Flying Penguin launches 100 free website builds in West Bridgford and 100 in Alvaston

Two communities, with 100 website builds for each

These are two separate local offers. West Bridgford has an allocation of 100 eligible businesses, and Alvaston has its own allocation of 100. That gives us the scope to support up to 200 businesses across the two communities.

The campaign websites are the best place to read the local details and apply. Each explains the pages, running costs and process, with an enquiry form for that area. Applying records your interest; I then follow up to confirm eligibility, your place, the agreed pages and the timing.

You can come to us for a first website or a replacement for an existing one. If you already have a domain, tell me about it. We can reuse it for the new site. If you need one, a standard domain is included.

• Explore West Bridgford Websites
• Explore Alvaston Websites

Source: West Bridgford Websites: the full local offer; Alvaston Websites: the full local offer

West Bridgford: giving something back to where I grew up

West Bridgford is where I was born and went to school. My family has roots here. When I think about doing something locally through Flying Penguin, this is an obvious place to begin.

The West Bridgford campaign is for businesses in the area that need a first or replacement website. That could mean making your services easier to understand, putting your opening hours and location somewhere clear, or finally giving customers a reliable way to send an enquiry.

I would like an owner to be able to look at the finished site and recognise their own business in it. The pages should explain what you do, use the information that matters to your customers and make the next step easy to find. We agree that scope together before the build starts.

• Apply through West Bridgford Websites

Source: West Bridgford Websites: the full local offer

Alvaston: supporting the place I now call home

Alvaston is where I live and work, and where I run Flying Penguin. I want the businesses around me to have the same opportunity. The Alvaston campaign carries the same offer, with another 100 website builds allocated to eligible local businesses.

There is already a local connection I am proud of: I built the website for Field Lane Football Club through Flying Penguin. The Alvaston campaign page includes a look at that website and a link to the club. It is an example of work I have done here, and it helps explain why supporting the local community matters to me.

For a business, the website needs to answer the ordinary questions people have before they get in touch. Where are you? What do you offer? Can I see your work? How do I contact you? Getting those details right is a useful place to start, whether you have been trading for years or are opening something new.

• Apply through Alvaston Websites
• Visit Field Lane Football Club

Source: Alvaston Websites: the full local offer

What the free website build includes

The offer covers the concept, design, build and setup of a business website with up to 10 agreed pages. We decide which pages you need and what they should do before work begins. A smaller business website can use fewer pages.

A straightforward local business might need a homepage, an introduction, service pages, examples of its work and a contact page. A café might need its menu and opening times; a trade might need photographs of completed jobs and an enquiry route. Those are possible uses of the agreed pages, rather than a fixed package every business has to follow.

The running package covers the practical setup listed below. Email forwarding means forwarding setup; the offer does not promise a separate full business mailbox or an unlimited list of additional services. Bring any existing email arrangement into the conversation so we can agree what your business needs.

• Design, concept, build and setup, with up to 10 agreed pages.
• A layout ready for customers on phones and computers.
• A standard domain if needed, or reuse of your existing domain.
• Hosting and security within the £9.95 monthly running cost.
• Contact-form forwarding and email-forwarding setup.

Source: West Bridgford Websites: the full local offer; Alvaston Websites: the full local offer

The costs, the approval and when you pay

I want the financial part to be easy to understand. The website design and build cost £0 under this campaign. If you approve the completed website and it goes live, the running cost is £9.95 a month, with a minimum term of 12 months. That is 12 payments and a total minimum commitment of £119.40.

Your first £9.95 payment is due one month after launch, followed by monthly payments. There is no payment taken through the application form, and submitting it does not start a paid subscription. I confirm the place and scope with you before work starts.

You get the completed design and build to review before committing to paying. If you do not like it, you can walk away before approval with nothing to pay. If you are happy, you approve it and I handle the launch and setup. The approval point and payment timing are part of the offer, so please read the service terms on your local campaign page as well.

Flying PenguinFrom the workshop

When does the running cost begin?

Before approvalApproved and launched

Pause

Website build£0Up to 10 agreed pages

Your reviewSee the completed siteWalk away before approval with nothing to pay

Running paymentsNot startedThe application does not create a subscription

Submitting interest does not begin the paid running arrangement.

• West Bridgford service terms
• Alvaston service terms

Source: West Bridgford Websites: the full local offer; Alvaston Websites: the full local offer

Which businesses is the campaign for?

The campaigns are for eligible businesses in West Bridgford and Alvaston that need a first or replacement business website. The local pages show examples for cafés and restaurants, trades and services, and salons or studios. These are illustrative layouts, rather than testimonials or a claim that those businesses have already joined.

Online shops and ecommerce stores are outside this offer. If customers need to add products to a basket and pay through a checkout, that is a different scope. Tell me what you need at the enquiry stage so we can establish whether the campaign is the right fit.

The same applies if you need more than 10 pages or a system with additional functionality. We agree the pages and what they need to do before the build starts. The campaign should give you a clear starting point for that conversation, with the limits visible before you apply.

Each area has 100 allocated places. An enquiry does not automatically reserve one; I confirm eligibility, your place and timing directly. Check with me for availability, because this article is not a live counter.

Source: West Bridgford Websites: the full local offer; Alvaston Websites: the full local offer

How to apply and what to prepare

Start with the website for the area where your business is based. Use its application form to tell me who you are, what your business does and what a website would help with. If you already have a website or domain, include those details so I can understand what is in place.

A short, clear description is enough to begin. Think about the services people ask for most, the contact details you want to publish and the information customers need before they call. Photographs of your own work, your opening hours and a few examples of websites you like can help when we discuss the pages.

I follow up to confirm the place, understand the work and agree the scope and timing. Then I design and build the website for you to review. You decide whether to approve it, and launch follows only if you are happy. There is no application-stage payment or automatic subscription.

• West Bridgford business? Start here
• Alvaston business? Start here

Source: West Bridgford Websites: the full local offer; Alvaston Websites: the full local offer

Let’s make our local communities stronger

The ambition is simple: help more of the businesses around us put their work online clearly. A useful website gives an owner somewhere to send a prospective customer, keeps essential information together and makes it easier for somebody local to take the next step.

I want owners to feel proud of the page they send people to. It should explain the business properly and give customers the details they came for. By covering the design and build, I can help an owner take that step and put more of their attention into the business itself.

If you know a business in either area that has been putting this off, send them the relevant campaign link. They can read the complete offer in their own time and decide whether to get in touch. I would love these campaigns to reach the people who would find them useful.

West Bridgford is where I grew up. Alvaston is home now. This is a practical way for Flying Penguin to put something back into both, one local business website at a time.

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