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Welcome to our blog! Find out how charity leaders are leading digital change and get all the latest resources and advice from the Zoe Amar Digital team.
Working towards a digitally confident Scottish voluntary sector
As part of our interview series with digital charity leaders, we talk to John Fitzgerald, Digital Evolution Manager at The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO). We hear how SCVO’s latest Call to Action report has highlighted the huge digital changes brought about by the pandemic and what Scotland’s voluntary sector needs to be doing to keep progressing with digital.
What can you do to make your charity a safer place for LGBTQIA+ people?
As part of our interview series with charity leaders, we talk to Kevin Taylor-McKnight, founder of Charity So Straight and Queer Trustees. We find out how the organisations are campaigning to support LGBTQIA+ people in the charity sector and make the sector a safer, more welcoming place for Queer people to be in, whether they’re working, volunteering (including as trustees) or are service users.
Why tech for good needs to be more inclusive
I’m writing this because over the last few months I’ve been working with a group of incredible women, Jo Morfee, Ellie Hale and Siana Bangura from Catalyst and Shanice Blair from Agencies for Good, discussing how we can make the network and also the wider tech for...
Digital fundraising and communities to promote social good
As part of our interview series with charity leaders breaking new ground with digital, we talk to Hanuman Dass, Chairman and Founder of Go Dharmic, a digital first, volunteer organisation that utilises the power of digital to promote social good. We find out how the organisation is utilising digital media and new online platforms for digital fundraising and promoting social good.
Digital delivery provides the wow factor in Scotland
As part of our interview series with charity leaders breaking new ground with digital during the pandemic, we spoke to Pasna Sallis, Founding Director of Weekday Wow Factor, a volunteer, occupational therapist led social enterprise delivering leisure activities across Greater Glasgow for people of all abilities. We find out how the organisation adapted and moved forward its digital delivery in response to COVID and discovered the value of partnerships.
How COVID has driven digital in the Welsh third sector
As part of our interview series with charity leaders breaking new ground with digital during the pandemic, we spoke to Nathan Williams, Development Manager at ProMo-Cymru, about key developments in the Welsh third sector in response to the acceleration of digital working and delivery of services.
Our team’s favourite Christmas books
The Zoe Amar digital team select their favourite festive books for leaders.
Data maturity and how it helps charities achieve their broader objectives
As part of our interview series with leaders breaking new ground with digital during the pandemic, we spoke to Sian Basker, Co-Chief Executive at Data Orchard, about the importance of high quality data and how it can help charities achieve their broader aims and objectives.
5 ways to make your board more inclusive
When Azeem Rafiq gave testimony last week to a DCMS select committee about the appalling racism he suffered at Yorkshire County Cricket Club it brought the conversation about inclusion further out into the open. There was a failure of leadership at the club and...
Trustee diversity and environmental sustainability: why digital is fundamental to both
After Trustees’ Week and with COP26 drawing to a close, we spoke to Kate Roberts, trustee of PeaceJam UK and Ambassador for the Young Trustees Movement, about trustee diversity on boards and her work on environmental sustainability.
New online resources
Digital Strategy Resources
Digital strategy is one of our core services. We have worked with hundreds of charity and public sector organisations we’ve developed these resources to help you.
Digital Leadership Resources
These guides will help you develop your leadership skills, whatever stage you are at.
Digital Fundraising Resources
We’ve helped many charities with digital fundraising and have put together these free online resources.
Digital Governance Resources
These resources are designed to help trustees and senior leadership teams make informed decisions about digital, assess risk and to plan strategically.
Digital Skills Resources
These guides will help your charity assess and grow its digital skills, plan for organisational change and create the right culture for digital.
Coronavirus: Digital Resources
COVID-19 poses a huge challenge. We are working hard to help the sector through the pandemic and have developed these resources to help.
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