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The charities we donated £1,000 to each

Each of our team members gets £1,000 to donate to charity every year.  We do this because we want to support the charity sector through more than our client work. Charities can always use support via donations, especially with the effects of coronavirus on the sector, so this (along with

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Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

Black Lives Matter

Like the rest of the world, we’ve been affected by the murder of George Floyd. He an unarmed black man. A Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck. He told them “I can’t breathe”, over and over. After 8 minutes and 46 seconds, he died. We are part of a

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Versus Arthritus

Versus Arthritis appoints Platypus Digital as its search agency

We’re absolutely stoked that Versus Arthritis has appointed Platypus Digital as its paid search agency. Versus Arthritis are well known as one of the most forward thinking and innovative charities in the UK. You may well have seen their TV ad recently encouraging people with arthritis to speak out, since

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How The Mix adapted to Coronavirus lockdown

The response of charities to coronavirus lockdown has been inspirational. Demand is up and the government is not supporting the setor at the time of writing. We caught up with Toni Skidmore, Head of Marketing and Communications at The Mix, a charity supporting young people with any issue they’re facing,

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Listen to our strategy and podcast episodes

At Platypus Digital, we get to hear some amazing stories of charity digital folk doing great things in the sector. So here are two that we’d like to share with you. Bob Barbour, former director at vinspired I met Bob when he spoke at a DSC conference in 2019. He

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