Designing posters | The Church of England

Watch the video for practical tips on creating eye-catching and accessible posters.

Going Deeper

This Digital labs blog helps with designing posters for Lent and Easter using Canva.
Keep an eye out for upcoming webinars on the Church of England Digital Labs page - they cover all sorts of topics, including guidance on design, using Canva and more.
Neil Pugmire's book '100 Ways to Get Your Church Noticed' offers a chapter with more tips on creating posters with pizazz. The accompanying website offers a short summary too.
More about the above book and how it can support your church communications is outlined in this webinar recording on the Church Support Hub

Resources

NEW: Symbols that churches can use to publicise how accessible they are to people with specific access needs or requirements are now available at accessiblechurch.net, a site developed through the Diocese of Derby's Disability and Inclusion Action Group. The symbols have been designed for the Diocese of Derby (Copyright owners) and licensed for use by the Church of England. Churches may use these symbols as defined within the guide on the website.
For more resources to support accessibility visit the 'Barrier free belonging' page here on the Church of England site. In particular, scroll down to see the ‘How to create accessible documents’ download.
The Church of England's Safeguarding templates resources page offers a template Model release form and accompanying privacy notice to help you obtain permission from people featured in your church photography. There is also this blog from Digital Labs, all about Understanding how to use Photo and Video consent forms for your church - it will help if you want to feature photos of people on your posters.
Canva offers a QR code generator for your posters and other printed materials. Visit this page to learn more and create a QR code.

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