Digital marketing training for charities

Open training sessions (book now)!

Join our live, online training sessions designed specifically for UK charities. These are open sessions: book individual places or bring more people from your team.

Meta Ads

  • Beginner session: 28th January, 1.30-4.30pm. View details and book your place here.
  • Intermediate session: 11th March, 1.30-4.30pm. View details and book your place here.
  • Beginner session: 6th May, 1.30-4.30pm. View details and book your place here.

 

Google Ads

  • Beginner session: 12th February, 10am-1pm. View details and book your place here.
  • Intermediate session: 26th March, 10am-1pm. View details and book your place here.
  • Beginner session: 20th May, 10am-1pm. View details and book your place here. 

 

SEO

  • Beginner session: 24th February, 1.30-4.30pm. View details and book your place here.
  • Intermediate session: 15th April, 1.30-4.30pm. View details and book your place here.
  • Beginner session: 10th June, 1.30-4.30pm. View details and book your place here.
 
Save with our bundles
  • Beginner + Intermediate Meta Ads: view details and book your place here.
  • Beginner + Intermediate Google Ads: view details and book your place here.
  • Beginner + Intermediate SEO: view details and book your place here.
  • Fundamentals of Digital Marketing: view details and book your place here.
  • Intermediate Digital Marketing: view details and book your place here.

 

Private & in-house training sessions

Our digital marketing training is tailored to UK charities and makes cutting-edge tools simple.

We run half day, online sessions that fit around your busy schedule.

We focus on the platforms and disciplines that have the biggest impact – click below for the full training outline: 

Why use us for your training?

  • We’re a team of digital marketers who live and breathe this stuff every day for charities across the UK. 
  • We’ll help you to set up and optimise online ads that speak to donors and convert. 
  • We’ll demystify social media advertising and teach you how to track performance with the latest analytics.
  • Our expert insights help you to analyse and interpret GA data effectively.
  • We can customise your training to suit your specific needs.
  • Our training is interactive and engaging, so you get an enjoyable learning experience.
  • You’ll leave with things you can do straight away 

 

What other charities say

“The Platypus Meta Ads training was great – everyone in our team found it really useful! 😊”

 – Eloise Jones, Senior Challenge Events Programme Manager at Macmillan Cancer Support

 

How to book

Ready to empower your team with new skills?

Great! We offer flexible in-person and online delivery options to suit your team’s needs. 

We can also provide licensing arrangements for session recordings and materials, allowing your team to revisit and utilise the content as needed. This is helpful to reinforce learning or train other staff members who can’t make the session.

Email us with info on what course you’d like to book, how many people you’d like to train and when you hope to run the session.

📧 Email: [email protected]

We can also help you with

Digital Reviews

Google Ads

Meta Ads

GEO

Google Analytics

Channel Reviews

SEO

CRO

Programmatic

Spotify Ads

Find out how we can help your charity

Fill in the form below, tell us what you’d like to achieve, and we’ll get back in touch to arrange a call to tell you more about how we can help!

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“The Platypus team were a dream to work with on this campaign. They clearly didn’t just use a boilerplate approach with us – they were flexible, adaptable, and quick to respond. What’s more, they are true Facebook Ads experts. It was the combination of their approach and expertise that made this campaign so successful. Thanks, Platypus!”
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