- This page exists to demonstrate how content blocks on the Carers Leeds website work. It is intended as a reference. For help understanding how to insert these blocks, there are multiple sources of information:
- Try editing this page in the WordPress admin. By inspecting the blocks on this page it should be easy to understand the names of particular blocks which will help you create them yourself
- Watch the training video. This outlines the main blocks used and explains how to insert/configure them
- Consult general WordPress training materials. The site uses the default WordPress block editor (a.k.a. Gutenberg) and there are many high quality training resources available for this online, including articles and video content. Try searching YouTube to find relevant information
Inserting H2 headings will automatically create jumplinks in the “On this page” menu when used on pages. Why not H1? Because a page should only contain one H1 element and this has already been inserted for you automatically as the page title.
To keep the “On this page” menu tidy and clear, we do not insert links for lower level (e.g. H3, H4…) headings, though you are free to use these within the page to break down your content further.
Images be used to illustrate content or add additional information. A number of predefined image crops can be selected. Wide 2:1 crops work well with the design of the site and avoid images disrupting text content too heavily.
Setting images to the ‘wide’ width gives them more prominence:
Pasting a YouTube link into the editor will automatically render an embedded player on the frontend of the site:
While standard text links can be used to point to other pages, the site includes a ‘link signpost’ block that gives these links greater prominence. By default these blocks use the page’s existing title:
Single page [DEMO]
However there is the option to override this, which will allow more engaging, contextualised titles to be written:
My custom title override
Use the File block to insert links to files for visitors to download. By default this will use the file’s name and description as set in the WordPress media library, however you are free to override this in the block settings.
Impact Report 2023 – 2024
Signposting to news articles is a great way of keeping useful articles visible across the site. There are two modes for post blocks: specific and latest.
The specific mode allows a specific post to be selected and displayed:
Carers Leeds Impact Report 2023-2024
The latest mode will show the most recent post with a particular category. e.g. on a page about LGBTQ+ carers, you could choose to show the latest post categorised with LGBTQ+. You can choose the maximum age of the post that should be shown – e.g. set ’90’ to only show posts that are less than 90 days old. This prevents out of date articles being shown to visitors:
As with the post block, you can use the block in specific mode to select a specific event:
Carer information session – Moving from Children's to Adult Services
Online
Or select the next event mode (and optionally a category) to automatically display the next event in your chosen category. This will keep itself up to date and will show no event if no matching event is found. The block below is showing the next event with a category of ‘Advice’.
No matching events found.
Insert a people list block to display staff or trustee members. You can filter the list by role type (e.g. Trustees) and optionally provide a heading.
Claire Turner
Chief Executive Officer
Claire Turner
Claire is the Chief Executive of Carers Leeds. She has over 20 years’ experience in the voluntary sector in a career which has spanned research, policy and service delivery.
Her previous roles include Director of Evidence at The Centre for Ageing Better and Head of Research and Policy at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Prior to this she was a Senior Associate in a regeneration consultancy firm and held several roles within Barnardo’s Policy and Research Unit.
Claire is a trustee of SJOG Hospitaller Services a national charity which supports older people, disabled people and people experiencing homelessness and modern-day slavery to live the life they choose and fulfil their potential.
Claire joined Carers Leeds in July 2021.
Stephen Taylor
Head of Operations
Stephen Taylor
Stephen has worked in the Health and Social Care sector for over 30 years. He started work as a care assistant in the private sector, moving on to working for Leeds Social Services and the NHS, both roles in mental health services, which remains a particular interest for him.
Stephen joined Carers Leeds in 2016, he brings with him experience in public engagement, process mapping. Stephen has achieved level 5 Leadership and Management Skills.
Stephen is also a carer for his father who has dementia.
Sian Cartwright
Head of Health and Development
Sian Cartwright
Sian has worked at Carers Leeds since 2013 having previously been a trustee.
After qualifying as a social worker Sian spent almost 20 years in drug and alcohol services in London, Bristol, Manchester and Bradford. She has worked in both statutory and third sector organisations, in community and residential services, research and management. Before joining Carers Leeds, Sian spent nearly 10 years in the NHS in Leeds working in Public Health but her heart has always been in the third sector.
Sian is a carer for her adult son who has a severe and complex learning disability.
Beth Massey
Head of Finance and Resources
Beth Massey
Beth has over 20 years’ experience of working in finance, 15 years of which have been within the charity sector.
Starting out in the business enterprise sector supporting small business start-ups, Beth went on to work for various community-based charities in Barnsley and Sheffield. Following a move to West Yorkshire, Beth continued to work within the charity sector, and her previous roles include Finance Officer at Bradford Cancer Support, Project and Finance Worker with Bradford Community Advice Network and Finance Officer at Citizens Advice Bradford and Airedale.
Outside of work, Beth is a keen runner and competes regularly for Barnsley Athletic Club.
Andrew Walsh
Head of People
Andrew Walsh
Andrew has 40 years experience in the HR field, across all sectors and organisation types. Andrew was previously Director of HR at the Pensions Trust, before creating and running an HR consultancy service. He has also run HR services at Leeds Bradford Airport and Selby District Council.
He has worked with a number of different charities as part of his consultancy role, including supporting senior managers and Trustees.
In his spare time Andrew sings in local choirs, rides motorcycles and keeps bees.
Key quotes can be highlighted using a quote block
This is a significant change
A. Provider
Quotes can also be larger – this is a design choice but is likely to suit shorter quotes better.
This is a hugely significant change
A. Provider
Information that is important can be highlighted in a coloured box. Multiple colour options are available.
Claire Turner
(+44) 0113 380 4300
claire.turner@carersleeds.org.uk
A details/summary block (a.k.a. accordion) is available for long information. This is particularly useful at making multi-stage processes easy to scan, and consideration of its use is encouraged whenever page content starts to feel overly long.
Stage 1. Inception
This is the first stage.
Stage 2. Implementation
This is the second stage.
Stage 3. Evaluation
This is the final stage.
Tables can easily be inserted:
| Heading | Heading |
|---|---|
| Content | Content |
| Content | Content |
Tables colour can be adjusted. Lighter colours work better.
| Heading | Heading |
|---|---|
| Content | Content |
| Content | Content |