Lusaka is a free Squarespace 7.1 template, and the demo is not a course site or a school. It is a fictional education non-profit, The Lusaka Foundation, which supports teachers and students: three programme pages, a vision page, a team page, a blog and a Donate page with a donation block. If you run a charity, foundation or community organisation and need to explain your programmes and take donations, Lusaka's structure is a closer match than most of the other free templates.
What is included
Eight pages in the navigation: Materials for Learning, Education for Teachers and Support for Communities (grouped under a Projects folder), Our Vision, Our Team, Blog, Donate, plus the home page. Home introduces the mission, summarises the three programmes with Learn More links, carries a quote from a school principal, and closes with contact details. Donate uses Squarespace's native donation block with preset amounts and a custom amount field. Our Team is a people grid with portraits and short bios.
Who it suits
Charities, foundations, NGOs, community groups, school trusts and education initiatives. The programme, vision, team and donate pattern is what most small non-profits ask me for, and it is all here. It could also be adapted by a training organisation or a social enterprise with a small set of services.
Trade-offs
Two caveats. The demo body copy is almost entirely lorem ipsum, so this is a structure to fill rather than copy to edit. And the donation block needs a Squarespace plan that supports donations and a connected payment processor before it takes a penny; it is not switched on by default. The visual style is clean and neutral rather than distinctive, which is fine for a non-profit but means the photography has to carry the personality.
How it installs
Open the template on squarespace.com and start with the design. Squarespace creates a trial site with the demo pages in place. The template is free; you pay for a Squarespace plan when you publish, and you will want a plan that supports the donation block if you intend to use it. It runs on 7.1 with Fluid Engine.
Related guide: browse our Squarespace templates for non-profits, or read the best free Squarespace templates in 2026.
Pages included
- Home
- Materials for Learning
- Education for Teachers
- Support for Communities
- Our Vision
- Our Team
- Blog
- Donate
Specifications
Charities and foundations
Community organisations
Education initiatives
Social enterprises
Donate page with donation block
Team grid with portraits and bios
Vision statement page
Blog included
Squarespace 7.1 fluid engine
Materials for learning
Education for teachers
Support for communities
Our vision
Our team
Blog
Donate
Modern
Education
Community organisations
Foundation or ngo programme pages
Community group with team and blog
Education charity site
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