How to make a simple website

How to make a simple, free website

Having a website can be useful for lots of reasons – it provides information about your group to new participants and volunteers as well as being a good starting point for funders to find out about your group.

You can use your website as a basic noticeboard to showcase your work, or have a multi-page site with different information for different types of users.

What are your goals?

Think about your objectives and aims in creating a website – who is it for and what are you hoping to achieve? Knowing where you want to go is key to making sure you get the journey right.

Step by step guide to creating a free Google site

Google Account make your group a google account – you’ll need to add some personal info like a phone number but it’s best to use an email attached to your group rather than your personal email account.

Now off to Google Sites – we’re going to start a new site. You can choose one of the templates, or click the “+” blank site to start from scratch. Customising the look is pretty straightforward.

This click through presentation is a total beginners’ guide to getting a website set up in Google sites.