A group of hikers with backpacks and walking poles trekking up a rocky mountain trail surrounded by lush green forest.

Walking With The Wounded

Reframing a charity's digital identity

Accessibility & Inclusive Design | Fundraising Optimisation | Journey Mapping | UX Audits | User Research & Testing | Website Development

The challenge

A brand that needed a digital reappraisal.

Since its founding in 2010, Walking With The Wounded has played a crucial role in empowering veterans, helping them rebuild their lives, regain independence, and reintegrate into society. 

However, despite its decade-long legacy and millions raised, the charity faced a perception problem - many only associated it with high-profile fundraising treks, rather than the vital, year-round support it provides to veterans. 

This lack of awareness was limiting engagement and impacting fundraising efforts. The solution? 

  • A refreshed brand identity to realign perceptions 
  • A new website to better showcase the charity’s impact, improve user experience, and increase fundraising 
  • Giant Digital leading the digital transformation to make the charity more discoverable, engaging, and effective 

Before

Homepage of the previous Walking With The Wounded website, featuring a monochrome soldier’s face with helicopters above and bold white headline text.
Close-up of a smiling veteran, with the message ‘Supporting those who have served’ overlaid in bold red and white text on the Walking With The Wounded website.

After

The opportunity

A digital overhaul to strengthen engagement.

Walking With The Wounded needed a powerful new website that could: 

  • Reframe the narrative, showing that Walking With The Wounded is about more than just treks 
  • Improve content discovery for different audiences, from supporters to veterans 
  • Enhance fundraising opportunities by optimising the donation journey 
  • Empower the internal team with a more intuitive CMS for easier management 

With these goals in mind, we set out to build the strongest digital presence Walking With The Wounded had ever had. 

The solution

A digital experience that engages and converts.

1. Repositioning the brand for maximum impact 

To redefine how people saw Walking With The Wounded, we: 

  • Enhanced the brand identity, introducing new design elements that highlighted key messages and imagery of veterans 
  • Reworked the use of imagery, setting a new visual standard for all Walking With The Wounded content 
  • Improved storytelling, bringing veteran experiences to the forefront to create a stronger emotional connection 

2. Optimising fundraising and event engagement 

Walking With The Wounded relies on public donations and event participation to fund its work. To drive conversions, we: 

  • Revamped the event section, introducing flags for upcoming, featured, and limited availability events to create urgency 
  • Refined the donation experience, making it smoother, clearer, and more engaging 
  • Implemented behavioural nudges to encourage conversions at every step 

3. Creating a more engaging and user-friendly website 

To ensure stronger user engagement across both desktop and mobile, we: 

  • Simplified navigation to help users find services, events, and donation opportunities faster 
  • Optimised for mobile-first engagement, ensuring a seamless experience 
  • Improved content structure, making it easier for different audiences to find what they need 

The impact

A website that drives real results.

36%

increase in form submission conversions

41%

increase in donation value

18%

increase in total donors

51%

increase in key mobile event conversions

With a stronger brand identity, an improved donation journey, and a seamless user experience, Walking With The Wounded now has a website that truly supports its mission and maximises fundraising potential. 

Walking with the Wounded logo

"At Walking With The Wounded we are proud to state our highest value as 'Client First'. The events and donation functionality allows us to better connect with our fundraisers, on whom we rely to carry out our 1-2-1 service. We worked closely with Giant Digital to update the look and functionality of our website and ensure that it was a system that would support us and our clients into the future."

Eleanor Whitelegg, Head of Marketing at Walking With The Wounded

A digital transformation that's built to last

Walking With The Wounded has been supporting veterans for over a decade, and now its digital presence reflects the full scale of its impact. 

With a modern, scalable website, the charity is better equipped than ever to: 

  • Engage new audiences & donors 
  • Support veterans more effectively 
  • Increase fundraising to sustain its vital work 

This is just the beginning of Walking With The Wounded’s digital evolution, and we’re excited to continue working together to drive even greater impact. 

With special  thanks

to the brilliant team at WWTW for your commitment and collaboration. It’s been a privilege to support your vital work with veterans and their families.

and to our Giant team...

Cael O'Sullivan
Dominic Chaple
Eugenia Soroet
Gaby Frylinck
Jake Quirke
Joel Stoddard-Turvey
Kelly Appleby
Matt Buck
Peter Smith-Keary
Scott Pashley
Toby Lees
Tom Bannister

Need a website that works harder  for your cause?

Let us lead you through digital transformation that improves engagement, fundraising and brand perception. Let’s make it happen.

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