A Digital Hub for Northumbria University’s Sporting Community.
We partnered with Northumbria Sport to design and build a high-performance website, aligning with their rebrand and enhancing accessibility for students, staff, and athletes.
Client
Northumbria Sport
Sector
Fitness & Wellbeing
Product
Web app
Year
2019
Bringing Northumbria Sport’s Online Presence to Life.
Northumbria Sport operates from Sport Central, a £30 million state-of-the-art sports facility, providing fitness and competition opportunities for students, athletes, and the wider public. Their previous website did not adequately reflect their status as a leading performance sports venue, nor did it offer a seamless experience for users looking for fixtures, memberships, or live event coverage.
The key challenges were:
- Creating a website that promotes Northumbria Sport’s brand identity in line with their rebrand.
- Developing a robust, high-traffic-ready platform that could handle spikes during sporting events.
- Ensuring high-level data security, protecting student and athlete information.
- Optimising the website for mobile use, catering to students and members accessing it on the go.
Northumbria Sport required a future-proofed, secure, and dynamic solution to serve as the go-to hub for sporting activities.
37,000
Students
80
Sports Teams
35
Clubs
A High-Performance Digital Platform for Sport & Fitness.
To meet Northumbria Sport’s needs, we developed a completely custom CMS that’s flexible, scalable, and built to grow with the organisation. This bespoke platform has supported their evolution over time, ensuring the site remains easy to manage while offering an elevated digital experience for students, staff, and athletes. With a focus on usability and engagement, the new website significantly enhanced Northumbria Sport’s online presence. Key features include integration with Gladstone’s student record system to streamline membership and event management, a high-security framework to protect sensitive student and athlete data, and a mobile-first design for seamless access across devices. The platform is also underpinned by a high-availability hosting infrastructure, built to perform during peak traffic moments like live sporting events.
A High-Performance Digital Platform for Sport & Fitness.
To meet Northumbria Sport’s needs, we developed a completely custom CMS that’s flexible, scalable, and built to grow with the organisation. This bespoke platform has supported their evolution over time, ensuring the site remains easy to manage while offering an elevated digital experience for students, staff, and athletes. With a focus on usability and engagement, the new website significantly enhanced Northumbria Sport’s online presence. Key features include integration with Gladstone’s student record system to streamline membership and event management, a high-security framework to protect sensitive student and athlete data, and a mobile-first design for seamless access across devices. The platform is also underpinned by a high-availability hosting infrastructure, built to perform during peak traffic moments like live sporting events.
Success.
Since launching the new platform, Northumbria Sport has seen:
- Enhanced brand positioning, with a website that aligns with their rebrand.
- Seamless event management, integrating with student records and membership systems.
- A highly secure and scalable infrastructure, ensuring data protection and uptime.
- Optimised mobile responsiveness, improving accessibility for students and members.
- Ongoing success and collaboration, with continuous enhancements to support evolving needs.
As a testament to its success, Northumbria Sport has continued to work with us, making ongoing improvements to maintain a best-in-class digital experience.
Northumbria Sport.
- Custom-built CMS, designed specifically for Northumbria Sport’s unique needs.
- Seamless integration with Gladstone’s student record system.
- High-security framework, protecting user data and memberships.
- Scalable hosting infrastructure, ensuring site reliability during high-traffic events.
- Fully responsive design, delivering an optimal experience on mobile, tablet, and desktop.
- Continuous updates and feature enhancements, keeping the site future-ready.
