Path to Donation: Optimising UX for Impact

Redesigned St John Ambulance’s donation flow to reduce friction, improve mobile UX, and increase donor retention — ensuring accessibility and clarity at every step of a mission-critical user journey.

Employer

Role

Tenure

Focus

System

Situation

St John Ambulance’s donation page served a mission-critical function but suffered from unclear structure, excessive form fields, and poor mobile UX. This created friction for prospective donors, particularly during high-sentiment national moments like the COVID-19 pandemic.

Impact

Users abandoned donation journeys before completion, with high bounce rates on key entry points and evidence of confusion in navigation flows. Revenue opportunities were being lost due to UX misalignment.

Task

Improve the accessibility, clarity, and ease of completion of the donation journey — especially for mobile and non-technical users.

Actions

Conducted heuristic analysis and reviewed analytics data to identify UX breakpoints. Proposed a simplified donation flow with better CTA visibility, reduced cognitive load, and improved mobile rendering. Advocated for these changes across internal stakeholders.

Results

Page redesign went live during peak campaign season and contributed to increased donation throughput and user retention. Specific uplift figures were not tracked, but internal feedback and engagement trends indicated marked improvement.