This page covers the range of digital skills, when they are useful, and how to check for basic and essential skills.
Use this page to understand which digital skills your organisation needs to work on first. And how to find out about digital skills among staff, volunteers and other colleagues.
There are plenty of resources out there to help grow digital skills, whatever your budget.
Use these 10 tips to make running a digital skills programme feel manageable. It will help you create a programme that’s engaging and inclusive.
Run a survey to measure your charity, organisation or community group's level of digital skill
Convince your charity, organisation or community group's leaders to support digital change
Help your organisation's staff and volunteers to engage with digital change
Find out about charity software discounts to help your organisation use technology
Find some comparisons of software and digital tools used by charities, organisations or community groups
Policy and insight manager Sam Mercadante considers the implications of the Autumn Statement for charities
Latest updates on our influencing work, government policy and funding announcements
Research exploring the volunteering experiences and perspectives of people from the global majority
The latest resources, events and training to help your organisation with its impact and evaluation
The latest volunteering news, resources and dates for your diary
New inclusion and campaigning resources, a chance to help shape investment principles, and dates for your diary
It is with much love and respect that we pay tribute to our colleague and friend, Michelle Curtis, who passed away unexpectedly in November.
How charities can harness the power of our collective voice in 2024
Resources, events, support and information on the big issues affecting small charities
Latest updates on our influencing work, government policy and funding announcements
How to compare and consider different digital tools and software
Use this page to understand how to create a comparison grid (or assessment framework) and make decisions around digital tools
How to test and learn to make sure you're using the right tools in the right way
Use this page for practical tips on ways to drive software and technology adoption within your organisation.
Guidance around using technology responsibly and ethically in your organisation
Use this page to understand why you need a plan to manage ethical risks when you use technology
Use this page to explore imagined-from-life examples which look at the ethical challenges involved in technology and what can go wrong
How to reduce technology-based risk within your organisations
The digital maturity matrix is a simple tool to assess your current strengths and weaknesses, and helps you see what you need to do next to improve.
Understanding artificial intelligence (AI) and how small charities can use it to improve their work.