Free Website Competition

ActionSkills is gifting a professional website package to a small NFP, independent or grassroots group who plan to scale their online campaigning.

Extended Deadline – Entries close: October 29th (5:00pm Melbourne Time)

We have created our website package to make online campaigning more affordable for small groups who are doing the hard work of creating positive change in our world.

Our package includes a custom website, campaign database, fundraising tools and training on using the tools worth $2900. For specific details on our website services and packages please see our ActionSkills website design.

We are also gifting free hosting and our Care Plan which includes management, updating, monitoring and updating of your website for a year.

You will also win a 2 hr mentoring session with the ActionSkills strategy team to review and build upon your digital strategy. Nat, Phil and Glenn each have many years of diverse experience working in and with grassroots campaign groups.

We encourage all to apply

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Previous Winners

GRANT

Mel & the Menagerie

Judges and mentors

Nat Lowrey

Since the early 1990s, Nat has been working in digital graphic and web design in her art practice, and with community campaigns, non-profit organisations, education, and ethical business.
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Phil Evans

Phil has worked for a decade developing campaign, organisational, communications, and data management strategies with progressive, grassroots groups to medium sized NGOs.
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Glenn Todd

Glenn has been building websites for businesses and community groups for over 21 years and is passionate about empowering people to use technology to solve important problems.
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Timeline

  • Entries open: August 27th 2024
  • Entries close: October 15th (5:00pm Melbourne Time)
  • Shortlist Notifications: October 29th
  • Shortlist interviews: TBC (flexible if required)
  • Winner announced: TBC

Questions?

If you would like more information, please contact Glenn

Application Form

Judging Process

We will shortlist up to 3 entries and conduct a short Zoom interview before selecting the final winner.

We will be judging on the following criteria:

  • Currently creating positive change
  • Planning to scale your positive change
  • Likelihood that the online tools will facilitate your scale
  • Willingness to learn the skills to lever the campaign tools
  • Your work/you as a person are aligned with the Actionskills values/purpose

    Terms

    • You must be based in Australia (you may be campaigning internationally)
    • Judges decision is final.
    • You agree to be publicly named as the winner in our communications and on our folio
    • Grassroots groups with no formal registration (eg government registered) are welcome to apply
    • Prize value will be supplied as work hours as outlined on the product pages and both parties will agree to our standard client legal obligation terms. (If you would like a copy of these terms, please contact us)
    • The winning group or individual will be required to dedicate the required and agreed time as part of the website build process and respond in a timely manner to requests. We will aim to build the site in approximately one month.
    • A credit and link to ActionSkills will be displayed on your website footer.
    • We sign you up to our newsletter as part of your application. You can easily unsubscribe using the link in the email footer (when you receive your first email).

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