HAKI Collective is a Community Interest Company (CIC) advancing racial and disability justice, shaped by lived experiences of racism and ableism and centring Black and Global Majority Disabled leadership.

Meet the team

The HAKI Collective team involved in the project consisted of Co-Directors Iyiola Olafimihan and Tam Preboye, alongside Gina Valenza, who provides administrative and operational support. 

Through conversations with colleagues at Inclusion London, HAKI Collective received strong recommendations about Superhighways' work. They had also seen examples of websites Superhighways had developed for other Deaf and Disabled People's Organisations (DDPOs), which gave them confidence in choosing Superhighways as a partner for the project. 

We approach our work as a collective, so from the start of working on this project with Superhighways [...], we each shared suggestions about what we would like the website to achieve for HAKI, what features it might be good to include, and what an accessible design would look like.

The digital challenge

Although we were already working with stakeholders and members of the community, we did not have a site to direct people to if they wanted to find out more about our work, or find a contact point for any enquiries they might have.

As a newly established organisation, HAKI Collective saw a website as an essential way to build its public presence and communicate its work to members, partners, funders and the wider community.  

The team wanted a central online space that could clearly explain their mission, highlight their expertise in areas such as training, consultancy and advocacy, and promote their activities and events. 

They also wanted the website to act as a growing hub for resources, research and learning related to the intersection of racial and disability justice. 

Accessibility was a key priority throughout the project. As a disabled-led organisation, HAKI wanted a website that was straightforward to navigate and adaptable to a range of access needs and preferences.

This included features such as adjustable text sizes, colour contrast options, image descriptions, screen reader compatibility and content that could be presented in accessible formats. 

How Superhighways helped

We'd happily recommend Superhighways - it felt like a really collaborative process.

Our team were involved in the decisions, and the Superhighways team were responsive to feedback, listening to what we wanted, and open to trying different things until we found what worked best for our organisation.

Superhighways took the time to understand HAKI Collective's values, goals and aspirations for the website, ensuring the final result reflected the organisation's identity and priorities.  

Accessibility was embedded throughout the project, with the team working collaboratively to explore different options and refine the site as it developed. 

Alongside the website itself, we helped evolve their existing logo into a distinctive visual identity, creating a suite of branded assets that can be used consistently across future communications and promotional materials. 

To build their confidence in managing the site, members of HAKI Collective also took part in our website training. This gave them a deeper understanding of the Voice Online Communities platform, which they valued for its flexibility and the ease with which accessibility features could be incorporated into the website. 

The training was helpful and insightful in terms of managing the website ourselves once it had been handed over.

It was practical and easy to follow, and it was good being able to work through our own website rather than just seeing generic examples; it also meant we could ask questions as we went along.

The results

Before developing the website, HAKI's work was largely shared through projects, partnerships and personal networks, but the organisation had no dedicated online presence where people could learn more about who they were and what they did. 

The new website provides a central hub for information about their mission, services and activities. Visitors can now easily explore the organisation's training and consultancy offer, learn about current projects, and find clear ways to get in touch. 

As a result, HAKI Collective has a stronger public profile and a platform that makes it easier for potential partners, funders and community members to engage with their work and explore opportunities for collaboration. 

The biggest difference is that people now have an accessible place where they can find out about us and connect with us. It makes our work much more visible, and it gives Black and Global Majority Disabled people, as well as organisations and allies, somewhere to access information, resources and opportunities.

Hopefully it'll also encourage more conversations about the links between racial justice and disability justice.

Visit HAKI Collective to learn more about their services.