Consult and Design have been working with the web for over 15 years. We bring to each project the knowledge and expertise to ensure our clients get exactly what they need to thrive. We pride ourselves on being friendly and values driven, providing work of the highest quality using the best tools available.

From our base in the North East of England we work with clients and partners from across the UK and abroad, bringing vast real-life experience in the commercial, public and voluntary sectors. Our clients range from individuals and small businesses right up to international institutions working across 42 countries. In every case Consult and Design bring energy, passion and innovative ideas.

Using the Drupal platform we have the building blocks to make even the most complex project simple, putting the power of the latest technology in your hands. Our straight-talking staff will ensure you are empowered, and not baffled by science.

We ensure that your web site or application is built with knowledge.

Training

Drupal Training Days is an initiative inspired by the Drupal Association and developed by Consult and Design International in partnership with Sunderland Software City.

Drupal is one of the fastest growing Content Management Platforms and is a tool that can be used for building anything from the most simple of websites to complex applications with millions of users. With such a scalable system, the learning curve is high and many are put off by the time required to get to know Drupal.

Our aim is to lower the barrier of entry to Drupal with affordable, enjoyable and educational Training Days that allow you, your organisation or business to get started on a journey of Drupal Discovery.

Drupal contributions

We are proud to be active members of the Drupal community contributing time, money and code to the project and working in collaboration with Drupal companies across the world. Below are just some of the ways we get involved.

We are so very proud to be Founding Supporting Partners of the Drupal Association and pay a yearly contribution to help ensure that key Drupal assets like drupal.org and DrupalCon events can be as successful as possible. We have been Drupal Association Members for over 5 years and encourage our staff to also join as individual members.

  • Drupal Association Supporting Partners
  • Drupal Association Organisation Members
  • Drupal Association Individual Members

Drupal events we helped to organise

​With our event management experience and voluntary sector expertise we have helped organise a number of aspects of Drupal events including:

  • DrupalCon Amsterdam 2014
  • DrupalCamp North East
  • Drupal North East (Monthly)
  • Drupal Training Days (Quarterly)
  • DrupalCon Prague 2013
  • DrupalCon Denver 2012
  • DrupalCon Munich 2012
  • DrupalCon London 2011

Drupal events we sponsored

Sponsoring Drupal events means we can contribute back to the community as well as grow our profile and affiliation with our favourite software. We have been sponsoring events from the local user group meetup right up to DrupalCons:

  • DrupalCon Barcelona 2015
  • DrupalCon Amsterdam 2014
  • Drupal Developer Days, Szeged 2014
  • DrupalCon Prague 2013
  • DrupalCon Munich 2012
  • DrupalCon London 2011
  • Drupal North East (Monthly)

Drupal events we've spoken at

We love sharing our knowledge and do so regularly at Drupal events such as:

  • DrupalCamp North
  • DrupalCamp North East
  • DrupalCamp Baltics
  • Drupal North East

Places we've spoken about Drupal

We like talking about Drupal... a lot! Our aim is to bring Drupal to the North East of England and beyond and give as much of our time as possible to tell people about it. So here are a few of the places we've been doing that:

  • Northumbria University
  • University of Sunderland
  • Super Mondays
  • ICT and the Global Dimension of Education Conference

Drupal events we attended

We love the Drupal community and for over 5 years have been regular attendees at Drupal events across the world including events in the USA, Europe and Africa.

Modules and code we've contributed to

Our developers are given a minimum of 5% of their working hours to contribute to Drupal and contributed modules, or develop their own. We also sponsor module upgrades and custom features. Here are just a few of the contributions made by Consult and Design:

  • Ubercart CiviCRM
  • Delivery Time Slots for Ubercart
  • Commerce Sage Pay
  • Flood Unblock Extra
  • Shortened Comments
  • Custom Submit Messages (CSM)

3 of our developers are credited in core commits on Drupal 8 - we are very proud!