Holocaust Educational Trust
About the Client
Holocaust Educational Trust (HET) was founded in 1988 with the aim to educate young people from every backgrounds about the Holocaust. The Trust works in schools, universities and in the community to raise awareness and understanding of the Holocaust and in particular the relevance to today.
In the late nineties, HET started a "Lessons from Auschwitz" project (LFA) which took two students from a number of sixth form colleges and a selection of teachers to learn more about aspects of the Holocaust including a day trip to Auschwitz and hearing first-hand testimony from a Holocaust survivor. In addition to the actual trip, there is a pre-orientation seminar, and a post-trip seminar to encourage student to arrange follow-up activities within their school or college.
In recent years the LFA were awarded a government grant to expand the programme so two students from every sixth form in the UK were included within this program.
The Brief
Through HET's government funded 'Lessons from Auschwitz' programme the organisation sends thousands of students each year to visit Auschwitz. HET required a fully computerised online system to support the application, selection and communication processes involving teachers, puplis and parents.
The Work
We created a secure online application and management system, which enabled students from schools and colleges in the UK to log in and update insurance, medical and personal details. We created a closed-user social network portal enabling participants to express their thoughts via videos, images and text.
The Result
To date, over 3,500 participants across 1,700 educational establishments have actively used the system. HET manage and process applications, arrange and invite participants to seminars and keep parents and schools updated via email and SMS.
"We are delighted by the new system that Totally has put into place. The end to end application and trip management processes are now extremely efficient and virtually paperless."
Alex Maws, Director, Lessons from Auschwitz Project
Products
