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Web design for international development charities

International charities are judged on one number before any photograph: how much reaches the work. Answer it first and the rest of the site gets read.

People looking for a firm rarely compare prices: they are looking for someone to hand a problem to. The site has less selling to do than reassuring — clear areas of practice, real cases, and a first appointment that takes two clicks, not a phone call at ten in the morning.

Fees are the question nobody asks out loud. Explaining how you bill and what a first consultation costs loses the enquiries that were never going to convert, and wins the ones that arrive already prepared.

Most first contact arrives in writing and is judged on how fast the reply comes: a same-day answer beats a better CV. Saying who reads the message and how long you take converts more than another page of qualifications.

The first meeting is the step people hesitate over: whether it costs anything, how long it lasts, what to bring and whether it commits them to anything. Answered on the page, it turns a browse into a booked appointment.

Today, before choosing an international development charity, your customer searches Google and looks at the website. A professional, clear page with good photos builds trust and sets you apart from your local competition. We design your site so donors give monthly and see where it goes.

Every site we design for international development charities is built to convert: regular giving and transparency reporting, accounts and transparency that stand up and accounts and transparency that stand up, with an experience so simple your customer books or gets in touch without hesitating.

Your website will load fast, look flawless on any phone and be easy to edit. We take care of the design, photos and copy so your international development charity projects the professional image it deserves.

Your website will appear on Google when people search for an international development charity in your area, because we design it optimised for local rankings from the ground up. A website that gets found and converts: that's the plan.

In brief: web design for international development charities

  • If something goes down, yesterday's backup takes over: phone number and address are reachable again in minutes.
  • Perfect on a phone: that is where international development charities get found, and where the decision is made.
  • Domain, content and logins stay in your name: you ask nobody's permission the day you want to change something.
  • Domain and hosting are stated upfront; everything else is optional and you decide who handles it.

⚙️ Not just a website, a tool

A website for an international development charity is not a brochure: it is where somebody decides whether to call you. Everything on it should serve that one decision.

What your website includes

What proportion reaches the field

Costs explained, not hidden.

Regular giving and Gift Aid

Monthly amounts and what each funds.

Restricted funds and what they mean

Giving to a project against the core.

Reports from partners on the ground

Figures with dates, not just images.

How we work with international development charities, step by step

  1. 1

    We look at your business

    We look at what customers keep asking on the phone — that belongs on the first screen.

  2. 2

    Structure and content

    We write in your words rather than advertising words, and cut anything nobody reads.

  3. 3

    Design and build

    We build for the phone first, because that is where most of your visitors decide.

  4. 4

    Launch and Google

    We put it live, set up your Google Business Profile and check the tracking works.

  5. 5

    Handed over working

    You get the panel, we show you how to use it, and we stay available for whatever comes up.

Frequently asked questions about web design for international development charities

How much goes to administration? +

A stated proportion with an explanation of what it pays for — auditing, monitoring, reporting. Nobody believes a figure of zero, and an explained percentage builds more trust than a suppressed one.

Why ask for monthly giving? +

Because predictable income lets partners plan, with examples of what a monthly amount sustains. Regular donors give more over time and cost far less to keep.

Can donations go to one project? +

Restricted giving explained honestly, including that core costs still have to be met. Donors who understand the trade-off often choose to give unrestricted.

How do we know it worked? +

Reports from local partners with numbers and dates. Photographs alone stopped convincing anyone some time ago; a figure attached to an image still does.

How long does a site like ours take? +

Four to six weeks in practice, and the slow part is never the build — it is getting the case descriptions and the team photographs out of the office.

Can we keep our current domain and email? +

Yes, and they stay in your name. Email is moved first and checked, then the site is switched over, so nothing goes dark in between.

Do we have to show our regulator and insurance? +

Registration number, professional indemnity and the complaints route are required — and they happen to reassure.

Does the site need a cookie banner? +

Only if it loads more than it needs to. We build without trackers and without fonts pulled from someone else's server, which removes the banner — and nobody has to dismiss a box before reading what you charge.

Who writes the texts if my English is not perfect? +

We do, and then you read them aloud. If a sentence does not sound like you, it does not stay — the site has to survive a customer quoting it back.

How many revisions are included? +

Two rounds before launch, and the small fixes afterwards without counting. What is not included is redesigning it twice, and we say so before starting.

Can you keep my current domain? +

Yes, and we prefer it. Losing a domain that has been printed on vans and business cards costs more than any redesign gains.

Much more than a website

Not just your website. Your CRM so no enquiry slips away.

Every enquiry that comes through the website lands in your panel with follow-up, and you turn it into a client.

Customer CRM

Every contact that comes through your website lands in your panel, with follow-up and notes. Nothing gets lost.

Bookings & appointments

Online diary with automatic reminders. Your customers book themselves, you see your calendar fill up.

Email marketing

Your own campaigns and lists to build loyalty and sell again, with no paid external tools.

AI assistant

A smart chat serves and captures customers on your website 24/7, and passes the interested ones to your CRM.

Clear analytics

How many visit you and where they come from, with no jargon or annoying cookies. Decisions backed by data.

All under your brand, in one place.

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Real projects

Sites of ours that are already up and running

Out of respect for our clients we show each project by its sector and city, with no names.

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