You can commission us to create bespoke public health campaigns and resources.

We work with organisations to create tailored public-health materials that reduce harm, raise awareness and help communities stay safer.

Our work includes adapting our existing drug and alcohol resources to reflect local priorities, designing original campaigns, writing clear and accessible content, and designing both printed and digital materials.

In this section you’ll find commissioned projects that show how our work supports services to deliver local strategies and messages effectively.

Recent Client Projects

Via – R3 – Redbridge

Brief:

Via’s smoking cessation service in Redbridge asked Substance to create a multilingual booklet about non-traditional tobacco and nicotine use, such as paan, shisha, and betel. The goal was to offer clear and accessible health information for Redbridge’s diverse communities in one resource.
Delivery:

We designed the booklet, created the graphics, edited the text, and translated the entire resource into Urdu, Punjabi, Gujarati, and Arabic. All languages appear together in one publication.
Outcomes:

The finished booklet helps deliver consistent health messages to different communities, makes information easier to access, and gives the service a practical, culturally appropriate tool for local outreach.

Wirral Multicultural Organisation (WMO)

Brief:

Wirral Multicultural Organisation is a local charity focused on reducing inequality and improving health and wellbeing for people from ethnic minority backgrounds. We partnered with the WMO team to create a new website and brand identity that show their values, services, and the communities they serve.
Delivery:

By working closely with the WMO team and listening to their feedback, we created a strong visual identity and built a website that is easy to manage and uses clear, accessible language.
Outcomes:

The new site gives WMO a professional and culturally sensitive online presence. It also lets their team manage and update content on their own.

Homepage design for Wirral Multicultural Organisation showing an inclusive hero image and messaging focused on community support and wellbeing.

Club Health Conference

Brief:

Club Health is an international conference bringing together experts focused on protecting and promoting health in nightlife settings. Hosted bi-annually in different countries, each conference requires a strong visual identity that reflects both the host city and the wider Club Health brand.

We were commissioned to design a flexible website and visual system that could be adapted for each new location and conference.
Delivery:

For each conference, we develop a distinctive visual theme rooted in the host city, while maintaining consistency with the Club Health identity. This includes logo design, branding, and a reusable set of visual assets used across the website and promotional materials.
Outcomes:

A clear and adaptable visual system that supports promotion of each conference, strengthens recognition of the Club Health brand, and allows organisers to update content quickly and confidently for each new host city.

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Club Health Conference website homepage for Liverpool, featuring a city-specific visual theme and conference details.

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Club Health Conference website page for Montreal, presenting event information within a consistent, reusable website framework.

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Club Health Conference website homepage for Amsterdam, using a bold visual identity linked to the host city.

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Graphic design

All the resources on this site, from the drug and alcohol booklets and posters in the Substance shop, to the public health campaigns in this section, have been lovingly caressed into life by our very own, fiendishly imaginative in-house creative team.

We design:

Leaflets & booklets   
Websites   
Branding  
Animation & motion graphics

Campaigns

Public health campaigns play an important role in curbing harmful behaviours and encouraging positive ones. Each stage and campaign module plays a vital role in its success.

We support clients with:

Scoping
Planning
Development
Evaluation

Budgets

Budget cuts have bitten into public health finances over the last decade or so. Projects have to be more dexterous and imaginative in the way they utilise client budgets.

We always strive to: