Press Release
Issued on: Thursday 12 July 2001. For immediate release.
Issued by: National Schizophrenia Fellowship (Scotland)
NSF (Scotland) website praised by Scottish experts
In its commitment to improved support for and communication with carers and users of mental health
services, the National Schizophrenia Fellowship (Scotland) has created a comprehensive website
containing hundreds of pages of help, advice and information.
Recently entered into the Scottish Enterprise Winners at the Web competition the site, although it did
not win a top prize in its category, received high praise from a team of independent advisors. It
described the organisation of information as 'impressive…..and designed very much with usability
as the top priority'.
Of the visual impact, the team said 'this site has a highly professional and polished
appearance
... and the site is highly aesthetically pleasing, which portrays the company well'.
As for the way in which the information is presented, it is 'very clear and easy to follow'.
Freshness of content was also praised, because 'it is clear that the site is being maintained and
updated on a regular basis'.
Rex Last, webmaster of the site, said: 'I am delighted and a bit embarrassed by the response, but
the main point is that it is a huge morale boost to the Fellowship at a time of uncertainty and
continuing financial difficulties. It took them great courage to take a leap into the electronic
dark and commit to the new technology, and that courage has been amply rewarded'.
NSF (Scotland) is delighted with this reaction to their work in this area, not least because the third
sector as a whole has been slow in taking up website technology as a central part of the delivery of
services to its membership and beyond. The Fellowship is convinced that web technology does and
will in the future represent an essential weapon in the fight against mental illness, its prevention,
treatment and cure.
Please tell people about www.nsfscot.org.uk and encourage them to visit us and let us know what
their views are about our website.
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For further information: email:
Mary Weir CEO NSF (Scotland) or
email:
Rex Last, webmaster.
