Welcome to the new Civil Society website. We’re still providing the latest charity sector news and views, in-depth content from Charity Finance, Fundraising and Governance & Leadership magazines, as well as information about our events and training courses and jobs from around the sector. But the new site is cleaner, faster and easier to use.
It’s also fully responsive, so it will adapt to whatever device you’re using.
Here’s a whistle-stop tour through some of the fantastic new features. We’re still in beta so if you spot something odd or have any suggestions please let us know.
News
Nothing has changed when it comes to our approach to quality, independent journalism and we’ll be continuing to provide all the latest and best sector news online in the news section.
We’ll still be highlighting examples of great achievements in the sector, be it a record fundraising total, launch of an innovative campaign, or an interesting senior appointment. And of course we’ll continue to hold politicians, regulators and charities to account for their actions.
Our free daily news bulletin has also had a makeover and is now easier to read on mobile – if you don’t already receive it, register here to be added to the mailing list.
Voices
Voices is a completely new section. Previously, online opinion pieces were tagged as blogs and were mixed in with the news content, but with the new site we really wanted to give sector’s personalities a greater profile online. Civil Society Voices will do just that.
Here you’ll find reaction to current and ongoing issues in the sector from both our team of specialist journalists and experts working in and around charities. As we go along we’ll be looking for new regular and guest contributors, so please get in touch if you have something to share with other charities.
Corporate providers to the sectors also have the opportunity to demonstrate their expert insight and thought leadership in this section. For more details contact Yvette Micallef.
In-depth sections
All the articles and research pieces that appear in our specialist titles - Charity Finance, Fundraising and Governance & Leadership magazines - are also now accessible to all subscribers online and can be found under the corresponding headings.
Magazine subscribers also have access to the Technology section online. This is our rebranded IT section and over the coming months we'll be looking for contributions from across the charity technology community - if you have any thoughts or suggestions please get in touch with Kirsty Weakley.
We are in the process of sending out logins. If you’re having any problems, please get in touch.
More information about subscription packages can be found here.
Topics and search
If you’re looking for a specific topic, such as digital fundraising, you can browse articles tagged to this topic by clicking on ‘all topics’ in the top right-hand corner of the home page and then selecting the topic from the list to show all articles relating to that topic.
To search the site for a specific phrase, click the magnifying glass, the top right, to open the search bar and type in your search query.
It is possible to filter results by type of article and by most relevant or most recent after clicking the ‘more’ button.
Discussion
To encourage lively and free-flowing debate, comments will no longer be pre-moderated. If you see something inappropriate please flag it using the ‘report’ function or contact the editorial team.
We’re using the Disqus platform to host comments. This means you can log in with an existing Disqus account, or Facebook or Twitter account to have your say on an article.
For certain sensitive articles we’ll be disabling comments.
Unfortunately it was not possible to bring all the comments from the old site across to the new one, but hopefully it won’t be long before the comments are flowing on new content.
Events
Highlights of our year-long events and training programme include the Charity Finance Summit, Charity Technology Conference and our ongoing Trustee Training programme.
To view details of events and conferences, click here.
You’ll need to be registered with us to book onto a course or conference. If you have previously registered with us we are in the process of issuing new login details. If you’re having trouble please get in touch with us.
Information about the Charity Awards continues to be hosted here on its own website.
Jobs
Our jobs board continues to host a number of opportunities across the sector. Click here to view latest vacancies.
To find out more about listing a job with us please contact Sarah Williams on [email protected]
Get in touch
If you have any comments on our editorial content please get in touch with our web team:
- David Ainsworth, group online editor, [email protected] or 020 7819 1203
- Alice Sharman, website editor, [email protected] or 020 7819 1211
- Kirsty Weakley, news editor, [email protected] or 020 7819 1224
For issues logging in or making a purchase please contact events and subscriptions team on [email protected] or call 020 7819 1200.
To find out more about advertising opportunities on our new site please contact Yvette Micallef on [email protected]
Find out more about Civil Society Media and all our products here.
