Charity web design
We partner with many charities, making websites simple for them. Our purpose is to solve the challenges your charity faces to help get you more donations, more volunteers and to communicate more effectively with your stakeholders.
Your charity website partner
Charities have to market themselves online to be seen by volunteers, donors and fundraisers and to stand-out in such a competitive space. In tough economic times, it is even harder to connect with your audience and get donations.
Is your charity struggling to be found on Google? Is your website hindering your digital transformation? Or do you need more donations to fund your projects?
If you are involved with a charity, you will know that it is essential to have a trustworthy "digital partner" who can not only design and build an effective website, but who are there to help you launch new appeals and handle any technical problems or questions you have quickly and efficiently.
Without a great digital partner, it can be impossible to reach your online goals, seriously affecting your charity's mission.
Are any of these a problem for your charity?
What are the typical website challenges we get asked about by charities?
Here are some problems charities have faced with their websites, and the web design and development solutions we have created for them:
User journey issues?
Can your users find what they need? Is it too many clicks, is your bounce-rate sky-high?
We start by carefully assessing your audiences, and what they want to acheieve, so we can plan the ideal user journey for them, minimising clicks and making navigation straightforward and accessible.
Lack of donations?
Are you not getting enough donations to your charity?
We ensure users can easily find how to donate and that donation forms are straightforward, and not frustrating to use. Encouraging donations involves many factors, which we can plan, then design-into the website and finally build it to load quickly and encourage users to donate.
Lack of volunteers / fundraisers?
Your website needs to attract volunteers and fundraisers, by making you look like a great charity to work with and by presenting volunteering opportunities in a simple, appealing way.
We will plan and design your new website so that volunteers are easier to convert to applications on your website.
Low website traffic?
Are you not getting enough visitors to your charity? We can help you calculate the potential traffic you could generate through Google and rough conversion rates!
Getting traffic to your charity site involves designing and building a high-quality website with appealing content and then actively marketing your charity on a monthly basis. We're happy to advise on how this can be achieved!
Difficult to update?
Websites can be difficult or even impossible to update, depending on the system or how they have been built. This can cause frustrations and limit your ability to market new campaigns!
We offer an easy-to-use platform, that is a comprehensive content management system (CMS) out of the box. It is not over reliant on plugins and build to do the job.
Unhelpful web designer?
Is your web designer not helpful, taking too long to get back to you or not solving technical issues?
We founded Made Simple Media with the vision of making digital simple for our clients. This means outstanding customer service and fixing bugs and issues fast, so they don't impact your charity.
Donation links taking users away from your site?
When users leave your site it can look unprofessional or introduce issues tracking conversions.
If you want to keep users on the site, we can help by building donation forms that can take donations right there, on your website.
No technical support?
Websites and digital marketing are complex specialities. Is your current web designer hard to contact, or not interested in supporting you when you most need it?
You need an agency who are your digital partner, always there to help out when you need it. Our goal at Made Simple Media, is to be that technical partner, supporting you and growing our organisations together.
Charity website features
We want to take your charity website to the next level, with these flexible, website features.
We give you the tools to improve your fundraising, drive more donations and respond to new campaigns.
Events & Fundraising
Tell people about your events and accelerate your fundraising, with custom blocks, lists and page types to help promote your events and fundraising activities.
We have developed custom Events sections, with search filters and enquiry forms and helps clients more-effectively promote what's happening at their charity.
Onsite donations
Take donations on your website by embedding popular donation plugins or ask for a quote to develop a bespoke donation system for your site.
Donations functionality can be tailoured to your charity, aligning more with your key audiences.
Content Management System (CMS)
A full Content Management System (CMS) giving you the power to make 99% of site changes, add new pages etc.
Of course, we still offer full agency support to help you make changes, add content and develop new functionality!
Full agency support
We are here to support you with a full design and development service, giving you peace of mind. We're here to answer your questions and be your "technical partner" now and always.
Clients receive full training in how to edit their site and we're always on hand via phone, email and ticket to quickly-action your requests!
Bespoke design and build
Although we base websites on a tried-and-tested CMS platform, we design your site so it is as unique as your charity.
We then build it to perfectly match the design. We don't use templates or re-use designs.
Fully responsive, mobile friendly
Your website will offer a great user experience (UX) no matter what screen size your visitors are using. This is so important, especially now some websites see most of their traffic from mobile devices!
We want you to convert users successfully, no matter what devices they are using, to maximise your marketing.
Optimised for Search Engines
Excellent on-page Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), targeting your location and services. The perfect platform for growth and further SEO work.
We also offer a monthly SEO service, with the choice of Done for You, Done with You and Do it Yourself packages, to suit any budget or requirement
Bulk SEO updater
Edit all your pages title, meta description and meta keywords in one place. This helps you tweak your website to achieve your SEO goals.
The bulk SEO updater is a handy tool, especially for charity sites with lots of pages!
Forms with downloadable submissions
Your form submissions are stored in your website and available to download as a .csv file so you can bring them straight into Excel.
This allows you to analyse enquiries to see patterns and assess your websites content to better serve site visitors.
Keyword search
We can add a powerful keyword search, to help your visitors find what they are looking for.
Naturally we build sites with clear navigation, but a keyword search allows quick, specific searching of your charity website.
GDPR Compliant
GDPR compliant cookie bar, forms, guidance and website features to help you obey the legislation.
Note: As a collector of personal data, you must register with the ICO and are responsible for maintaining the GDPR within your organisation.
Newsletter signup
Keep in touch with your visitors, supporters and staff by giving them a newsletter sign up form, using Mailchimp, Campaign Monitor or Mailerlite.
Embed forms anywhere you want on your website.
Technical support
We provide responsive technical support to our clients, during and after your new website is launched. We can handle content updates and technical questions, through to developing new functionality for your site.
Via email, phone and ticket, this saves you time and gives you real peace of mind!
Website training
Via Zoom we will train you how to work with your website, making updates, adding pages and checking form submissions etc.
We will also give you access to user guides to jog your memory when working on your website!
2FA Login
For enhanced security, you can protect your website with 2-factor authentication so anyone logging in must enter an additional pass code.
We configure this for you and provide guidance for your website users.
CRM Integration
We will create a bespoke API integration with your CRM to post form submissions to there, or more!
Your CRM must have a JavaScript or PHP API that we can work with.
Hosting, backups & email
With our hosting packages, you get daily backups, email, free SSL certificate and an included domain too. Websites are hosting via our partner, who are UK based and offer 24x7 support.
Our hosting partner are honest and ethical, having planted many trees to "give back" to our environment.
Our charity web design clients
We continue to work with amazing charities in the UK, here are some examples:
We worked closely with Premm Design to deliver a website that not only looks amazing, but is easy to navigate and clearly presents a wealth of content and imagery about the amazing Brooklands Museum.
The client approached us to help raise awareness of the charity, increase visibility with a professional online presence and implement an efficient way of receiving donations.
Afasic North Surrey wanted a new website with a more professional look to help promote the charity and be easy for the staff to make updates.
A new website that functions as a window into the colourful world of drama and the fantastic performances that Henfield Theatre Company produce.
Imperial Health Charity helps their hospitals do more through grants, arts, volunteering and fundraising. The charity fund major redevelopments, research and medical equipment.
Sir Simon Milton Foundation are focused on getting young people in Westminster into work through education and training and reducing loneliness and isolation amongst older people in the City.
Web design & marketing news for charities
Read what we've been saying about charity web design and marketing, straight from our blog...
What do you need on a good charity website?
21 November 2023
A good website can help your charity to attract supporters, encourage contributions and increase your influence in an ever-changing digital world. To help you and your organisation to thrive online, we’ve put together this short guide on… Read more
Maximising charity revenue: The power of monthly donations
22 September 2023
We all know how it’s been for the last couple of years. Everyone’s been stressed and worried about their finances with the cost of living crisis, and we’ve all had to be very careful where our money goes, making it stretch in the best ways… Read more
What are the legal requirements for charity websites in the UK?
11 September 2023
Charities are in increasing numbers realising the benefits that a well functional website can bring to a good cause. Websites can help to increase donations, inspire volunteers and grow the awareness of your mission. However, there are some… Read more
Driving great results for charities
We have achieved some great results for charities by helping them to maximise the potential of their websites and digital assets and adding exciting new functionality, giving them a platform to fundraise and promote their charity in the best way possible.
Our combination of a great CMS, bespoke coding for charities and "can do", responsive support means that our charity clients trust us as their website and digital agency year after year.
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Peter, Henfield Theatre Company
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