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2 weeks ago | 
charitydigital.org.uk | Laura Stanley |Ioan Marc Jones |Elaine Taylor |Kellie E. Smith
We explore how fundraisers can collect donations easily with a new app from fundraising experts as you LiveDigital fundraising has become an increasingly fundamental part of a charity’s fundraising strategy, with online donations becoming more popular as society moves towards a more cashless existence.
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2 weeks ago | 
charitydigital.org.uk | Ioan Marc Jones |Kellie E. Smith |Mary Wessel |Christine L. Chiu
We have updated the Charity Digital Code of Practice, adding a range of new features and improvements. Here we explain how to use the Code and make the most of our resources The Charity Digital Code of Practice (the Code) was originally developed to help close the digital skills gap in the charity sector. Launched in 2018, the Code became quickly invaluable, particularly during COVID-19, as charities adapted to remote working and digital service delivery.
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3 weeks ago | 
charitydigital.org.uk | Ioan Marc Jones |Kellie E. Smith |Laura Stanley
The Charity Digital Code of Practice has been revised and updated to meet the challenges of 2025, with extensive information on procurement, data, and artificial intelligence The Charity Digital Code of Practice (Code) addresses the digital skills gap in charities. The first iteration in 2018 proved immediately useful, as charity leaders navigated the challenges of the pandemic, such as the shifts to remote working and the move to digital service delivery.
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3 weeks ago | 
charitydigital.org.uk | Laura Stanley |Helen Olszowska |Kellie E. Smith
Launching your fundraising event is one thing – getting people to join it is another. Charities and fundraisers are always looking for creative ways to promote their events and reach as many people as possible, to inspire more donations and encourage participation. To that end, social media has become an increasingly valuable tool for fundraisers, helping them to grow entire communities around their events and sharing them widely with others, regardless of location or demographic.
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3 weeks ago | 
charitydigital.org.uk | Kellie E. Smith
Artificial Intelligence is no longer just a buzzword. In 2025, it’s rapidly becoming understood as a practical tool that can help charities do more with less. For charity leaders, the challenge is understanding exactly how. In this insightful webinar, we’ll explore how AI is reshaping the charity sector and what it means for charity leaders looking to stay ahead.
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3 weeks ago | 
charitydigital.org.uk | Kellie E. Smith |Mary Wessel
Showing kindness in the workplace is important. And even more so when colleagues and peers are facing challenges. The charity sector is experiencing funding difficulties and there’s been an increase in organisational restructures, redundancies, and closures.
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3 weeks ago | 
charitydigital.org.uk | Kellie E. Smith |Mary Wessel
We explore the four key steps to volunteer recruitment and retention to help your impact go furtherVolunteers are indispensable to many charities, whether they are helping to deliver services, assisting with fundraising, or working behind the scenes to keep the charity’s wheels turning. Volunteers contribute their enthusiasm, care, and unique abilities, collectively contributing the equivalent of £18 billion per year to a wide range of charitable causes by donating their time.
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3 weeks ago | 
charitydigital.org.uk | Laura Stanley |Kellie E. Smith
Many charities offer a range of digital services to help meet a particular need or to plug a gap in existing services that aren’t fit for purpose. While many of these digital services can be delivered using out-of-the-box technology, many need something more bespoke to meet their unique needs. Here are five steps to developing your own technology for service delivery. Establish your user needsBefore developing your technology, it’s crucial that it actually meets a user need.
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4 weeks ago | 
charitydigital.org.uk | Mary Wessel |Kellie E. Smith
The communities that many charities serve are richly diverse, and their volunteers should be no different. That’s the approach of organisations like Bradford 2025 and London Youth Games, who have committed to volunteer diversity and inclusion in 2025 to enrich their cultural events, foster more engaged volunteer communities, and create meaningful opportunities for personal and professional growth among their diverse volunteers.
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1 month ago | 
charitydigital.org.uk | Mary Wessel |Kellie E. Smith
Download the Small and Large Charity versions of the Code of Practice 2025 Digital has accelerated faster than ever in the years since the pandemic. We’ve seen a shift towards the cloud, an embrace of blockchain and cryptocurrency, the rise and fall of NFTs, new challenges in cyber security, and much more. Social media platforms have grown hostile and misinformation runs wild. And the rapid growth of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has changed just about everything.
