DigiShift 92: developing your charity’s 2026 digital roadmap

End-of-Year Special

As we draw a line under 2025, join us for this special edition of DigiShift - an hour of accessible insight and practical ideas to help your charity grow your digital capability in 2026. We’ll be reflecting on the big trends from 2025, and looking ahead to 2026. We’ll be talking about what matters now across cyber security, sustainability, AI, co-creation of services and much more.

Hosted by Ross McCulloch (Director, Third Sector Lab), and Maddie Stark (SCVO) we will be joined by four experts ready to share their insights and ask some big questions for the year ahead.

Cyber trends - lessons from 2025 and key actions for 2026

Alison Brogan, Cyber Resilience Co-ordinator, SCVO, will lead this section. With strong sector experience in cyber security and incident response, Alison will unpack the major cyber stories of 2025, interpret their relevance for charities, and highlight the essential actions your organisation should take going into 2026.

Green digital products and sustainability

Sathpal Singh, Founder, Green PO, brings expertise in designing and sustaining low-carbon digital services. He’ll show how charities can build greener digital products - reducing their environmental footprint without sacrificing usability or innovation and align their digital strategy with sustainability ambitions.

AI for effectiveness (…and not how you think)

Harry Harrold, Co-founder, Neontribe, is a seasoned practitioner of human-centred digital services and applied AI. Harry will cut through the hype and surface practical, often surprising ways AI can help teams in the charity sector work more effectively, deliver smarter services and free up capacity.

Co-creating digital products and services

Kit Powney, Head of Digital Maturity at Tearfund, has led Tearfund’s work this year to expand AI literacy and responsible adoption. Co-creation will be a major focus for 2026, and in this session she’ll share the team’s early reflections on how deeper collaboration with partners and communities can shape more trusted and inclusive digital services.

As always you will have the chance to ask speakers your questions and the opportunity to join in the conversation at this special festive Digishift.

This session is for anyone in the voluntary sector, public service leaders, digital practitioners, policymakers, and those interested in the future of digital government and service design. Whether you’re responsible for digital strategy, service delivery, or simply passionate about building better services, you’ll gain invaluable insights and practical ideas to take forward.

Since March 2020, DigiShift has helped thousands of charities and non-profit organisations learn and collaborate. Run in collaboration between SCVO and Third Sector Lab, and supported by the National Lottery Community Fund (Scotland), DigiShift offers practical and actionable advice from digital experts.