Are you a web designer looking to do some pro-bono work? Or a non-profit organisation that needs help with web design? IT4Communities is a UK organisation that matches IT volunteers with the charities that need their skills. There are many charities looking for website work so here’s a snapshot of what’s currently available.
Advice needed
Some of the projects are relatively quick and simple and involve giving advice rather than doing design work. For example a human rights charity already has a website but needs to review the way its content is structured and improve their search engine optimisation.
Replacing an old website with something better
A charity that gives scholarships to nurses and midwives has an old frames-based website they want to replace with an accessible CMS-based site. What’s good about IT4C is that they help charities define their needs carefully, so you’ll notice that a lot of these projects tend to expect best practice in areas such as accessibility, coding standards and content management.
A complex project requiring skilled volunteers
A brand new charity is setting up a web application to help them fundraise to build schools in areas of the third world that currently don’t have one. Sensibly the back-end and front-end development have been split into two separate projects because it’s a complex job and they will require different skills from the volunteers.
Could you create attractive eBay adverts?
A wildlife charity wants to auction off some items to raise money – could you develop an html template for them and help them with basic photography? A simple, practical piece of volunteer work.
On the IT4Communities website you’ll find lists of charities’ projects and volunteers’ skills. You can even subscribe to an RSS feed to receive their latest volunteering opportunities.
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