diff --git a/src/components/index.js b/src/components/index.js
index 5afa103..ff435ae 100644
--- a/src/components/index.js
+++ b/src/components/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+export { default as GroupBlockDefaultBody } from './manage/Blocks/Group/DefaultBody';
 export { default as GroupBlockEdit } from './manage/Blocks/Group/Edit';
 export { default as GroupBlockView } from './manage/Blocks/Group/View';
 export { default as GroupBlockLayout } from './manage/Blocks/Group/LayoutSchema';
diff --git a/src/components/manage/Blocks/Group/Body.jsx b/src/components/manage/Blocks/Group/Body.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58f405f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/manage/Blocks/Group/Body.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import { GroupBlockDefaultBody } from '@eeacms/volto-group-block/components';
+
+const Body = (props) => {
+  const { variation } = props;
+
+  const BodyComponent = variation?.template || GroupBlockDefaultBody;
+
+  return <BodyComponent {...props} />;
+};
+
+Body.propTypes = {
+  variation: PropTypes.objectOf(PropTypes.any).isRequired,
+};
+
+export default Body;
diff --git a/src/components/manage/Blocks/Group/DefaultBody.jsx b/src/components/manage/Blocks/Group/DefaultBody.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..753d65f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/manage/Blocks/Group/DefaultBody.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+import { Button } from 'semantic-ui-react';
+import { BlocksForm, Icon, RenderBlocks } from '@plone/volto/components';
+import EditBlockWrapper from './EditBlockWrapper';
+
+import helpSVG from '@plone/volto/icons/help.svg';
+
+const GroupBlockDefaultBody = (props) => {
+  const {
+    block,
+    data,
+    onChangeBlock,
+    onChangeField,
+    pathname,
+    selected,
+    selectedBlock,
+    onSelectBlock,
+    setSelectedBlock,
+    manage,
+    childBlocksForm,
+    multiSelected,
+    formDescription,
+    isEditMode,
+  } = props;
+  const metadata = props.metadata || props.properties;
+  const blockState = {};
+
+  // Get editing instructions from block settings or props
+  let instructions = data?.instructions?.data || data?.instructions;
+  if (!instructions || instructions === '<p><br/></p>') {
+    instructions = formDescription;
+  }
+  return isEditMode ? (
+    <BlocksForm
+      metadata={metadata}
+      properties={childBlocksForm}
+      manage={manage}
+      selectedBlock={selected ? selectedBlock : null}
+      allowedBlocks={data.allowedBlocks}
+      title={data.placeholder}
+      description={instructions}
+      onSelectBlock={(id, l, e) => {
+        const isMultipleSelection = e
+          ? e.shiftKey || e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey
+          : false;
+        onSelectBlock(id, isMultipleSelection, e, selectedBlock);
+      }}
+      onChangeFormData={(newFormData) => {
+        onChangeBlock(block, {
+          ...data,
+          data: newFormData,
+        });
+      }}
+      onChangeField={(id, value) => {
+        if (['blocks', 'blocks_layout'].indexOf(id) > -1) {
+          blockState[id] = value;
+          onChangeBlock(block, {
+            ...data,
+            data: {
+              ...data.data,
+              ...blockState,
+            },
+          });
+        } else {
+          onChangeField(id, value);
+        }
+      }}
+      pathname={pathname}
+    >
+      {({ draginfo }, editBlock, blockProps) => (
+        <EditBlockWrapper
+          draginfo={draginfo}
+          blockProps={blockProps}
+          disabled={data.disableInnerButtons}
+          extraControls={
+            <>
+              {instructions && (
+                <>
+                  <Button
+                    icon
+                    basic
+                    title="Section help"
+                    onClick={() => {
+                      setSelectedBlock();
+                      const tab = manage ? 0 : 1;
+                      props.setSidebarTab(tab);
+                    }}
+                  >
+                    <Icon name={helpSVG} className="" size="19px" />
+                  </Button>
+                </>
+              )}
+            </>
+          }
+          multiSelected={multiSelected.includes(blockProps.block)}
+        >
+          {editBlock}
+        </EditBlockWrapper>
+      )}
+    </BlocksForm>
+  ) : (
+    <RenderBlocks {...props} metadata={metadata} content={data?.data || {}} />
+  );
+};
+
+export default GroupBlockDefaultBody;
diff --git a/src/components/manage/Blocks/Group/Edit.jsx b/src/components/manage/Blocks/Group/Edit.jsx
index 3cbea44..c380ac6 100644
--- a/src/components/manage/Blocks/Group/Edit.jsx
+++ b/src/components/manage/Blocks/Group/Edit.jsx
@@ -1,46 +1,35 @@
 import React, { useState, useCallback } from 'react';
 import { isEmpty, without } from 'lodash';
+import {
+  emptyBlocksForm,
+  withBlockExtensions,
+  getBlocksLayoutFieldname,
+} from '@plone/volto/helpers';
+import BodyComponent from './Body';
+
 import config from '@plone/volto/registry';
 import {
-  BlocksForm,
   SidebarPortal,
-  Icon,
   BlockDataForm,
   BlocksToolbar,
 } from '@plone/volto/components';
-import {
-  emptyBlocksForm,
-  getBlocksLayoutFieldname,
-} from '@plone/volto/helpers';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import { Button, Segment } from 'semantic-ui-react';
-import EditBlockWrapper from './EditBlockWrapper';
+import { Segment } from 'semantic-ui-react';
 import EditSchema from './EditSchema';
+
 import CounterComponent from './CounterComponent';
-import helpSVG from '@plone/volto/icons/help.svg';
 import './editor.less';
 
 const Edit = (props) => {
-  const {
-    block,
-    data,
-    onChangeBlock,
-    onChangeField,
-    pathname,
-    selected,
-    manage,
-    formDescription,
-  } = props;
-  const metadata = props.metadata || props.properties;
+  const { block, data, onChangeBlock, selected, formDescription } = props;
   const [multiSelected, setMultiSelected] = useState([]);
   const data_blocks = data?.data?.blocks;
-  const properties = isEmpty(data_blocks) ? emptyBlocksForm() : data.data;
+  const childBlocksForm = isEmpty(data_blocks) ? emptyBlocksForm() : data.data;
 
   const [selectedBlock, setSelectedBlock] = useState(
-    properties.blocks_layout.items[0],
+    childBlocksForm.blocks_layout.items[0],
   );
 
-  const blockState = {};
   const handleKeyDown = (
     e,
     index,
@@ -131,15 +120,15 @@ const Edit = (props) => {
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (
       isEmpty(data_blocks) &&
-      properties.blocks_layout.items[0] !== selectedBlock
+      childBlocksForm.blocks_layout.items[0] !== selectedBlock
     ) {
-      setSelectedBlock(properties.blocks_layout.items[0]);
+      setSelectedBlock(childBlocksForm.blocks_layout.items[0]);
       onChangeBlock(block, {
         ...data,
-        data: properties,
+        data: childBlocksForm,
       });
     }
-  }, [onChangeBlock, properties, selectedBlock, block, data, data_blocks]);
+  }, [onChangeBlock, childBlocksForm, selectedBlock, block, data, data_blocks]);
 
   // Get editing instructions from block settings or props
   let instructions = data?.instructions?.data || data?.instructions;
@@ -167,6 +156,16 @@ const Edit = (props) => {
       >
         {data.title || 'Section'}
       </legend>
+      <BodyComponent
+        {...props}
+        isEditMode={true}
+        selectedBlock={selectedBlock}
+        setSelectedBlock={setSelectedBlock}
+        multiSelected={multiSelected}
+        setMultiSelected={setMultiSelected}
+        onSelectBlock={onSelectBlock}
+        childBlocksForm={childBlocksForm}
+      />
       {selected ? (
         <BlocksToolbar
           selectedBlock={Object.keys(selectedBlock || {})[0]}
@@ -189,74 +188,6 @@ const Edit = (props) => {
       ) : (
         ''
       )}
-      <BlocksForm
-        metadata={metadata}
-        properties={properties}
-        manage={manage}
-        selectedBlock={selected ? selectedBlock : null}
-        allowedBlocks={data.allowedBlocks}
-        title={data.placeholder}
-        description={instructions}
-        onSelectBlock={(id, l, e) => {
-          const isMultipleSelection = e
-            ? e.shiftKey || e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey
-            : false;
-          onSelectBlock(id, isMultipleSelection, e, selectedBlock);
-        }}
-        onChangeFormData={(newFormData) => {
-          onChangeBlock(block, {
-            ...data,
-            data: newFormData,
-          });
-        }}
-        onChangeField={(id, value) => {
-          if (['blocks', 'blocks_layout'].indexOf(id) > -1) {
-            blockState[id] = value;
-            onChangeBlock(block, {
-              ...data,
-              data: {
-                ...data.data,
-                ...blockState,
-              },
-            });
-          } else {
-            onChangeField(id, value);
-          }
-        }}
-        pathname={pathname}
-      >
-        {({ draginfo }, editBlock, blockProps) => (
-          <EditBlockWrapper
-            draginfo={draginfo}
-            blockProps={blockProps}
-            disabled={data.disableInnerButtons}
-            extraControls={
-              <>
-                {instructions && (
-                  <>
-                    <Button
-                      icon
-                      basic
-                      title="Section help"
-                      onClick={() => {
-                        setSelectedBlock();
-                        const tab = manage ? 0 : 1;
-                        props.setSidebarTab(tab);
-                      }}
-                    >
-                      <Icon name={helpSVG} className="" size="19px" />
-                    </Button>
-                  </>
-                )}
-              </>
-            }
-            multiSelected={multiSelected.includes(blockProps.block)}
-          >
-            {editBlock}
-          </EditBlockWrapper>
-        )}
-      </BlocksForm>
-
       {props.data.maxChars && (
         <CounterComponent {...props} setSelectedBlock={setSelectedBlock} />
       )}
@@ -293,4 +224,4 @@ Edit.propTypes = {
   manage: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
 };
 
-export default Edit;
+export default withBlockExtensions(Edit);
diff --git a/src/components/manage/Blocks/Group/View.jsx b/src/components/manage/Blocks/Group/View.jsx
index 1c0cd40..c46d970 100644
--- a/src/components/manage/Blocks/Group/View.jsx
+++ b/src/components/manage/Blocks/Group/View.jsx
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import { RenderBlocks } from '@plone/volto/components';
+import { withBlockExtensions } from '@plone/volto/helpers';
+import BodyComponent from './Body';
 
 const View = (props) => {
   const { data } = props;
-  const metadata = props.metadata || props.properties;
   const CustomTag = `${data.as || 'div'}`;
   const customId = data?.title
     ?.toLowerCase()
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ const View = (props) => {
     ?.replace(/\s+/gi, '-');
   return (
     <CustomTag id={customId}>
-      <RenderBlocks {...props} metadata={metadata} content={data?.data || {}} />
+      <BodyComponent {...props} />
     </CustomTag>
   );
 };
 
-export default View;
+export default withBlockExtensions(View);
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 3857e97..43d5ee9 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import { getBlocks } from '@plone/volto/helpers';
-import { GroupBlockEdit, GroupBlockView, GroupBlockLayout } from './components';
-
+import {
+  GroupBlockEdit,
+  GroupBlockView,
+  GroupBlockLayout,
+  GroupBlockDefaultBody,
+} from './components';
 import codeSVG from '@plone/volto/icons/row.svg';
 
 const applyConfig = (config) => {
@@ -45,6 +49,14 @@ const applyConfig = (config) => {
       addPermission: [],
       view: [],
     },
+    variations: [
+      {
+        id: 'default',
+        isDefault: true,
+        title: 'Default',
+        template: GroupBlockDefaultBody,
+      },
+    ],
     tocEntries: (block = {}, tocData) => {
       // integration with volto-block-toc
       const headlines = tocData.levels || ['h1', 'h2', 'h3', 'h4', 'h5', 'h6'];