The Jessica Project
The Jessica Project is a survivor-led organisation supporting people affected by domestic abuse and sexual violence. It grew out of an online community of more than 1,800 survivors, but had no website at all. We built one: safety-first, verified accessible, and launched on their own domain.
A movement that had outgrown not having a website
The Jessica Project began as an online community where survivors could talk to people who understood. By 2026 it had grown past 1,800 members and become a registered organisation running peer support groups, recovery programmes, advocacy, and training for professionals. The services were real. The web presence was not: people found them through social media and word of mouth, and funders doing due diligence found nothing at all.
The audience also carries a specific risk that most websites never think about. Someone visiting a domestic abuse support site may be on a monitored phone, or a shared computer, with moments to spare. The site had to work for that person first, and still convince a commissioner reading it at a desk.
So this was not a redesign. It was a first website that had to arrive complete: services, events, news, donations, a support form safe enough to carry disclosures, and the safeguarding features this sector demands.
Scroll through the full homepage
Built for the visitor with moments to spare, and the funder with an hour
Safety features on every page
A crisis bar with 999 and the national helpline, and a Quick exit button: press Esc twice and the site is replaced with an ordinary weather page. Honest privacy guidance sits alongside it.
Accessibility verified, not claimed
Every page tested to WCAG 2.2 AA at desktop and mobile sizes, with a published accessibility statement. When one button failed contrast at mobile size, it was found and fixed before launch.
Six languages
Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Hindi and Gujarati through a language switcher, reflecting the communities the charity serves. Nothing loads until a visitor chooses.
A support form that stores nothing
A three-step form that emails the team and keeps no copy anywhere: no database entry, no logs. The visitor chooses how and when it is safe to be contacted, and leaves with a reference number.
News and events the team run
Posts and an events calendar the team publish themselves, with accessibility checks built into the editor and a plain-English editing guide at handover.
Fast, hardened, monitored
A web application firewall, weekly file-integrity checks, and performance scores in the high eighties and nineties on mobile. The boring work that keeps a site trustworthy.
From community to organisation, visibly
The Jessica Project launched at thejessicaproject.co.uk in August 2026: eleven core pages, a resources-style news section, an events calendar with real events, a merch shop, and a donations route, all in a design system built around their brand.
What a survivor writes in the support form exists in exactly one place: the team's inbox. Nothing is stored on the website, which means the privacy promise on the site is architecturally true, not just written down.
The team publishes news and events themselves. The parts that protect people, the crisis bar, the quick exit, the forms, are code the editor cannot accidentally break. Support continues on an ongoing care plan.
"I highly recommend Haris from Goodside he created our new website from scratch for us. His wonderful communication throughout meant that he was able to ensure he was incorporating our personal style, vision and values to the overall look and feel of the website. It’s come out so well and we’re truly grateful for the great work from goodside on it."
Priya Dawkins, Founder & CEO, The Jessica ProjectYour work deserves a site that shows it properly.
Book a free 20-minute call. We will look at what you have and tell you honestly what a redesign would involve. No commitment, no pressure.
