Kirsty Weakley

Kirsty Weakley

Reporter , Civil Society Media Ltd from May 2011

Kirsty joined Civil Society Media in May as a reporter after completing a journalism course at Kingston University.

She has a degree in history from Swansea University where she ran a painting and decorating project helping vulnerable adults for Discovery Student Volunteering. She also lived in France for six months and speaks fluent French.

Email her kirsty.weakley@civilsociety.co.uk

Follow her on Twitter @KirstyWeakley 

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Online fundraising platforms: the small print

Launches of “revolutionary” new fundraising platforms are becoming ten a penny.  So civilsociety.co.uk decided to take a proper look and see which are really leading the way.

Technology is great but it's not a magic bullet

The launch of a new digital fundraising platform for arts and heritage organisations has made Kirsty Weakley think about how she wants to support them in the future.

Would you donate your desktop to charity?

Would you hand your PC desktop background over to advertisers if it was fundraising for a good cause? That is just what one New Zealand organisation is asking. Kirsty Weakley takes a look.

Delving into Facebook Timeline

Civilsociety.co.uk looks at the latest Facebook update to organisation pages and what it means for charities. 

It is vital that the voices suggesting the change are heard by the ears that need to hear it and until we understand and map that cross functional landscape, collaboration remains purely an aspiration.

» Sector needs a 'data manifesto', says leadership review

App-solutely fabulous: Charities embrace the smartphone generation

Charities have shown no shortage of imagination in the range of smartphone apps they have launched into the market.  In this rolling blog, civilsociety.co.uk brings you some of the highs (and lows) from the latest app developments in the charity sector.

Lessons from Kony 2012

Kirsty Weakley explains what troubles her about the recent Kony 2012 viral campaign and reveals who she’ll be supporting instead.

Suffering from social media fatigue?

Social networking is great for charities. Done well it creates a much deeper relationship between charities, supporters, volunteers and end-users. But is there really room for one more? Kirsty Weakley asks.

Samantha Perkins midwife at MSF copyright Yasuyoshi Chiba duckrabbit

Earlier this week Kirsty Weakley attended a screening of a unique 3D campaign film for Médicins Sans Frontieres. A prior critic of the new photography technique, Kirsty explains how a focus on the cause has converted her cynicism.

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