They take advantage of the usability and simplicity of websites that everyone is already well accustomed to, and provide a platform for you to share business information internally only, with a charity intranet.

This might be important documents such as Brand Guidelines, Standard Operating Procedures, COSHH Sheets and so on, as well as other important business information such as fire drill procedures and other information that departments such as Human Resources wish to share with the business internally, but not with the entire World.

Intranets work exactly the same as public websites, except they are secured to ensure that only the internal business team have access to the website.  They provide a really cost-effective way of running an internal business system without having the great expense of a business management solution.  Being a website, they also have the ability to have useful functions such as forms staff can fill in – eg for holiday requests or even accident reporting.

Useful internal business-only information usually found on Intranets can include:

• Organisational Charts
• SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures)
• Rotas
• Holiday, expense and other request forms
• Fire and Health & Safety information such as:
  • COSHH Sheets
  • Fire Procedures & Locations
  • Safety Checks
• Marketing information such as:
  • Brand Guidelines
  • Document Templates
  • Email Signatures
• Management Reports
• Helpdesk Systems

And countless more possibilities.  With the flexibility of a website to do exactly what your organisation requires.