Charity

Charity website design that earns support

A site that tells your story honestly and makes giving or volunteering simple.

Grain and Graft, Macclesfield · 07476 485436

Volunteers planting seedlings in a raised bed at a community garden

What charity website design needs to get right

Charity website design has to work harder than most, because a charity site carries two jobs at once: telling your cause's story honestly enough that a stranger cares, and making it simple for that stranger to give, volunteer or sign up before they change their mind. We've worked with charities over the years across web design, marketing and video production, and the same lesson holds every time: people give up quickly if a site asks too much of them too soon.

It also has to work for everyone visiting it, including people using a screen reader, larger text or an older phone, and it has to be something a small team can run day to day: posting an update, adding an appeal, publishing an impact report, without needing a developer for every change.

What it includes

Built in from day one

  • A site that tells your story

    Pages built around the people and places you help, written plainly rather than in the generic language many charity sites fall into.

  • Giving and signing up made simple

    A donation or volunteer sign-up form with as few steps as possible, on desktop and on a phone.

  • Built to be read by everyone

    Designed and coded to work with screen readers and keyboard navigation from the start, not added afterwards.

  • Run by your own team

    Post an update, add an appeal or publish an impact report yourselves, without needing a developer for every small change.

Process

How we build for your trade

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  1. Learn the trade

    A free call about your business, your customers and the one job your website has to do well, whether that is a booking, an order or an enquiry.

  2. Plan the pages around that job

    We map out the pages and features a business like yours needs, and leave out the ones it does not.

  3. Design and build

    The site is designed around your brand, not a template, then built to be fast, secure and easy for you to update.

  4. Launch and keep it working

    After launch we keep the site fast, secure and backed up, and can carry on with SEO and marketing if you want to keep growing.

Common questions

Have you worked with charities before?

Yes. We've worked with charities over the years across web design, marketing and video production, including Mencap and Designs in Mind. We don't have a published charity case study yet, but the standard behind our other rebuilds (clear structure, fast pages, simple routes to give or get involved) carries straight over.

Can people donate directly through the site, including Gift Aid?

Yes, we build a donation flow with as few steps as possible, including a Gift Aid declaration where it applies, so eligible gifts are claimed without extra admin for your team.

Will the site be accessible to everyone?

Yes, we design and build to accessibility standards from the start, not as an afterthought.

Can people sign up to volunteer through the site?

Yes, we build a simple volunteer sign-up form that captures what you need to follow up, rather than sending people to email you directly.

Can the site show our impact and reporting?

Yes, we can build pages for annual reports, case studies and the outcomes you want to share.

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Grain and Graft, Macclesfield

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