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Graphic promoting the Charity Digital Skills Report 2026 survey. The text reads “Charity Digital Skills Report 2026 – Have your say, take the survey now.” The image includes illustrations of charts, data dashboards and coins, with logos of Zoe Amar Digital, Think Social Tech, Corndel, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, manifesto, Media Trust and Torchbox Charity.

The Charity Digital Skills Report survey is back, and we're delighted to sponsor it again this year.

Led by Zoe Amar and Nissa Ramsay, the survey tracks digital and AI skills, funding and support needs across the UK charity sector.

Have your say: www.surveymonkey.com/r/CDSR2026 #CharityDigiReport

Partnering with Amnesty International UK to help grow the human rights movement across the UK We're delighted to announce the launch of Amnesty International UK's new website, built on Wagtail CMS. The new platform supports their 2022-2030 strategy and will help grow the human rights movement ...

Amnesty International UK’s new flagship website is now live!

Built on Wagtail CMS, the new site is designed to support Amnesty International UK’s 2022-2030 strategy and help grow a more powerful, diverse human rights movement across the UK.

Read more: torchbox.com/charity/work...

Promotional graphic with a gold trophy on a blue spotlight background. Large text reads “Vote for Wagtail CMS in the CMS Critic Awards” with “Voting closes tomorrow!” in red at the bottom. The trophy base features a “People’s Choice Awards – CMS Critic Awards” badge.

Voting in the CMS Critic Awards closes tomorrow - if you've been meaning to give Wagtail CMS your support, today's the day! 🏆

Wagtail is shortlisted for Best Free CMS and Best Open Source CMS.

Your vote could make all the difference, and it only takes a couple of minutes: cmscritic.com/vote

The 14th Annual CMS Critic Awards Nominations Your voice, your choice! Vote your favorite platforms for the 14th Annual CMS Critic Awards, the longest-running awards program in the content management industry! For almost a decade and a half, our ...

Have you cast your vote for Wagtail CMS in this year's CMS Critic Awards? 🏆

Thanks to so many nominations from the community, Wagtail has made the shortlist for Best Free CMS and Best Open Source CMS.

Show your support here, voting takes just a couple of minutes: cmscritic.com/vote

#opensource

The image reads “Vote for Wagtail CMS in the CMS Critic Awards” with “Voting closes 27th Feb” underneath. Two award badges are shown for “Best Free CMS” and “Best Open Source CMS.”

Wagtail has made the shortlist in two categories at the 14th Annual CMS Critic Awards. 🎉

Nominations this year are for Best Free CMS and Best Open Source CMS.

Cast your vote here: cmscritic.com/vote

#OpenSource #WagtailCMS #CMSCritic @wagtail.org

Raising £1.4 million with a virtual challenge fundraiser We helped Breast Cancer Now combine paid social and TikTok to reach new audiences and increase high-quality sign-ups for their campaign, Walk 100 Miles in October.

Breast Cancer Now’s latest virtual challenge asked supporters to Walk 100 Miles in October, and went on to raise an incredible £1.48 million.

Rachel and Marnie share more about our strategy, testing and creative approach in today's case study.

Read: torchbox.com/charity/work...

We're hiring! Client Partner (Public Sector) - written on a purple background with a small megaphone icon.

We’re looking for a Client Partner to join our Public Sector team. Please share with your network.

Closing date - this Friday. 📆

All the details: torchbox.peoplehr.net/Pages/JobBoa...

Driving digital impact worldwide with Medical Aid for Palestinians We’re delighted to be working with Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) as their new digital partner, at a time when their work has never been more crucial.

The new Medical Aid for Palestinians website is now live on Wagtail CMS!

We’ve worked closely with their team to create a fast, multilingual digital home that can scale, adapt, and respond when it matters most.

Read the case study: torchbox.com/charity/work...

#WagtailCMS #CharitySector

Promotional graphic for a Torchbox Charity webinar titled “Meta restrictions: one year on – Insights for charities”. The date and time, 25 February 2026 at 10am on Zoom, are shown. Below, three circular headshots introduce the speakers: Sam, Digital Account Manager; Marnie, Senior Digital Account Manager; and Lisa, Head of Marketing, set against a pink background.

A year on from Meta’s ad changes, many charities are rethinking supporter acquisition.

Join us on 25th Feb as we share what’s changed, what’s working, and why email is helping teams build more reliable, lower-risk routes to growth.

Sign up here: torchbox.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#Meta #Nonprofits

Promotional graphic for UK Gov Camp showing two circular headshots of Torchbox team members on a dark background. Text reads “Torchbox Public at UK Gov Camp”, with a gold “Gold Sponsor” label. Event details state “Saturday 17 January | Birmingham City Council House”, followed by the line “See you there!”.

UKGovCamp kicks off tomorrow!

Dan and Mark are heading to Birmingham to share ideas and learn from others in the sector.

We always love the open, community-led nature of UKGovCamp, which is shaped entirely by the people in the room.

See you there! 👋

@ukgovcamp.com #ukgc26

We're looking forward to catching up with the UK Gov Camp community this Saturday.

See you there!

Your digital partner for positive change Torchbox is the agency partner for socially progressive organisations with ambitious digital ideas.

Thank you to torchbox.com, our Gold sponsor this year!

Your contribution supports a space for open conversations about how government can work better.

@torchbox.com

See Wagtail AI in action! YouTube video by Wagtail

We love the new Wagtail CMS AI updates, lots of features for editors and content teams.

At Wagtail Space, Sag​e Abdullah gave a great demo showing how it works in practice, with humans firmly in the loop and editors always in control.

Watch it back: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbxX...

#OpenSource #AI

The impact of our Voice Groups in 2025 How our Voice Groups supported wellbeing, community, sustainability and inclusion throughout 2025, and the positive changes they’re planning for 2026.

From wellbeing to sustainability and community action, our Voice Groups help shape our culture around things that matter most to us.

In our latest blog, Sophie reflects on the impact they’ve had in 2025: torchbox.com/news/voice-g...

#EmployeeOwned #Culture

Navigating change and staying true to our values: A Q&A with our CEO, James Torchbox CEO, James Leavesley, discusses sector change, AI, client needs, and how our values guide the way we move forward as an employee-owned business.

As we celebrate our 25th year, Lily recently caught up with our CEO, James, to reflect on what’s changed, what our clients need right now, and where the next chapter might take us.

torchbox.com/news/navigat...

Transforming Google Ad Grants performance with SEO for Sight Scotland A google ad grants case study showing how Sight Scotland boosted spend from $600 to $9,200 a month and grew visibility and users through aligned SEO and PPC.

Working together with Sight Scotland, we recently transformed their Google Ad Grants performance, increasing monthly spend from $600 to $9,200, almost fully utilising the $10k allowance.

Find out more in Laura's write-up: torchbox.com/charity/work...

#GoogleAdGrants #CharitySector

Dr Cath Biddle, Director of Digital and Data at Breast Cancer Now, wearing a red t-shirt that says 'Stay Curious'.

Building on Breast Cancer Now's organisation-wide work to understand the potential of AI, we’ve created a proof of concept that helps their team triage and respond to the thousands of messages they receive each month, whilst keeping humans firmly in the loop.

Read: torchbox.com/charity/blog...

Lisa Ballam and Amina Iqbal are sitting together at a round table in a bright conference room. Lisa is holding a mug and smiling at the camera, and Amina is smiling beside her. Both are wearing event name badges. Behind them, other attendees are chatting and settling in at tables, with blue and white walls and large overhead lights in the room.

Lisa and Amina are at @ukcharitycamp.bsky.social today, and we’re really pleased to be back as a sponsor this year.

It’s one of our favourite events in the calendar, sharing challenges, swapping ideas and learning from others in the sector.

We’ll share highlights from the day in an upcoming blog.

Blog header graphic with the title ‘Low-Code AI: When Microsoft’s Ecosystem is (and isn’t) the answer’. Subheading reads ‘Blog | 5 min read’. Below are circular photos of three authors — Olly Willans, Mitch Cabuloy and Emily Topp-Mugglestone — with the Torchbox logo in the top-right corner on a dark background.

Low-code promises faster AI builds, but does it deliver?

We rebuilt an AI system we’d originally developed for Breast Cancer Now using Django and Python in Microsoft’s ecosystem to find out.

Here’s what we learned: torchbox.com/news/low-cod...

#LowCodeAI #AI #AIForGood

Torchbox blog header graphic with a dark background and the Torchbox logo in the top right. The title reads “Why we’ve added carbon.txt to Torchbox.com.” Below it, the text says “Blog, 2 min read.” At the bottom, there’s a photo of Chris Lawton with the caption “Chris Lawton, Senior Engineer” against a green wave background.

We’ve added a carbon.txt file to our website that will make it easier to share information about our sustainability and hosting.

In today's blog, Chris explains why that matters, and how open standards like this can help build a more transparent and sustainable web.

torchbox.com/news/adding-...

Banner graphic for a Torchbox Charity blog post titled ‘Microsoft to end its Ads for Social Impact programme – what next for nonprofits?’ by Tanya Ellis-Puk, Senior Paid Media Executive. The design features a dark background with pink curved shapes at the bottom and the Torchbox Charity logo in the top right corner.

🚨 Microsoft’s Ads for Social Impact programme is ending this December.

In our latest blog, Tanya shares what this means for charities, key dates to know, and how to plan ahead for 2026.

Read more: torchbox.com/charity/blog...

#Microsoft #AdsForSocialImpact #CharitySector

A purple graphic featuring a white megaphone icon above the text: “We’re hiring! Design Innovation Lead (Public Sector).” The Torchbox logo appears at the bottom.

We’re looking for a Design Innovation Lead to join our Public Sector team.

Please tag and share with your network - applications close Wednesday 5th November. 📆

Find all the details here: torchbox.peoplehr.net/Pages/JobBoa...

#PublicSector #PublicSectorInnovation #DesignInnovation

A large group of people at UK Charity Camp pose for a photo in a bright conference room. They’re smiling and standing or sitting in front of a wall covered in colourful sticky notes. Some people wear UK Charity Camp T-shirts, and tables with notebooks, mugs, and pens are visible in the foreground.

Just a few weeks to go until UK Charity Camp, and there are still tickets up for grabs!

📆 Thursday 13th November, Birmingham.

Get your free ticket: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ukcharityc...

@ukcharitycamp.bsky.social

A Torchbox Charity graphic with the title “Five ways charities can remain visible in the changing digital landscape”. It includes profile photos of Marnie Winter-Burke and Jess Mackereth, the blog authors, and text noting it’s a 4-minute read.

AI is rapidly changing how people find information online.

In our latest blog, Jess and Marnie share five ways charities can stay visible - from using paid to support organic activity, to focusing on content AI can’t replicate, like services and products.

Read more: torchbox.com/charity/blog...

Building a greener, more accessible digital home with WWF-US We partnered with WWF-US to rebuild their website to create a faster, more inclusive, and sustainable platform for their global conservation work.

We’re delighted to share the launch of the new @worldwildlife.org website!

Built on Wagtail CMS, it’s faster, more sustainable, and more accessible, supporting WWF-US’ global mission and values.

Read all about the project: torchbox.com/charity/blog...

#WWF #WWFUS #WagtailCMS

Wagtail Space 2025: A Stellar Journey ⭐️ | Wagtail CMS A recap of our incredible 3-day journey

thank you 💚 everyone for an outstanding #WagtailSpace event event last week! While we process the recordings for publication, here is a quick recap! wagtail.org/blog/wagtail...

We’re elated to see such an amazing response - with 400+ attendees, and so many being new to Wagtail (40+%!)

Thank you ❤️ to our presenting sponsor @torchbox.com. And to our corporate sponsors Cursive, @hactar.is, @sixfeetup.com, @lincolnloop.com, and Four Digits. And community sponsors DEFNA and @djangoproject.com!

And thank you 🧡 to our amazing speakers, organizers, and volunteers who made this happen!

Driving digital impact worldwide with Medical Aid for Palestinians We’re delighted to be working with Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) as their new digital partner, at a time when their work has never been more crucial.

We’re delighted to partner with Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) to rebuild their website on Wagtail CMS - helping them reach more people, mobilise support, and share urgent updates faster.

Learn more: torchbox.com/charity/work...

@medicalaidpal.bsky.social @wagtail.org

AI Week 2025 - The UK's 10-day online festival of AI learning. 13-24 October 2025.

We’re delighted to be part of Digital Leaders’ AI Week - a 10-day online festival of AI learning.

Find out more about our talk with Guy's and St Thomas'​ NHS Foundation Trust and how we're using AI-powered interviews to scale qualitative research, here: aiweek.digileaders.com/talks/how-ca...

#AI

Charity Leaders’ Breakfast: AI Show and Tell Charity leaders from Mind, NSPCC, Age UK, Diabetes UK, Chatham House, Shelter and Blue Cross came together for a practical show and tell of how charities are putting AI to work today. Read Lisa's refl...

Yesterday we gathered with charity leaders at The Lighterman in King’s Cross for our latest Charity Leaders’ Breakfast, this time with a practical AI show and tell.

Read Lisa’s blog for reflections from the day: torchbox.com/charity/blog...

#AIForGood #AI #Nonprofits