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Put your governance info on your own website

Checked 2026-08-06 · A couple of minutes to read

The Website & embeds page gives you short snippets to paste into your own website. One lists your published policies, one is a governance badge, and one is a donate button. Paste each one once and it keeps itself up to date.

Funders and the public increasingly check a charity's website for signs of good governance. These widgets let you show it without maintaining anything: publish a policy in CharityControl and your website updates on its own.

Add a widget to your website

  1. Open Admin & settings, then Website & embeds.
  2. Choose a widget. Published policies lists every policy you've published, each linking to its full text. The Governance badge is a small badge for your footer that links to your public board and policies. The Donate button sends visitors to your existing donation page.
  3. For the donate button, paste your donation link first (JustGiving, CAF Donate or your own page). CharityControl doesn't process the payment; the button just links to your page.
  4. Check the Preview to see how it will look, in your charity's own colours.
  5. Select the copy button next to the snippet.
  6. In WordPress, add a Custom HTML block to the page you want and paste the snippet in. The Website & embeds page has click-by-click WordPress steps, and no plugin is needed. Any other website builder with an HTML block works the same way.
  7. Publish the page on your site.

What happens next

The widget looks after itself. When you publish a new policy or your board changes, your website shows the update without you touching it. Back on the Website & embeds page, each widget shows an honest usage line like "Last seen on meadowbank.org · 12 loads this month", so you can confirm it's live. The counts are anonymous; nothing is recorded about your visitors.

Showing funders more

If a funder wants a fuller picture than a badge, share your Assurance Profile, a private link showing how your controls stand.

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