Scend designs publications that are compelling, helping our clients to achieve their communication objectives.
Charles Crompton is a local spoken word performer and poet. Based on Charles’ alter ego “Shaggy-Doo-Beats”, this book is a collection of works performed at “Beat Route”, a spoken word and jazz night held at the Cargo Club during the late 1990’s. This is an 84 page, full colour book with spot UV varnish on the cover. It features art works and clippings from the time that the original Beat Route was running. Shaggy-Doo-Beats is still wowing the late night cats at a new edition of Beat Route held once a month at Dragonfly Bar in the city. Dig that crazy vibe... TOP
This project demonstrates how lavish and cost effective printing in only two colours can be when handled by an experienced and professional designer. Scend recently delivered the City of Playford's Cultural Strategy document. Playford has many cultural organisations and artists directly involved in delivering arts and cultural services. These people contribute to the vitality and cultural life of their community. Developing a Cultural Strategy recognises the valuable contribution of Playford’s cultural organisations and acknowledges the important role arts and culture have in creating a vibrant and diverse community. TOP
Scend recently delivered the Healthy Ageing handbook for the City of Playford. What does it mean to you to grow older? What excites you most about growing older? What support do you think you will need to successfully age in your community? What advice would you give people about growing older?
These are just some of the questions that form the foundation for the development of the Healthy Ageing Strategy. The challenge, and the most exciting part, of developing the Strategy is meeting the needs of such a diverse population group. Ageing as we may have known it is well and truly changing. TOP
We recently produced for the City of Playford their Seniors Information Handbook which functions primarily as an introduction to services provided by council. It outlines the rights and responsibilities for clients and is used as part of the assessment for service provision. The primary target audience for the Handbook is people 65 years and over of both sexes from a variety of social backgrounds. This audience values the service because it “takes the stress out of daily living”, It also provides access to social connection with other community members. TOP
Design of the City of Playford's Community Plan included an exhibition of original artworks produced by community members about their vision for the city.The Playford Community Plan provides the basis for strong connections to the South Australian Strategic Plan objectives. This is underpinned by the vision, goals and objectives of three key goals relating to the economy, the community and the environment as articulated in Council’s Economic Prosperity, Community Well being and the Environmental Care Goal Plans. It is also underpinned by the extensive range of projects and services delivered within the Council area and the northern region by other government, non-government and community-based groups that seek to ensure a strong economy, a sustainable environment, and a balanced society. TOP
This Youth Strategy is Council’s first formal endeavour in clarifying its role in youth affairs and using a strengths based approach to address the critical needs of local young people. Vital outcomes for this project were to engage young people, youth service providers and the broader community. Through this strategy Council aims to provide policies, process, influence and resources to connect and engage with young people in civic and community life. . TOP
The “Local Government Response to Diverse Communities Project” was initiated as a collaborative venture by four northern regional Councils of Adelaide, the Town of Gawler, the City of Playford, the City of Salisbury, and the City of Tea Tree Gully, arising out of the realisation that older people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds living in the northern metropolitan region of Adelaide were not accessing Home & Community Care (HACC) services in proportion to regional demographic demand projections. Shown here is the report on the outcomes of the project of which Scend was involved in the design of a range of communication solutions. TOP
Privacy and confidentiality A5 information booklet produced for people who are receiving mental health care from public mental health services. It is also for family members and friends who are supporting a person through an illness. Privacy and sharing information in mental health care is like a balancing act. On one side are the rights to privacy for a consumer, where it’s important that personal information is kept in confidence. On the other side, high quality mental health care depends on the ‘effective’ sharing of treatment information, so that the different people and services involved in a consumer’s care know how to best support that person. TOP
Farmlink's biannual publication links growers, advisers and researchers to address priority agricultural research issues. FarmLink gives growers the power to influence research priorities and be actively involved in the research process. FarmLink’s main objective is to co-ordinate and communicate private, public and growers group funded research and development activities within the region. TOP
Australasian Mine Safety Review specifically targets mine safety decision makers and provides comprehensive editorial content on current trends and activities associated with mine safety across the Asia Pacific region. TOP
Local Government Councils in SA manage over $8 billion of community infrastructure, invest $1 billion a year in services local communities and are responsible for maintaining 75,000 kilometres of local roads. Councils face major challenges in funding infrastructure renewal and maintenance. Local Government investment in infrastructure in SA was recently estimated to be about $100m less than what is required. TOP
The SSOAR (Sharing Stories of Active Resilience) team involved a group of dynamic young people who had a desire to develop a booklet, filled with their stories, ideas, strategies, artwork and poems. SSOAR’s aim was to help other young people with a mental illness combat their symptoms. This book is designed to show that there is hope. Scend engaged and consulted with the young people involved with this project to realise their ideas and inspiration. A5 booklet, cover printed in full colour with black and white interior pages. TOP
The Links Kit: A resource kit to assist children’s services in developing social capital among families provides many practical examples of how this can be achieved. The Links Kit is one of the many initiatives funded by the Australian Government to support the establishment of child friendly communities. It evolved out of an initiative in South Australia known as the Family Links project. Staff and parents from a number of children’s services in South Australia wanted to learn more about how they could develop supportive networks in their community. TOP
All members of the Criminal Justice System need to better understand the problems surrounding violence within relationships and how to respond appropriately and effectively. Victims may not understand how the criminal justice system works in practice and until now much of that information has been scattered. This manual brings together information about working with the Criminal Justice System to deal with these problems and will benefit victims of domestic violence, and all people who work within that system. Resource manual with dividers, overhead transparencies, CD ROM and powerpoint presentation. TOP
The KIT Peachey Project is an initiative of Northern Youth Justice – Families SA, City of Playford, Mission Australia, SYC Youth Agency North and TransAdelaide. Nine amazing individuals aged between 15 and 17 came together every Wednesday for eight weeks for the KIT Peachey Project. They worked with community artist, Cathi Cupcake to create art works that expressed ideas on how young people Keep It Together when times are tough. They were generous in their conversations and shared many thoughts about how to be a positive and happy person while staying true to yourself and who you are. Their ideas are expressed through the images painted in watercolour for this book.. TOP
A community newsletter produced for the residents of the "Peachy Belt" in Davoren Park. Scend consulted with the community members on design of the publication and masthead. Created as a result of extensive community consultation through the Imagine Peachy project. TOP
The YWCA of Adelaide influences community and government attitudes on issues facing young women, empowers young women through leadership development and supports young women in need. Scend produced the YWCA annual report in under a week and on a very tight budget. Cover printed in one PMS colour and black with black and white interior pages. TOP
