What a parish website needs to do

A parish church needs much the same thing wherever it is: clear service times, who the vicar or churchwardens are, how to find the building, and somewhere to put news of christenings, weddings, funerals and the regular round of parish life. Most parish sites I build sit on a familiar structure — home, about, services, news, contact, safeguarding — written for your actual church, not filled in from a template.

Safeguarding is treated as core, not an afterthought. Every parish site carries DSA and Parish Safeguarding Officer contact details on the front page, in line with Church of England guidance. See Safeguarding & Online Safety for the full detail.

If you already have a site

Most parishes getting in touch already have a site through a diocesan scheme or an old freelance build. It went live, looked good for a while, and has been quietly going stale since — because updating it means logging into a system nobody has time to learn. Replacing it with something you send content to, rather than something you edit yourself, tends to be the whole fix. See Switch to Us for how moving over works.

What it costs

Nothing. Your parish pays nothing at any point — the build, the hosting and every weekly update are covered by sponsors. See Sponsorship for how that's funded.

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