The TreeHouse Trust is the national charity for autism education, based in north London and founded in 1997 by a group of parents whose children had recently been diagnosed with severe autism. TreeHouse was established in response to the huge unmet national need for specialist education for children with autism.
TreeHouse approached us in 2008 to help them with a strategic review of their online activities, and our Digital Strategy process led them to produce both a revamped main website, and to work in partnership with leading mobile provider TalkTalk to launch an online community space, Talk about Autism. Both sites are built on the popular open source Drupal platform.
Our work with TreeHouse extends much further than simply providing technology. Since launch, we’ve provided ongoing community management resource, helping establish the community in its own right as well as engaging in other social media space, including Facebook and Twitter, and we’re now mentoring the TreeHouse team to develop their own skills.
Our Senior Community Manager Elena Goodrum goes into more detail in her recent blog post.