6 January 2026
Gain a skill this New Year: Courses on Excel, Google Analytics, Finance, AI and more
Looking to learn something new in 2026? Charity Digital Academy has you covered. From Excel to social media, from AI to Google Analytics, we have a broad range of charity-focused courses that will help supercharge your organisation in to 2026 and beyond.
Each time you purchase a course, Charity Digital uses the proceeds to produce free articles, webinars, podcasts, and events that help charities across the UK.
Examples of courses include..
Advanced Excel – tips and tricks, 15th January
Join this 3 hour session to find out how to optimise your spreadsheets so they can do what they’re meant to be doing – saving you time, facilitating effective service delivery and enabling you and your team to get insight into the bigger picture.
This hands-on workshop will guide you through demos and practical exercises using a sample spreadsheet.
We also have an introductory course.
Introduction to Google Analytics 4: 13th January
This course aims, in just three hours, to help you get to grips with GA4. It explores recent changes to the platform, how to ensure you have the best data, the metric that you must know, and a general run-through of the interface, dipping into ‘realtime’ reports.
This popular course sold out last time, so ensure you sign up in advance if you would like to join!
Supercharge your use of social media: 20th January
This course aims, in just three hours, to supercharge your use of social media. We’ll explore how you can pick the right platforms for your charity and how to know whether you should invest, or divest, in other platforms. We’ll show you how to increase social media engagement, how to extend your reach, and how to ensure you target the most rewarding demographics.
Getting started with Google for Nonprofits: 21st January
Do you want to understand how to access $10,000 of advertising credits a month? Or understand Google’s Workspace tools? Check out the course below!
This course provides an introduction to the Google for Nonprofits program, which offers eligible UK charities free access to a suite of Google tools, including Google Workspace, Google Ad Grants, the YouTube Nonprofit Program, and Google Earth and Maps. We will explore these tools and highlight how UK charities are already using them to enhance their operations and impact.
How to manage charity finances – CPD Accredited: 10th February
This course aims, in just three hours, to help you make sense of your finances. It provides a simple, straightforward, plain-English introduction, covering budgeting, reporting, governance, sustainability, futureproofing, and so much more. In two back-to-back sessions, each lasting approximately 80 minutes, the course offers key insights into the essential elements of charity finance.