# Digital agency launches free digital training for charities

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/09/27/digital-agency-launches-free-digital-training-charities/
- Published: 2017-09-27T16:56:31+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Charity digital specialists Platypus Digital are to run free online training in
digital marketing for charities. **

The course programme, Control R, will provide essential digital skills for charities
in the UK and for nonprofits around the world. Over 400 people have signed up already
from charities in the UK, Ireland, Canada, USA and Australia.

The training sessions will take place on the webinar platform Zoom. They have been
developed for:

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 * digital teams who want to brush up on digital skills
 * non-digital teams who want to increase their digital knowledge
 * anyone who wants to use digital to increase the impact of their work

Managing Director of Platypus Digital, Matt Collins, explained that the agency has
already trained over 100 UK charities in person. He added: “We now want to bring
those skills to nonprofits wherever they are in the world. This integrated course
will give students a solid overview of the modern digital skills they need to do
their work in 2017.”

![We help great causes do great digital. Banner from Platypus Digital featuring 
paper darts flying on and in between three different digital screens - desktop, 
tablet and mobile.](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/2021/09/platypus-digital-
help-great-charities-do-digital-1024x341.png)

Image: Platypus Digital

## ⏎ What the course covers

Skills to be covered include:

 * Google Analytics
 * Facebook ads
 * Email marketing
 * Community building
 * Social media
 * How to plan a digital campaign

Participants will also be able to review a recording of the training.

The first course starts on **26 October 2017** and registration for [Control R](http://www.platypusdigital.com/control-r-charity-digital-training/)
is open now.

 * **[Why do digital? Platypus Digital’s free email marketing course explains](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/09/27/why-do-digital-platypus-digitals-free-email-marketing-course-explains/)(
   27 September 2018)**
 * **[Free consultation offer to help charities with digital](https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/02/27/free-consultation-offer-to-help-charities-with-digital/)(
   27 February 2020)**