12.05.2014
Dublin and Glendalough Awards in Church of Ireland Communications Competition 2014
Dublin and Glendalough scooped three awards in the Central Communications Board 2014 Communications Competition. The results of the annual competition were announced at Synod in Christ Church Cathedral on Saturday by the Rt Revd Trevor Williams, Bishop of Limerick and Chairman of the Central Communications Board.
The competition was run by the Church of Ireland Press Office but externally and professionally judged. This year, the prizes in the Websites and Social Media categories were sponsored by Ecclesiastical Insurance.
There was praise to all the entrants for their efforts in communicating within their own contexts in each category, with convincing evidence of communication work of a high standard across the island.
In the parish magazines/newsletters category of the print publications section The Obelisk, the newsletter of Holy Trinity, Killiney was joint runner up. The judges said: ‘Clean design and presentation, full and easily accessed contact information, plenty of diary information about future services and events, updates on parish and community activities. A credible magazine to be distributed beyond the parish family.’
In the websites and social Media category, St Matthias Killiney–Ballybrack was the runner up in the parish websites section. The parish website’s simplicity and clarity was praised as was the ease of navigation around it.
In the diocesan websites category Dublin and Glendalough was the runner up. The site was considered to be ‘very informative with a good balance of images and text with strong coverage of news and events’.
Photo captions: top St Matthias presentation; bottom Holy Trinity Killiney presentation.