Zoe Amar Digital and Catalyst ( https://www.thecatalyst.org.uk/ ) have launched the Charity Digital Skills Report 2023. The report shares insights into charities’ digital skills, attitudes and behaviours, including data and insight about the following:
- How the sector is responding to AI.
- The effect of the cost of living crisis on charities’ digital progress.
- Digital funding and support needs of charities led by or supporting specific marginalised groups, as well as sector wide funding and support needs for charities of all sizes.
- Digital trends, skills and progress across the sector.
- 10 digital calls to action for the sector. What do we all need to do now?
- A checklist for funders to help them offer more impactful digital funding and funder plus support.
- Case studies of charities doing pioneering work with digital, from Scouts to RNID to Travel Hands.
- Commentary on what the report’s results mean for the sector by leaders from organisations including The Clothworkers Foundation, NCVO, Datakind UK and more.
The report aims to:
- Track charities’ changing digital priorities post-lockdown and during the cost of living crisis.
- Understand key trends in how charities’ use of digital is evolving.
- Identify the support and funding charities need to progress with digital, including any barriers facing minority groups, so that we can make the case for change.
- Measure where charities have skills gaps and what they need to grow their digital knowledge and confidence.
Charity digital skills report can be downloaded at: https://zoeamar.com/2023/07/12/the-2023-charity-digital-skills-report-is-live/
Catalyst also has lots of useful digital strategy resources: https://www.thecatalyst.org.uk/resources