Web design & hosting 4 charity

carpool72

Hello, I volunteer for the local branch of a national charity and we feel the need for our own website. There is a site for the national organisation which we can link to, but it appears that if we want something local we need to diy it. Can anyone out there recommend help & free hosting for a bunch of complete novices?

Thanks in advance

Savvy_Sue

Seems a pity that your national organisation will not let you 'piggy back' on theirs by having your own local page - surely there are advantages for them in that it would be easier to impose house style etc!!!

However, it would be worth looking back at previous questions on this.

I don't personally know of any free hosters, but I do know of an inexpensive option, which is VERY easy to use.

Cyberporte

No financial connection: I know the people involved is all.

BungleGirl

For web design, it may be worth contacting your local college to see if any of their students are doing relevant courses and would like to design a website for you to be part of their coursework and do some good for their local community aswell!

Colleges are great for all sorts of things - photography students might take pictures of you/your office/your service users. Beauty therapy students are usually more than happy to wax various body parts if you can get someone to volunteer themselves to do a bit of fundraising. Graphic design students can be great for coming up with posters/leaflets etc.

Most courses require a lot of practice and coursework and students/lectureres are often happy to help charities.

Savvy_Sue

And have you seen Wirm's post Free website builder for CH and NPO from BT which could be a good place to go!

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katskorner

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