Awareness raising and social media

Websites provide an opportunity to publicise your branch or group to a wide audience, most of who will have specifically searched for local information.

You have the opportunity to host a webpage within this site, or host your own externally.

• Getting started (Setting up your new webpage editing account and guidance on how to update your page)
• Website guidelines (Setting up an external branch/group website)

Find your branch or group website

Using social media increases your presence on the web, giving people more ways of finding out about your branch or group.

• Using social media
• Using social media effectively

Our Template Centre includes social media post templates

There are many ways your branch or group can raise awareness - many through using the contacts you have. For example:  

• through a branch/group leaflet, which can be given out to local HSCPs/GPs/care providers to ensure they are aware of our work and can pass accurate information on
• giving short talks to local community or business groups which may encourage more sponsors and donors to give their time and/or money
• articles in your branch or group newsletter, web page or social media platforms giving information on the work being done locally.

Guidance

• Raising awareness of your branch or group
• Raising awareness of what you do
• Guidelines for working with external media

Our Template centre includes a leaflet template, and social media post templates to promote your branch/group

• Newsletter Guidelines
• Back issues of The News
• Access our Template Centre which includes a 4 page newsletter template you can use to create a simple newsletter.

• Materials order form
• Letterheaded template
• Pop up banner order form
• Our key messages - includes key facts about MND and our reach
• Our brand guidelines
• Blank Press Release Template
• Using images
• Branded Clothing Order Form
• Branded Clothing Orders - Terms and Conditions 

Our Template centre includes leaflets, social media posts, posters and more

Please use this poster at your events. This will allow you to take photographs and video without asking for separate permission from each attendee.

If anyone tells you they do not want to be photographed, please avoid taking pictures of them and check your photos afterwards, deleting any on which they appear. You may wish to give anyone who does not want their photograph taken a coloured sticker or badge, just to make it easy to identify them. 

If you need to obtain photography consent from individuals, you can use these consent forms for adults and children. 

Photos and videos must be stored securely. Electronic copies must be in stored on a password protected device (including mobile phones) and hard copies stored in lockable storage.

When deleting photos ensure they are completely deleted from device recycle bins and online storage. Shred paper copies of photos.