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Hamilton Trust

www.hamilton-trust.org.uk
Over 70% of income now from online

Our partnership with Hamilton Trust has helped transform this charity working with Oxfordshire teachers into one of the foremost educational resources in the UK, and the Teachers site is now used by 40% of primary school teachers. 

 
The Challenge
  • Support Hamilton Trust in delivering a successful subscription-based service to primary school teachers, giving schools and teachers easy online access to valuable educational resources 
  • Adapt the model to provide an online resource centre for parents wanting to support their children’s educational development in a fun and interactive way
The Solution
  • A simple and user-friendly interface is supported by a powerful and sophisticated back-end system
  • Making a donation to Hamilton Trust allows teachers to become a 'Friend of Hamilton' and thereby gain access to restricted resources 
  • Subscription function allows schools to purchase high value group membership and in conjunction with the Friends scheme, brings in significant income for the charity
  • Powerful search feature enables teachers to search lesson plans, resources and other documents by school year, subject or keyword
  • A newly launched and colourfully designed Hamilton Parents site enables parents to support their children with learning and development
  • A content-rich extensive library of educational resources enables parents to support their children's education 
  • Parents have three ways to search the site: How2Help, Things2Do and Topics
  • The feature-rich site includes embedded flash video, audio and a variety of static and easy to use flash games
  • A variety of resources can be downloaded, including word games and colouring-in templates
The Results
  • Over 70% total income now comes via online
  • Over 200,000 sessions per month and 500,000 downloads per month
  • Over 90,000 registered site users
  • Recent research found that 40% of primary school teachers use the site

 

 

What the client said

We now have an easy user interface that allows teachers to choose exactly what they want in a few clicks of a mouse. The power behind the technology is remarkable! We have many, many happy teachers as a result and it’s also easy to manage from our end – a crucial factor!
Deidre Holes, Project Manager, Hamilton Trust