Free help · Ontario
Your work deserves to be found.
If you're a non-profit, a community group or a business just getting started, we'll help you get a website that works and show up when people search for you. Our time is free. The work is done by students learning to do it, with an experienced person checking it.
What you get
Real help, not a pitch
You own everything at the end.
- A plain review of your website, or of not having one
- A simple site built or an existing one fixed up
- A search check: what you show up for, and the easy wins
- Your Google Business Profile set up properly
- Something you own and can keep running yourself
Straight about money
What's free, and what isn't
Always free
- Our time and the students' time
- The review and the recommendations
- The build or the fixes
- Showing you how to keep it going
You pay, at cost
- A domain name, if you need one (about $20 a year, paid to the registrar)
- Hosting, if your site needs paid hosting
- Ad spend, if you choose to run ads
You pay those companies directly, at their price. We never mark anything up or take a cut. Plenty of projects need none of them.
How it works
Four steps
This is also how Launch League students get real work on their record. If you're a school or an employer, the free Co-op OS handles hours, logs and the paperwork.
Tell us what you need
Two minutes. Who you are, what you do, and what's in the way.We look, and we're honest
Sometimes the answer is that you don't need a new site. We'll say so.A student does the work, supervised
A co-op student or Launch League learner does it with an experienced person checking every step.You own it
Logins, files and the site are yours. No lock-in, no monthly fee to us.
Ask
Tell us what would help
It takes about two minutes. We reply either way, and if we're not the right fit we'll say so and point you somewhere better.
Questions
Before you ask
- What's the catch?
- There isn't a hidden one, but here's the honest trade: the work is done by students learning to do it, supervised by someone experienced. You get real help at no cost, and they get real work with a real client. If you need enterprise-grade work on a deadline, we're not the right fit.
- Who qualifies?
- Non-profits, charities, community groups, clubs, school initiatives, and businesses that are just getting started in Ontario. If you're established and profitable, we'd rather point our students at someone who can't afford help.
- Do you take a cut of anything?
- No. We don't mark up costs, take commissions, or resell you anything. If something costs money, you pay the company that provides it, at their price.
- Can a co-op student be placed with us instead?
- Sometimes, yes. If you can supervise a student on site, tell us in the form. Placements go through the school and the board's co-op requirements, which we don't replace. Our free Co-op OS handles the paperwork either way.
- How long does it take?
- It depends on the project and on the school term. We'll give you a realistic answer after we look, not before.
Launch League is a for-profit Ontario company. This program is free because the work doubles as training for students; it isn't charity and we're not a registered charity, so nothing here is a donation or a tax receipt.