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Charity Digital (registered as Charity Digital Trust – charity number 1133179) was established in 2001 to help other charities accelerate their missions using digital technology. Before its rebrand in July 2019, the organisation was called Tech Trust.
Who We Are
“Building an inclusive and responsible digital community”
As a charity, we understand the importance of a robust digital strategy, a digitally aware workforce, and the need to make limited funds go further, delivering impact in line with purpose.
Every year, we help millions of charity professionals grasp opportunities provided by digital.
We educate the sector with articles, podcasts, webinars, and videos on essential topics, such as fundraising, service delivery, finance, artificial intelligence, and cyber security. We host online and in-person events, workshops, and webinars that provide charities with essential information and practical skills in areas such as grant-funding, budgeting, and accessibility.
We also provide access to discounted rates for tech, such as cyber security and an email marketing platform.
Technology partners include:
Charity audience includes:
Meet the Team
Toyosi Ciocan
Maria Timon Samra
Angela Hamilton
Raquel Ansah
Josie Sparling
James Corcoran
Laura Stanley
Ioan Marc Jones
Lisa Chomette
Elizabeth Carter
Our Journey
2001
Charity Technology Trust (CTT) is founded
Charity Technology Trust (CTT) is founded with the aim of bringing together the charity, business and technology sectors. First initiative, CTT Raffles is launched, providing online raffles to charities including Oxfam, Barnado’s,Guide Dogs for the Blind and the National Trust. Learn More2002
Working with 27 of the top 100 UK charities
After 18 months, CTT is working with 27 of the top 100 UK charities, on projects from online raffles to email communications and IT strategy. Learn More2003
Charity Payments and TT Mail launched
tt-terminal (now Charity Payments), an online payment processing service for charities, is launched. CTT partners with Dotmailer to launch CTT- Mail (now tt-mail) - an email marketing platform for charities. Learn More2006
TT Exchange Launches
Charity Digital joins the global software donation programme run by California-based NGO TechSoup. Launches under the name charity digital-exchange. The charity digital-exchange platform is the only one of its kind in the UK, giving eligble charities donated tech from vendors such as Microsoft and Cisco to charities for just a registration fee of 4-8% of the retail price. Learn More2013
Charity Technology Trust (CTT) renames to Technology Trust (TT)
TT partners with Dotmailer to launch CTT-Mail (now tt-mail), an email marketing platform for charities. Charity Digital News, a news and insight platform dedicated to helping charities make the most of digital tech, is launched by media and events business Contentive. TT launches charity validation services for Microsoft Office 365 subscriptions. TT works in partnership with Tech Soup to deliver NGO Source to UK charities by invite-only - a platform for grantmakers that streamlines funding Learn More2014
£100 million saved for charities
After 12 years, Technology Trust has saved £100 million for charities through it’s various programmes Learn More2017
Technology Trust renames to Tech Trust
Technology Trust (TT) renames to Tech Trust (TT) and Charity Digital News is bought and managed by TT. First UK-wide CharityDigital Survey launched by Charity Digital News, looking at the tech needs, habits and pain-points of the charity sector. Since 2001, TT has saved UK charities £200m on software, reaching 32,000 charities. Learn More2018
Tech Trust provides Office 365 services for charities
TT moves from validating to provisioning Office 365 services for charities, taking care of setup and implementation. Charity Digital Jobs is launched by TT in partnership with nonprofit recruitment agency Prospectus - the first jobs board in the UK dedicated to digital and tech job roles in the charity sector. TT launches Marketplace - a platform signposting charities to the best software and hardware deals online. TT partners with IBM to give charities access to refurbished Apple products Learn More2019
Our first conference and rebrand to Charity Digital
TT launches its first fullday conference for charities, the Charity Digital Tech Conference 2019, featuring speakers from across the charity and tech sectors with over 200 charities in attendance from around the UK. TT launches the first of its ongoing webinars for charities, exploring topics from digital leadership and collaboration to communications strategy and cyber security. TT rebrands to Charity Digital having helped 38K charities save money on software. Learn More2020
Charity Digital supports the sector during COVID-19
In 2020 we were able to support over 500K charity professionals to move to digital in the pandemic through events, articles, webinars, and podcasts. We also saved the sector £14.2 million on software like Zoom and Microsoft that was needed to facilitate the shift to remote working. Learn More2021
2021 and beyond...
Digital never stands still and neither will we. The next iteration of Charity Digital will continue to bring exciting, game-changing tech savings, information and learning to charities as we evolve our services and content for the needs of charities in the next decade and beyond. We will deliver new programmes of webinars, podcasts, exclusive videos, advice and events, while our network of software and hardware partners will continue to grow. Learn More
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