York Minster

York Partnership to build new Cathedral Website

Published Monday 7th August 2006 by Eleanor Course

York Minster is working with York company stonesoup to produce a new website for the cathedral.  The new website, which will be launched in the autumn, will help visitors, worshippers and local people interact more with the Minster, and get hold of relevant information. 

York Minster’s current website was launched in 1996, and now needs updating.  The new website will be easier to navigate and more interactive.  Sermons will be available as podcasts, and there will be more opportunities to help the Minster raise money for its Development Campaign. 

Tom Sharp, Creative Director at stonesoup said “Developing York Minster's online resource is a fantastic challenge that the whole team at stonesoup are relishing. Balancing the Minster's considerable heritage and its central role in northern worship with modern design and the latest interactive communication is a hugely exciting project”.

Andy Milson, Business Development Director at stonesoup said “We are delighted to be working with York Minster on such an important part of their communication strategy. Informative, interactive online resources are vital for any organisation looking to reach a wider audience. Working together we’ll be able to make York Minster and its vibrant community even easier to enjoy”.

Steve Hemming, Visitor Services Manager at the Minster said,  “We see the development of an exciting and informative new website as an important way of fully engaging with our worshippers and visitors on the thriving daily life of the Minster.  We are very excited to be working with a York based company on what will be a creative resource for the Minster, and also a showcase for York’s creative industries”