OUR new community website has proved hugely popular with groups in Bromsgrove and Droitwich Spa.

The Communigate project gives organisations the chance to create their own website for free.

In less than 30 minutes, you can have a site up and running on our host site.

About 50 groups from the county have come on board since the launch in September with Bromsgrove and Droitwich Spa being among the best represented towns.

More than 10,000 people accessed the sites last month.

There are 14 other host sites around the country being run by the Advertiser/Messenger's owners, Newsquest, a Gannett company.

Regional digital media operations and development manager Lindsay O'Hara said: "The initial response has been very good.

"People can't believe what we are offering for nothing. You don't even need design experience to create a website."

All you need to do is log onto this address: www.communigate.co.uk/worcs

There is a step-by-step guide to creating a website for your group. It will include a message board and a hyper link to your main website if you have one.