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The 5 best Charity websites in the UK. SPECIAL BONUS 1 - We tell you what to do to improve your charity site and how to get a discount on your new charity website or its re-development.

The 5 best Charity websites in the UK

SPECIAL BONUS 2 - We tell you how to get a massive £10,000 of free advertising for your charity website every month We were recently commissioned to create a website for charity based in the UK, ECDP (Essex Coalition for Disabled People). The website overhaul was much needed and in keeping with many charity websites had originally been set up by a friend of a friend and was frighteningly out of date.

It got us thinking about what makes a good charity website and after much discussion we compiled a list of 5 other websites for charities that we think hit the mark. The websites below all do a great job of representing the organisation in keeping with their brand values. . #5 Red Nose Day - www.rednoseday.com This Website fits the brand perfectly, is accessible and appropriate for all age groups. So what elements does a good charity site require?

8 Tips to Design a Charity Website. A lot of charities rely on voluntary funding.

8 Tips to Design a Charity Website

This funding is carefully distributed and there are often more important things ahead of a generous budget for the website. So how does a charity get the most out of its website? It needs to let users find out information about the charity, but the main objective of the site is to get people involved with the charity, usually resulting in the user donating money. In this article, we look at 8 principles that you should follow when creating a charity website. What makes a good charity website? 1. A quick tagline to sum up what the charity (or charitable event) is about. 2. Let your users know what you do with their money once they sponsor. 3. Help users identify and visualize the people they’ll be helping. 4. The donate button is most likely the most important asset of a charity website so it should be prominent and obvious. 5. If the website is for a specific charitable event, show how much the charity’s raised to date. 6. 7. 8. Save the Children.

40 Effectively Designed Non-Profit and Charity Web Sites. A charity or cause may not need the sleek sales pages of a business on the web, but a poorly designed one could still mean the difference between helping people or failing to do so.

40 Effectively Designed Non-Profit and Charity Web Sites

Therefore, a non profit website design should be appealing enough to invite the organization’s targeted donors and volunteers. The basics of web design are enough to make a difference – An easy to navigate and user friendly website with careful use of fonts, colors and other graphical elements make finding and navigating these websites easy for their users to understand and learn about their cause. Additionally, it will make it much easier to raise money. If more charities followed the precedent set by the sites below, perhaps our world could be just a little bit better. Here’s Life Mission Africa Here’s Life Mission Africa has designed a trendy and visually sophisticated website that definitely calls for action from its users. World Food Programme New York City Coalition Against Hunger Amnesty International Stand.