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 compete 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.
We have worked with charities to reshape the user journey throughout their website, build bespoke functionality for donations, fundraising and events that align with their mission, and deliver responsive support, every time they need it!
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.
Project or package, it's your choice
We offer web design packages for charities, with everything included, so you know what you are spending each month.
If your requirements differ from our packages, or prefer to budget up-front, you can chose a bespoke website project instead and we'll happily provide you with an estimate.
Pay upfront and save 15%
Lite
Monthly
Upfront
Charities who want a beautiful professional website they can scale to promote their charity more. With the easiest to use CMS, supported by a dedicated, friendly and knowledgeable agency.
Performance
Monthly
Upfront
Established a charities with lots of content who want to get more donations through their website, promote their fundraising events, news and promote their large, media-rich website.
Expert
Monthly
Upfront
Charities who want a fully bespoke website with the exact functionality they need. With streamlined processes, you will save time by removing repetitive tasks and you'll have the functionality to really stand-out in your space.
Content Management System ?
Content Management System ?
Content Management System ?
Full agency support ?
Full agency support ?
Full agency support ?
Transparent pricing ?
Transparent pricing ?
Transparent pricing ?
Premium, bespoke design service ?
Premium, bespoke design service ?
Premium, bespoke design service ?
Fully responsive, mobile friendly ?
Fully responsive, mobile friendly ?
Fully responsive, mobile friendly ?
Events & Fundraising ?
Events & Fundraising ?
Events & Fundraising ?
Optimised for Search Engines ?
Optimised for Search Engines ?
Optimised for Search Engines ?
Bulk SEO updater ?
Bulk SEO updater ?
Bulk SEO updater ?
Download form submissions as CSV ?
Download form submissions as CSV ?
Download form submissions as CSV ?
Social media links / share this links ?
Social media links / share this links ?
Social media links / share this links ?
Keyword search ?
Keyword search ?
Keyword search ?
GDPR compliant ?
GDPR compliant ?
GDPR compliant ?
Newsletter signup ?
Newsletter signup ?
Newsletter signup ?
Website training ?
Website training ?
Website training ?
Technical support ?
Technical support ?
Technical support ?
Software updates ?
Software updates ?
Software updates ?
Paypal donations² ?
Paypal donations² ?
Paypal donations² ?
Custom single and monthly donation forms³ ?
Custom single and monthly donation forms³ ?
Custom single and monthly donation forms³ ?
Donations Dashboard page ?
Donations Dashboard page ?
Donations Dashboard page ?
2FA Login ?
2FA Login ?
2FA Login ?
API integration with your CRM ?
API integration with your CRM ?
API integration with your CRM ?
Content changes ?
Content changes ?
1 hour per monthContent changes ?
3 hours per monthMax pages ?
10Max pages ?
30Max pages ?
100Set up fee ?
£139 (1st month upfront)Set up fee ?
£249 (1st month upfront)Set up fee ?
£559 (1st month upfront)Hosting, backups & email ?
5GB storage, 5 email accounts (IMAP), 25,000 MB bandwidth, SSL Cert, full UK based supportHosting, backups & email ?
20GB storage, 10 email accounts (IMAP), 75,000 MB bandwidth, SSL Cert, full UK based supportHosting, backups & email ?
60GB storage, 20 email accounts (IMAP), 150,000 MB bandwidth, SSL Cert, full UK based support
£139 / month*
for 24 months, then
£69 / month* maintenance
for 24 months, then
£69 / month* maintenance
£2,835*
project cost, then
£69 / month* maintenance
project cost, then
£69 / month* maintenance
£249 / month*
for 24 months, then
£99 / month* maintenance
for 24 months, then
£99 / month* maintenance
£5,079*
project cost, then
£99 / month* maintenance
project cost, then
£99 / month* maintenance
£559 / month*
for 24 months, then
£349 / month* maintenance
for 24 months, then
£349 / month* maintenance
£11,400*
project cost, then
£349 / month* maintenance
project cost, then
£349 / month* maintenance
Extras
- +10GB storage £2 / mo + VAT
- +1 email address £1 / mo + VAT
- +1 page + £2 / mo + VAT
- +1 domain name + £2 / mo + VAT
- +1 hour changes per month + £50 + VAT
*All prices are subject to VAT at 20% Important: First payment will be required as a deposit and monthly payments will begin 30 days from signing of the contract.
² You will need a Paypal account to receive the donations, we can set this up for you.
³ You will need a Stripe account to receive the donations, we can set this up for you.
Some packages include some time for changes/additions as mentioned above, but you can request more and we will quote for the additional work. Please see the full Terms and Conditions here: https://www.madesimplemedia.co.uk/terms.pdf
Digital services for charities
We continue to expand our services to charities, including high profile hospital charities in London, start-ups and well-established UK charities. Here are some of the digital services we are offering:
- Planning and UX design for your various audiences, user journey etc
- Flexible and easy to work with website CMS (Content Management System)
- Websites built with security and are low-maintenance so you can focus on your charity after launch
- Single or monthly donations via stripe or simple single donations via Paypal
- News/blog to promote your charity
- Copywriting services to assist in tone of voice, blogs, identity/values etc.
- Reactive support and maintenance
- Excellent website hosting with daily backups, free domain, free SSL cert
- We are your digital partner! We want to support and grow with your charity
- Website warranty for proactive monthly checks and website CMS upgrades
- Full daily offsite backups for your peace of mind
- UK hosting with 24/7/365 "fanatical support"
Website functionality for charities
We're always "hands on" with code, developing new solutions for charities. Couple with the easiest to use CMS mean that all our charity websites offer the following functionality:
- Full CMS so you can make changes, additions at the click of a button!
- Single and monthly donation forms with backend logging of donation details and download to Excel
- Visitor tracking so you can see at a glance your visitors, top page content etc
- Events list/calendar so users can see what your charity are doing
- Create your own forms and surveys without touching any code
- Blog/News section
- Page types to grow your content / size of your website
- Membership so you can set up new usrs
- Files / Sitemap - keep track of your pages and digital assets
- GDPR compliant cookie bar
- Full SEO control including 301 redirects, sitemap.xml, setting meta tags etc.
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.
Charities we have worked with
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.
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What's next?
Contact us for a friendly, no-obligation chat about your project...
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Happy clients150+
Websites in our care9+
Years trading94%
Client retention
Great personal service from Made Simple Media to understand our requirements, and explain every step in the design process for our new website. They are always on hand to give support and guidance, and we now have a professional website that is attractive and easy to manage. Many thanks!
Peter, Henfield Theatre Company
Very helpful and professional company and people. They created a trading website for us and were able to even provide the SEO back up and continuing support. The website has been running now for a few years and has increased the online sales dramatically. Very supportive with changes as required. Would definitely recommend.
Adam Stally
Having never had the responsibility of creating a new website for the business before, Made Simple Media could not have made it a more easier and pleasurable experience. From the initial meeting to the end product, we could not have been happier. Made Simple Media quickly grasped what we were looking to achieve in both design style and function.
Tanya
We started working with David at Made Simple Media when we needed alterations and pages added to our website. He has advised us well on what we might like to add, has always been a pleasure to deal with, is reliable, and responds quickly. I would highly recommend working with David and MSM!
Ella, Park Avenue Recruitment
We are delighted with the quality of our new website, which has enabled us to effectively communicate our various areas of work and build an engaged and increasingly active audience. The common-sense design and easy-to-navigate structure has also helped us establish our organisational identity following a full rebrand in 2017. The support has been excellent throughout.
Jack Dixon, Imperial Health Charity
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