Who are MDF and why did they come and talk to us?
MDF The Bipolar Organisation is a charity that works to enable people affected by bipolar disorder (manic depression) to take control of their lives. Bipolar disorder is a serious mental health condition involving extreme mood swings, which can be very damaging to the lives of those affected and their families and friends.
MDF is a user-led charity, and one of its main aims is to provide its users with a unique, high quality service. When MDF came to see us, they already had an informative website and an active membership. However, they felt that a redesigned and updated site would give better support to people affected by the disorder, and offer them more of the tools they need to manage their condition.
We applied our experience of building usable, accessible and reliable healthcare websites to the challenge and the new website went live in late 2005.
