Next for Nonprofits
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- New data shows a clear link between strategy and confidence, but most charities are still in the early stages of building digital capability. www.nextfornonprofits.com/charities-wa...
- The 2025 Charity Digital Skills Report finds a dramatic drop in X usage, with many charities yet to rebuild their strategies elsewhere. www.nextfornonprofits.com/one-in-two-u...
- The 2025 Charity Digital Skills Report finds fewer than half of charities have a digital strategy — a drop from last year — and only a small number have fully embedded it. www.nextfornonprofits.com/digital-stra...
- The 2025 Charity Digital Skills Report shows rising demand for digital funding across the sector, but funders and charities alike are struggling to meet it. www.nextfornonprofits.com/charities-fa...
- The 2025 Charity Digital Skills Report reveals deep digital divides, overwhelmed teams and a worrying disconnect between AI interest and everyday tech basics. www.nextfornonprofits.com/uk-charities...
- A new bookstore called BookKind lets readers choose a cause at checkout, donating 10 per cent of every sale. www.nextfornonprofits.com/bookkind-lau...
- With a $100 million investment plan and fresh urgency after AmeriCorps funding cuts, the nonprofit Points of Light aims to grow annual volunteer numbers from 75 million to 150 million. www.nextfornonprofits.com/points-of-li...
- Advisers warn that funding crises at the BBC World Service, British Council and universities threaten Britain’s global influence at a critical juncture. www.nextfornonprofits.com/uk-ministers...
- Simone van Beek on the far-right surge, the power of visuals, and why nonprofits must rethink their playbook. Great to chat to @simonevanbeek.bsky.social for this Next for Nonprofits interview. www.nextfornonprofits.com/inside-the-f...
- A financial inclusion event is under fire for excluding a mother with a baby, highlighting the barriers faced by women entrepreneurs trying to stay visible in the sector. www.nextfornonprofits.com/backlash-aft...
- After nearly three decades at the helm of Bluefrog, Mark Phillips has announced the closure of his agency, citing deep concerns about the current state of charity fundraising. www.nextfornonprofits.com/mark-phillip...
- Phil Kerry of New Horizon Youth Centre says the wealth of the UK’s richest individuals could permanently end homelessness – and calls for a rethink of where money is needed most. www.nextfornonprofits.com/homelessness...
- Volunteers’ Week (1–7 June) is a national celebration of the people who power our sector in the UK. Here’s how your organisation can mark the week, connect with new supporters and celebrate the difference volunteers make. www.nextfornonprofits.com/how-to-make-...
- The UK government is extending the soft opt-in exemption to UK #charities, making it easier to send marketing emails and texts to existing supporters. Here’s what’s changing, when it takes effect, and how to prepare. www.nextfornonprofits.com/soft-opt-in-...
- Prominent charity sector leader Felicia Willow calls on boards to value their staff—before it’s too late. www.nextfornonprofits.com/trustees-urg...
- The latest #UKGivingReport from the Charities Aid Foundation has landed, and it makes for stark reading, but there are things we can do about it. www.nextfornonprofits.com/fundraising-...
- As calls grow for large charities to hand more power to communities, here are 5 practical ways they can start making that shift today. www.nextfornonprofits.com/five-ways-la...
- In less than a year, @medicalaidpal.bsky.social grew its income fivefold, from £10 million to over £50 million. This transformation didn’t happen by accident. www.nextfornonprofits.com/how-medical-...
- What US political campaigns learned the hard way in 2024 is now essential reading for nonprofit fundraisers www.nextfornonprofits.com/fundraising-...
