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Kerry Watkins Kerry Watkins

Seven 2026 social media updates for your strategy refresh

September is the perfect time for a social media strategy refresh - now the weather has changed and the world of work starts to feel normal again after the holidays and school brea.

A lot has happened on social this year. Here's the round-up of key updates in 2026, and what each of them mean for your social media strategy.

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Ellie Harradine Ellie Harradine

How to navigate paid social, without setting your budget on fire

Be honest: have you ever logged into Ads Manager and picked an objective because it sounded roughly right, set a budget because it was the money you had, and hit publish hoping for the best? Well, in this blog we make paid ads simple - breaking down the three questions to ask yourself before you open ads manager, two mistakes that show up everywhere, and how much you should spend on each platform.

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3 Social media accessibility tips to improve your content

Accessibility can't stop at the physical world - it has to show up online too, or we're shutting people out of the exact spaces they need to be in.

The good news is that making your organisation's social media more accessible doesn't necessarily require a huge overhaul.

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Kerry Watkins Kerry Watkins

Marketing in the age of the (social) lurker

Comments are down. Followers aren't growing the way they used to. If your analytics have felt a little deflating lately, you're not alone - and you're not failing. In this blog post, we unpack why engagement has quietly shifted, what it actually looks like now, and the three things worth tracking instead of likes and comments.

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Kerry Watkins Kerry Watkins

Stuck in reactive mode on social? Here's how to get leadership on side

Most charity comms teams know exactly what great social looks like. The hard part is getting the space to do it - when every week brings a new round of reactive requests, last-minute briefs and metrics that don't tell the whole story. This blog is about how to start changing that dynamic.

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Kerry Watkins Kerry Watkins

Charities are sitting on their most powerful influencers - their employees

Charities teams are made up of experts - policy leads, fundraisers, campaigners, CEOs. But most of that expertise never shows up on LinkedIn.

At a time when trust in institutions is under pressure, employee voices may be one of the most underused strategic advantages in the sector.

Hereโ€™s why it matters - and what it looks like in practice.

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Kerry Watkins Kerry Watkins

Social Media Manager vacancy

Weโ€™re hiring for a new social media manager to join our organic team early in 2026.

Closing date for applications - 19th January 2026.

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Kerry Watkins Kerry Watkins

5 lessons from the best charity content in 2025

Social media is louder than ever. But the charity content that really cut through for us in 2025 didnโ€™t necessarily shout louder - it connected with itโ€™s audiences in a deeper way.

Take inspiration for 2026 from the content weโ€™ve pulled together - thoughtful posts that earned attention, playful moments that tapped into culture, experiments that nailed it, and posts that made people feel part of something.

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Kerry Watkins Kerry Watkins

The Social for Good 2026 Awareness Days Calendar for Social Media

Make 2026 your most intentional year yet with the Social for Good 2026 Awareness Days Calendar - a handpicked guide to the awareness dates that drive real impact for charities and purpose-driven brands. Plan ahead, show up with purpose, and spark conversations that matter.

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Kerry Watkins Kerry Watkins

Small budget, big impact: Christmas fundraising that works

Christmas on social is noisy. Big charities are out there with glossy TV spots. Retail giants are pumping out tear-jerkers and jingles. And you find yourself staring at a modest Meta ads budget, wondering how to cut through.

Here are three lessons from thatโ€™ll help you get more from whatever you can spend this Christmas.

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Kerry Watkins Kerry Watkins

Bigger. Bolder. B Corp, baby!

Thereโ€™s a growing movement of businesses that believe in more than just profit.

They care about people. About the planet. About doing things the right way, even when itโ€™s not the easy way.

And, as of July 2025, weโ€™re proud to say weโ€™re officially one of them.

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Kerry Watkins Kerry Watkins

The 3 biggest LinkedIn mistakes charities make (and how to fix them)

Kerry may be too ๐—ˆฬถ๐—…ฬถ๐–ฝฬถ busy to be an expert on Snapchat, and she won't be writing a newsletter on TikTok anytime soon, but LinkedIn is her happy place. ๐Ÿ˜

Here she's sharing three mistakes that we see a lot and three solutions to make LinkedIn work harder for your charity.

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