Case Study — Community Hub Website

Newhub - Newham Community Digital Hub

Website Design

UI Design

Layout

Content

Client

OneNewham

Sector

Charity and community sector

Year

2026

Website

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01 / OVERVIEW

About the project

Newhub.uk is a dedicated website that brings together resources, links and tools to support Newham's VCFSE community: charities, community groups, faith organisations and social enterprises. It creates a one-stop shop for the borough's voluntary sector, helping organisations build the strength and structure they need to serve their communities.

One Newham brought us on board to redesign the platform ahead of its official launch. We restructured the copy, layout and overall look and feel, working in collaboration with One Newham, community organisations shaping the content, and a developer on the build.

02 / THE CHALLENGE

The challenge

For a long time, Newham has lacked a single point of entry for community groups and individuals with an idea or project to find the right information and connect with the organisations that can help turn it into something more. Over the past 10+ years, groups have needed to access information from a range of websites linked to several organisations, if they were aware of them. Often, they got conflicting and unhelpful information that made decisions far more difficult.

The content already existed as Word documents, full of useful information but heavy on text and pages, difficult to navigate. Aston Mansfield needed these resources turned into something engaging, easy to read, and clearly part of one connected set with creative touch and aligned with their FitterFinances branding.

03 / PROCESS

What we did

We researched brand identity, UI, and completed the full website build in partnership with a developer. We shaped the platform around what Newham's VCFSE organisations actually need day-to-day: funding and finance support, training and development, HR guidance, policies and templates, impact reporting, safeguarding, venues, and access to local networks and forums, all organised into a clear resource library, alongside a searchable directory and community map of organisations across the borough.

The design was shaped through consultation with a working group representing both the VCFSE sector and the council, ensuring the platform reflected the priorities of the organisations it was built to serve. Once in development, the sector tested the platform through two sessions, one online and one in person across Newham's neighbourhood libraries for those who didn’t have access to a computer, with feedback feeding into the final build ahead of launch.

We worked within the Fitter Finances brand, adding touches of the wider Aston Mansfield style so everything felt joined up.

A consistent layout system was built across all the factsheets, so each one looks and feels part of the same family. Icons, images and clear visual hierarchy were used to break up dense text and guide the reader through. Existing diagrams were redrawn to fit the new style.

The result is a set of resources that look approachable, are easy to scan, and feel like a proper toolkit rather than a stack of separate documents.

04 / IMPACT

Impact & Outcomes

June 2026

Website Launch

90+

Attendees at Launch, including the Mayor of Newham

1 Community Hub

For Organisations in Newham

600+

organisations gaining access

Newhub.uk gives Newham's VCFSE organisations and individuals a single, easy-to-navigate place to find the resources, connections and support they need to grow and sustain their work in the borough.

We help organisations clarify who they are and how they show up, through brand identity design, logo systems, brand guidelines, and positioning frameworks that are clear, credible, & easy to use.