Testimonials
Mark
Chief Executive Officer
Age UK Hertfordshire
Dear Paul I am writing to say that our Guide to Later Life in Hertfordshire is proving to be a great success. It has been a long time since we have had something like this in local circulation due to the prohibitive cost impact to us and it is something which we know has been missed and much needed.
This is the first issue and the Guide has gone down very well with our staff who can see the information about the charity in an excellently presented format and can feel proud handing these out at talks and events. The Guide has also been well received by our partners, referrers and members of the public who are also able to access the electronic version whenever they visit our website. We have promoted via social media to showcase to commissioners, key stakeholders and the wider public to utilise this as a vehicle for promoting the organisation as much as possible and by incorporating it as an integral part of our communication strategy.
Working with Sure Media has been a positive experience, from the initial discussions through to design and finished production of the artwork. Communication was excellent throughout the process and I look forward to continuing the relationship between Age UK Hertfordshire and Sure Media.
Kay
Chief Executive
Age UK Bristol
I’m writing to thank you for offering us the opportunity to have a bespoke publication about our services and also thank you for preparing Age UK Bristol’s Guide to Later Life. The finished brochure has arrived and looks fantastic - such high quality and a really attractive and engaging looking publication that will encourage people to look inside. I’m very happy with the internal design and layout too – you’ve really captured our services well and set things out clearly which is important for our audience. The input from you and your team along the way was excellent and we felt very well supported. I’m impressed that we have ended up with so many pages specifically about our services.
I was also impressed with the generic information provided by yourself, about care homes and other local CQC registered services. Thank you for working with us to design a new section on Extracare Housing that specifically tackles an issue we have locally of too many placements of older people into care homes. Our local Adult Social Care Commissioners in Bristol City Council were particularly impressed as this has also supported them in addressing older people’s needs. I’d like to thank you for your friendly guidance from start to finish Paul.
You really did ensure that the final product worked well and you had our best interests in mind throughout. It was a pleasure to work with you on this and no request was ever too large or too small. We have already circulated the electronic copy far and wide and have had incredibly positive feedback from our colleagues in the voluntary sector, local commissioners in the NHS and social care and from councillors. You’ve provided us with a very valuable resource that we simply could not have afforded to have published. I’m very grateful. I look forward to talking with you again soon.
Tracy
Marketing & Communications Co-ordinator
Age UK Gloucestershire
"I am writing to say that we are delighted with our Guide to Later Life in Gloucestershire. With this being our third issue, we now have an established process and are very happy with the results.
We are already receiving very positive feedback from both individuals and professional organisations who say that the Guide provides comprehensive and practical information, which is easily accessible.
From our point of view, the Guide is a great vehicle to talk about the services we offer, our mission to make Gloucestershire the best county in which to grow older and positive messages about ageing, all in one place.
Working with Sure Media has again been a positive experience, from initial planning through to design and finished production of the artwork. Communication as always was excellent throughout the process and I hope we can continue the relationship with production of a fourth Guide in the future
Jo
Business Support
Age UK Wiltshire
"We have just taken delivery of the second edition of the Age UK Wiltshire Guide to Later Life.
As with the previous, we are absolutely delighted with it; it is a very professional looking booklet full of very useful information to help older people navigate later life. We are sure that once again, this will be a great vehicle for us to talk about our services and showcase Age UK Wiltshire to individuals and organisations alike as soon as we are allowed to resume our face to face and outreach work.
It has been a great experience to work with Sure Media throughout the process of creating the Guide.
Our many requests for wording changes and additions were dealt with very patiently and professionally and communication throughout the production process was excellent. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Sure Media to any other organization considering creating a similar guide"
Jonathan
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Age UK North Yorkshire & Darlington
We were delighted to receive our copies of our first ever service guide earlier this month. The feedback we have received from our trustees, staff and beneficiaries has been overwhelmingly positive. We have already had beneficiaries contacting us for extra copies for their friends and neighbours and it has provided our team with a great marketing tool to demonstrate the breadth of services we have available to older people locally.
I am happy to recommend your services to other local Age UKs and share with them how easy it has been to work with you and Bernadette to get the publication to print. The selection of highquality ready-made articles to complement our material, as well as Sure Media’s extensive knowledge of the Age UK Brand Guidelines, made it such an easy process to get a brand compliant and comprehensive publication to print.
I would like to thank you personally for your support during this process, all the way from our first meeting, to the guide hitting our doorstep and for always being available at the end of the phone to answer any queries we had. We look forward to working with Sure Media again on the next issue.
Helen
Chief Executive Officer
Age UK Barnet
"We are very happy with the first edition of the Age UK Barnet Gyide to Later Life and it has been a great experience to work with you and your team. You have all been friendly, supportive and professional throughout.
These are unprecedented times and we want to say ow much we appreciate your understanding and flexibilty with deadlines. You bent over backwards to adapt with the changing circumstances.
As restrictions begin to ease, we are sure that this booklet will be a great vehiclefor us to talk about our services and showcase Age UK Barnet to individuals and organisations.
I would not hesitate to recomment Sure Media to any other charity and look forward to working with Paul again in the future"
Helen
Chief Executive Officer
Age Concern Hampshire
"I am writing to thank you very much for all the hard work that you and your team have put into producing the Local Later Life Guide for Age Concern Hampshire. You were extremely patient and supportive with our many changes, which at times must have been frustrating!
We are delighted with the finished article, which has been very well received internally and by our external stakeholders. I have no doubt that the publication will help to raise our profile and is a great source of information to our clients and their carers.
I would not hesitate to recommend Sure Media to any other charity and look forward to working with Paul and his team in the future. I am happy for any other business lead to contact me if they require any further information"
Tracy
Director
Age UK Sunderland
"Age UK Sunderland are delighted to have worked with Paul from Sure Media during the production of our Health and Wellbeing Guide.
From the initial scoping of the guide, to the sourcing of articles and sponsorship, production of the copy and distribution of the publication.
Paul was always availble to guide us through the process and make our broad range of projects come to life in a beautifully, professionally produced document.
Paul also arranged the distribution of our guide across the city to local GP surgeries and other key stakeholders which was well received.
The hard copy publication has been well received by the older people of Sunderland as a useful resource, signosting to support in relation to health, social care and VCS provision.
Sure Media also provided us with an electronic version for our website and social media platforms which has been very beneficial."
Becky
Chief Executive Officer
Age Concern Birmingham
"Dear Paul and Team
Thank you for your work on our 2nd publication of Age Concern Birmingham’s Later Life Planning Guide. Our publications arrived last week, they look great and have already been well received.
The layout of the guide is colourful, informative and really captures the services we offer at Age Concern Birmingham. The guide is package with a range of useful information to support and guide people.
We are now in the process of circulating both, hard copies and electronic copies as far as possible. Working with Sure Media again has again been a positive experience, from the planning through to the finished publication.
We look forward to working with you in the future to develop a 3rd publication"
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