For businesses, charities & community projects in & around Gloucester

A custom website or app for your organisation — built free, and yours to keep.

A café, a trades business, a village hall, a charity, a club — Gloucester is full of people quietly running things. If you're running something worth building for, I'd like to hear from you.

Apply for a Free Build How It Works
  • Full-stack — front end, back end and the database, done by one person
  • Local — meet me in Gloucester, face to face
  • Focused — your project gets real attention, not a queue

What you get, and what I ask for.

You get professional work at no cost — the only thing I ask for is an honest testimonial once we're done.

I take on a few projects at a time so each one gets proper attention, which is why this is an application rather than a sign-up. If it's not the right fit — the project, the timing, or my capacity — I'll aim to tell you within a couple of days, so you can look elsewhere without losing time.

Genuinely free

The build is free — always. If the project needs paid hosting, I'll help you find the right provider and get it set up. I'm not affiliated with any hosting provider and I don't profit from your choice.

Custom-built

Built from the ground up, not assembled from a template. Fast on old devices, readable by screen readers, and shaped around what you actually do.

Yours to keep

When we're done, everything is handed over — the code, the files and the logins.

Is this really free?

A few honest answers before you apply.

What's the catch?

There isn't one. I'm building a portfolio of real projects so I can show real work to potential employers — free builds are how I do that. In return, I ask for an honest testimonial once we're done. That's the whole deal.

Will the work be lower quality because it's free?

No — it's built exactly the same way as anything I'd charge for: custom code, full-stack, tested for speed and accessibility before it ships. A free build is still a project with my name on it.

What if you get busy or move on?

Everything is handed over when we're done — the code, the accounts, the logins. Nothing you get depends on me still being around, and if something I built breaks, I'll still fix it.

How it works

Simple process, clear expectations, clean finish.

  1. Apply

    Use the form below to tell me about your project and what you're trying to do. I'll aim to get back to you within a couple of days, either way.

  2. Meet in person

    We meet face-to-face in Gloucester — informal, no paperwork. You tell me in your own words what the project is and what it needs to do.

  3. Agree the plan*

    This is the formal step: a detailed, written plan — what I'll build, and how — that we agree together before anything starts.

  4. See it early

    You'll get a link to a working prototype early on — something you can open on your phone or laptop and click around, not a screenshot or a status update.

  5. Review together

    You tell me what's not right, I'll sort it — that's exactly what this stage is for. We've got the plan to work from, so we both know when it's done.

  6. Launch & hand off

    We go live and everything is handed over — the code is yours, the accounts are in your name. If something I built breaks, tell me and I'll fix it.

* Hosting and domain costs

Some projects need paid hosting or a domain. If yours does, that cost is covered by you directly — I'm not tied to any provider and don't profit from it either way. I'll help with all the technical side of getting it set up.

Tell me about your project.

You don't need a spec, or even a clear idea of what you want. If you can tell me what you do and what you're trying to achieve, that's enough to go on.

Prefer email? Write to enquiries@toskr.uk instead — it reaches the same inbox.