# Naven for a group of people

> Different groups fail in different ways — a rota is not a fixture list is not a reading list. These are the shapes people actually run on Naven, and the parts of it that answer each one.

- Page: https://navenapp.com/communities
- Last updated: 2026-10-16
- Published by: Naven, a free messaging app that runs in a web browser (https://navenapp.com/about)

- [A book club that is not buried in a group textReading groups of six to twenty people who meet monthly and spend the rest of the month losing each other's messages.](https://navenapp.com/communities/book-club)
- [A robotics team's build season, in one placeSchool and club teams running a build season across mentors, students and parents on whatever devices they own.](https://navenapp.com/communities/robotics-team)
- [A neighbourhood group without handing out your phone numberStreets, buildings and small residents' associations who want to reach each other without a public group or a phone-number list.](https://navenapp.com/communities/neighbourhood-group)
- [A youth group leaders can run without a second phoneYouth workers and volunteers messaging young people, where the adults want a record and the parents want to know what the rules are.](https://navenapp.com/communities/church-youth-group)
- [A team chat where the fixture is still findable on FridayCoaches and captains of amateur teams organising fixtures, lifts and kit across parents and players.](https://navenapp.com/communities/sports-team)
- [A study group that can share notes, not screenshotsStudents revising together across schools, colleges and time zones.](https://navenapp.com/communities/study-group)
- [A volunteer rota that survives the weekSmall charities, mutual aid groups and event volunteers coordinating people who are not colleagues and have no shared systems.](https://navenapp.com/communities/volunteer-group)
- [Family in another country, on whatever they already haveFamilies split across countries and devices, including relatives who will not install anything.](https://navenapp.com/communities/family-abroad)
- [A parent group that does not become a phone bookClass parent representatives and PTA groups of twenty to a hundred people.](https://navenapp.com/communities/parent-teacher-group)
- [A gaming group that is not blocked at schoolSmall groups of friends who play together and are mostly under eighteen.](https://navenapp.com/communities/gaming-group)
- [A faith group chat that works for every ageCongregation groups spanning teenagers and people in their eighties.](https://navenapp.com/communities/church-group)
- [A gardening group that keeps what was saidAllotment associations and community gardens.](https://navenapp.com/communities/allotment-group)
- [A choir or band chat for rehearsalsAmateur choirs, bands and orchestras of fifteen to eighty people.](https://navenapp.com/communities/choir-or-band)
- [A tabletop group that can plan between sessionsRole-playing and board game groups meeting fortnightly.](https://navenapp.com/communities/dnd-group)
- [A neighbourhood group without a phone bookStreet and estate groups of thirty to two hundred households.](https://navenapp.com/communities/neighbourhood-watch)
- [A peer support group with screeningGroups formed around a shared experience, often including vulnerable members.](https://navenapp.com/communities/support-group)
- [An alumni group people can find againSchool and university year groups reconnecting years later.](https://navenapp.com/communities/alumni-group)
- [A team chat for a business with no IT departmentShops, cafés, garages and practices with five to thirty staff.](https://navenapp.com/communities/small-business-team)

## Naven, in brief

- **Price:** Free. No ads, no paid tier
- **Phone number:** Never asked for
- **To install:** Nothing. It runs in a browser
- **End-to-end encrypted:** No. Messages are screened before they send
- **Works on:** Phones, tablets, laptops, Chromebooks

### Limits, stated plainly

- Calls are not screened; messages, pictures and voice notes are
- The screen is automated. It misses things, and is weaker outside English
- No guarantees: Naven describes what it does, and its terms promise no outcome

**Naven is a free messenger that runs in your browser.** No phone number, nothing to install, and no new password.