# Access Group acquires Joyful to enhance charity & membership suite - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/05/14/access-group-acquires-joyful-to-enhance-charity-membership-suite/ - Published: 2019-05-14T07:31:08+01:00 - Author: Melanie May **The Access Group, which last year acquired Rapidata, has announced the new acquisition of Joyful, the supplier of not-for-profit donor and member attraction website software.** Since its launch ten years ago, [Joyful](http://www.joyful.org) has helped 900 customers across Europe and Australia to create a digital presence, raise tens of millions of pounds and make more impact.  Joyful is also a Google Ad Grant partner in the UK and has built a Google Ads Marketing tool using the machine learning capabilities that helps to magnify charity reach and engagement. Chris Bayne, CEO of [Access](http://www.theaccessgroup.com), commented: ## Advertisement > “The addition of Joyful further strengthens our not-for-profit suite and our overall > presence in this market. We look forward to deepening our relationship with Joyful’s > customers over coming months and years, while further supporting them to serve > their chosen causes.” Tom Latchford, CEO and founder of Joyful said: > “We are confident that Access is the right partner to join forces with to take > Joyful to the next level. We’re excited to be able to provide integrated CRM and > website functionality together with sophisticated online marketing tools.” Access also recently announced the launch of [Access Workspace](https://www.theaccessgroup.com/business-suite/about/), a platform for connected and collaborative working that brings together all departments across a not-for-profit business, from fundraising, volunteers, finance, HR, IT and compliance.   * **[Access Group to acquire fundraising platform Enthuse](https://fundraising.co.uk/2026/02/12/access-group-in-agreement-to-acquire-fundraising-platform-enthuse/)( 12 February 2026)** ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)