Community Centre Website Builder: Timetables, Rooms and Hire Rates with AI

A community centre website needs to answer four things fast: what's on this week, which rooms you can hire and for how much, how to get in, and how to help. Mythex builds that site from a description in chat, with a timetable staff can update and an enquiry form that saves to a database, then publishes it to a public link.

Who it's for

Centre managers, trustees and volunteers who are running on a Facebook page, a noticeboard or a site nobody can log in to any more, and want something residents can read on a phone without help.

What you can build

A what's-on timetable of classes, clubs and drop-ins that staff edit from an admin page
A page per room with capacity, layout photos and hire rates for community and private use
Accessibility details on every room: step-free access, hearing loop, accessible toilet, parking
A volunteering page with a short interest form
A page for each funded programme with who it is for and how to sign up
An enquiry form whose messages land in an admin list, not a forgotten inbox

What a community centre website should show first

Residents arrive looking for one thing: the toddler group time, the price of hiring the hall for a party, or whether the building has a lift. Put the weekly timetable on the homepage and link each room from the main menu. Keep words short and text large, because many visitors are older or reading in a second language. Give the phone number as much space as the form, since some people will always prefer to call.

This week's timetable on the homepage
Rooms and hire rates one click away
Opening hours, address, parking and bus routes
Phone number shown next to the enquiry form

Room pages that cut down the phone calls

Most hire enquiries ask the same questions: how many people fit, are there tables, is there a kitchen, can we play music, what time must we leave. Answer them on each room page with a photo of the layout and a short list of facilities. Show separate rates for community groups, charities and private parties so nobody has to ask. Accessibility details belong here too. People who need step-free access will not ring to check; they will go elsewhere.

Mistakes to avoid

The usual failures are a timetable that stopped being updated in spring, a contact email nobody reads, and a site only one volunteer can edit. Give the timetable an admin screen any staff member can use, send enquiries to a shared list, and keep the login with the centre rather than one person. Avoid putting residents' names or photos of children on the site without written consent.

Timetable editable by any staff member
Enquiries saved to a shared admin list
No photos of children without consent

Adding room hire later

Many centres start with an information site and add online booking once the pages are settled. Because the site runs on its own database, Mythex can add a booking system to the same project later: rooms with setup buffers, recurring club bookings and hire terms accepted online. The room pages you already wrote become the starting point.

A prompt to start from

Build a website for our community centre. The homepage shows this week's timetable of classes, clubs and drop-ins, which staff edit from an admin page. Add a page for each of our 3 rooms with capacity, photos, facilities, accessibility details and hire rates for community, charity and private use, plus a volunteering page and an enquiry form that saves messages to an admin list.

Questions

What pages does a community centre website need?

A homepage with the week's timetable, one page per hireable room with rates and accessibility, a page for each programme, a volunteering page, and contact details with a map. Add a news or events page if you run regular one-off events.

Can staff update the timetable without editing the website?

Yes. The timetable lives in a database with an admin screen, so staff add, change or cancel sessions in a form and the public page updates straight away.

Where do enquiries go?

Every form submission is saved to your project's database and listed on an admin page. Several staff members can see the same list, so a message does not depend on one person's inbox.

Can I use our own domain name?

Yes, on Pro at $25 a month you can connect a custom domain. On the Free plan the site publishes to a public Mythex link.

Do I need to know how to code?

No. You describe the site in plain language, watch it appear in a live preview, and ask for changes in chat. The code is there if a volunteer ever wants it.

Templates to start from

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