Toynbee Hall was the world’s first purpose-built University Settlement. Today Toynbee Hall supports thousands of people in East London through their advice and support services. They continue to pioneer new ways to tackle poverty in all its forms, and create approaches that work nationally as well as locally. They are now seeking a contractor to provide a digital platform for them to engage with the public within the exhibition spaces, for the use of the archive, for school groups, for interested users on site and virtually, and as a possible interpretive trail on site. Estimated size of this contract is £25,000 for the platform and £7,000 for the possible interpretive trail.
Toynbee Hall Redevelopment Project
Digital Developer Tender
The Trustees of Toynbee Hall wish to appoint a Digital Developer to provide a new platform to deliver heritage and cultural content via digital channels, called “Explore Toynbee”.
For the first time in our history we will be able to truly showcase our landmark stories of reform and social action from the past 130 years. We plan to use these stories to inspire new generations of social activists. We will combine leading heritage learning practice, with social action workshops led by our community, staff and volunteers, working together to stimulate new solutions for tackling social need.
The following work is relevant to this contract:
Toynbee Hall’s archive has been moved to London Metropolitan Archive (LMA) where it is being fully catalogued for the first time. By January 2017, the archive should be searchable online via the LMA website and by Autumn 2017, 400 items from the Toynbee Hall archive should have been digitised.
Toynbee Hall has recently rebranded and a Brand Guideline document has been developed
Simon Leach Design, the interpretation designers, will be providing the interpretation scheme for the project. You will be expected to work with Simon Leach Design to ensure continuity of the interpretation scheme design with the digital platform. They will supply style guides.
Content
The core content as outlined in the Interpretation Plan will include:
Core narratives about the heritage of Toynbee Hall, to support interpretive displays within the building. The script will be provided by Toynbee Hall and our interpretation designers, and link to items in the digital archive.
Additional content from the Toynbee Hall archive (consisting of over 400 digitised items including photographs, letters, books, audio, video, other materials). This should be updateable by Toynbee Hall, allowing for new items and search themes to be added.
Downloadable classroom resources for secondary school teachers and ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) teachers, provided by Toynbee Hall.
User-generated content as they engage with the content of Toynbee Hall’s experiences and activities on site and virtually.
Toynbee Hall are also interested in a digital interpretive trail to lead visitors around the site and introduce elements from the Toynbee Hall archive into the visitor experience, as options to install signage and information on site are limited. This trail would also need to be accessible off-site or in the classroom too, in which case the real-time element could be replaced by a map. Currently there is no commitment to digital being the best way to provide this information but are we very interested in ideas of how it could be done.
Usage Contexts
It is envisaged that this material will be accessed:
Remotely at users’ homes/schools
Onsite in the heritage study rooms or classroom
Onsite in the new exhibition.
The trail would be accessed by mobile devices.
The digital platform should be accessible from desktops, laptops and mobile devices and should be responsive and optimised for all major hardware/software mobile devices (e.g. Android and iPhone).
The total budget available for this appointment is £25,000 including all expenses plus VAT. There is an additional budget of £7,000 for the digital interpretation trail which may be developed if an appropriate solution can be found.
Interested contractors should download the project documents below.
Digital Appointment Brief - Toynbee Hall
Tenders must be submitted by no later than 1.00pm on Friday 10th February 2017, via email to kevin.walker@toynbeehall.org.uk with the subject line “Tender Proposal; Digital Developer”.
During the tender period, should the tenderer wish to present questions or seek clarification on any information contained within the tender enquiry pack, requests will only be considered by email, at the following: jonathan.aldworth@focus-consultants.com
Contact:
Jonathan Aldworth
Focus Consultants
88 Kingsway
Holborn
London WC2B 6AA
0203 402 2166
Image: Toynbee Hall
