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NHS Charities Together

Post production and audio mix in support of a collective of 250 charities, built to sound as unified as the organisation itself.

Post production Audio mix Sound design
250
Charities united under one NHS Charities Together voice
National
Campaign reaching audiences across the UK
Broadcast
Finished to broadcast quality for TV and online
Client
NHS Charities Together
Sector
NGO
What we did
Post production, audio mix and sound design
What it achieved
250 separate charities coordinated under one audio identity for a national UK campaign
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The challenge

A collective that needed to sound like one

NHS Charities Together brings 250 separate charities under one roof, all there to support NHS staff, volunteers and patients. That's a lot of voices. Our job was to make them sound like one, and like someone you'd trust. Serious enough for what the NHS means to people, but warm enough that an ordinary donor feels spoken to.

The approach

Warmth without sentimentality

We mixed it with one listener in mind. Someone who trusts the NHS, wants their donation to matter, and maybe hasn't heard of NHS Charities Together before. That person needs to believe it straight away. So nothing rough, nothing that distracts, and a tone that does the work justice.

The solution

Post production that builds trust

Post production

Audio post from rough cut to broadcast master. Clean, and consistent across everything made for the campaign.

Audio mix

Clear dialogue, atmosphere in support, and an overall sound that fits the NHS brand.

Sound design

Sound design that gives the production some depth without ever getting in front of the message.

In short

How do you make 250 charities sound like one organisation?

By mixing for the listener, not for each charity separately. Everything NHS Charities Together made for the campaign went through the same post production chain. Dialogue clear and up front, atmosphere behind it, sound design under the message. That gave the whole campaign one sound you could believe. Warm, but never soppy.

More on this: sonic branding for NGOs and charities.

Why it matters

Twelve voices, one collective

NHS Charities Together runs on trust. The post production just had to back that up, and sound as reliable as they are.

250
Individual charities coordinated under one unified audio identity
NHS Charities Together
160m
Raised in GBP by the NHS Charities Together Covid-19 appeal that this work supported
NHS Charities Together
3.44x
More effective than visuals alone at producing high performing content
ClientNHS Charities Together
DisciplinePost production, audio mix, sound design
StudioStudio ZK. Amsterdam