Bringing the best of big agency research, development, and design without the price tag.
Beautiful, accessible, and objective-driven website design and development for charities, non-profits, and the third sector.
Background have been fantastic and an absolute pleasure to work with. From the workshop through to the designs. would I use Background again? Yes definitely.
James Major - Aphasia Support
This site will significantly impact our organisation for the better. It was high caliber work and it was clear Background cared about what we do and who we help.
Gerald Wheaton - Camino
Working with Background has been a breeze. They listened carefully, presented clear ideas for the direction we could take, and came back with a near perfect first draft.
Lewis Darby - Yard B
Are your service users struggling to find what they need, when they need it?
Security as standard
We build for a range of Content Management Systems, tailored to your needs. With experience in data security and protection.
Ensuring your users information is protected, you’re not targeted by malicious bots, and you can rest assured we’ve got your back.
Accessible websites for all
We don’t believe accessibility should be an afterthought, and consider it throughout the design and development process.
From colour contrast and appropriate type sizing, to alt tags, screen reader support, and keyboard navigation we have a thorough checklist we run through.
As part of the discovery process, we can ascertain whether there are any additional accessibility features necessary.
Easy to use and perfectly signposted
Getting your users from A to B as quickly and easy as possible is paramount in a world with reducing attention spans.
Our research-based approach ensures we optimise your sitemap, explore what your users actually want to do. And design a website structure and layout that guides them at every step. A to B, easy as 1, 2, 3.
Solving problems for charities
Optimise your user journeys
Increase donations through your website
Connect with and attract volunteers
Educate visitors
Simplify the fundraising process
Connect and integrate with your charity CRM
Custom functionality designed to meet your specific needs
Easy to use CMS to make updates and add new content
Support with GDPR, and ongoing analytics recommendations
Hands-on CMS training for charity staff
Better engage and empower stakeholders
Showcase your results to website visitors
Our Process
Discovery
Our discovery process is scalable and tailored to getting to the heart of the issue — what do your audience want to achieve.
Through workshops, user personas, and website architecture we plan your content, outline functionality, and optimise your sitemap. To not only create a best in class experience, but answer your audience’s pain points directly and efficiently.
Design
We design websites that don’t just look great today — but are built to look great tomorrow.
Starting with style-scapes and creative exploration we design fully responsive, bespoke solutions to your specific requirements. And deliver hi-fidelity prototypes for you to feedback on and test before development even begins.
Build
Our development platforms are flexible and scalable so your website grows as you do.
We will ensure your website is SEO optimised, quick to load, and perfectly responsive across major devices. And ahead of launch we train you on the system and migrate domains and hosting if needed.
Want to increase your user experience and attract more funding?