore the redesign.

Archived TOKAN Foundation homepage before the redesign, with brown content panels, a black introduction panel and its earlier navigation.Open the full archive image ↗
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An established story

TOKAN Foundation supports children and young people through educational, financial and social support. This was a redesign of an existing WordPress website, with an organisation, programmes and a body of content already in place.

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Reading the earlier website

The earlier homepage brought together the foundation's introduction, mission, service areas, impact figures and testimonials. The archived capture shows dense text, repeated brown panels and several competing visual treatments. The content already carried the organisation's story; its presentation offered an opportunity for a more deliberate reading order.

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My contribution

I completed the website redesign within WordPress. The responsibility was to reconsider the visitor-facing experience of an existing site: how the foundation introduces itself, how its work is presented and how people find routes to learn more or offer support.

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The strategic question

How does a visitor move from understanding the cause to understanding their own next step? For a foundation, that means connecting its mission with the work it does and the ways people can get involved. The redesign can be read through that sequence: context, understanding and participation.

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The value of continuity

An established website holds more than pages. It carries an organisation's history, public identity and existing content. Working within WordPress connects the new presentation with the system already supporting that presence, while giving the organisation a renewed place to tell its story.

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Reviewing the result

The live website is linked here alongside an archived view of the earlier homepage. Together, they provide a way to examine the visual change. A further review would look at whether visitors can locate programmes, understand support options and reach the right contact point.

EXPLORE THE THINKING

Change the lens.

Give the mission a reading order

Help visitors understand the organisation before asking them to navigate its wider work.