We help charities use digital, data and design to do better work.

And we stick around to keep it working. Strategy, brand, websites, marketing and funded training, from a team built around the sector, not bolted onto it.

18

years working alongside the third sector

8,000+

people trained through The Curve

20

live workshops delivered last year

792

people who joined those sessions

What we do

Three ways we work with you, and one relationship that runs through all of it.

Strategy & consultancy

Practical strategy that helps your team make better decisions about people, services, systems and skills. We are always honest about what will and will not work for you.

Brand & websites

Clear brand and accessible, user-focused WordPress sites that your team can run without us. Built to be found, understood and used by the people you exist to serve.

Marketing & audience growth

Content, SEO, Google Ad Grants, video and audio that grow your reach and your relationships. We help the right people find you, then stay with you.

In Your Corner
The ongoing partnership that runs through everything. We do not disappear at launch: we stay on to look after, measure and keep growing what we build together. (Working name, open for your call.)
How the partnership works

Programmes you can join or fund

Alongside the client work, we run capacity-building programmes that lift the whole sector. Some are fully funded and free to join, others we deliver for funders and partners.

Digital Trustees

Getting digital skills onto the board of every charity in the UK. One route for organisations who want a digital-skilled trustee, another for professionals who want a board seat.

The Curve

Fully funded digital skills training for the third sector. Free 90-minute live workshops you can book today, with on-demand courses on the way.

Open Working

Engage your funders, partners and communities more effectively by working in the open. A programme for organisations ready to share more of how they work.

Not a web agency with a sideline in advice. A digital partner for the third sector.

Strategy, websites and skills that add up to something, and stay with your team long after we have gone.

The team at Third Sector Lab are purpose-led and phenomenal at what they do.

Chris Ashworth OBEHead of Social Impact, Nominet

Trusted by charities, funders and public bodies across Scotland and the UK

The Poverty Alliance
Legal Services Agency
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Living Wage Scotland
nurtureuk
Home Energy Scotland
Charity Digital Code
Power to Change

A recent project

AILA Scotland

with Simon Community Scotland

Challenge

Women affected by gambling harm needed support that met them where they were, without stigma or a form to fill in first.

What we did

We designed and built an award-winning digital service with the people who would use it, testing every step so the tool fitted real lives, not an org chart.

What changed

A service people actually trust and use, and a team who now know how to keep improving it. (Outcome detail to confirm with Simon Community.)

Read the full story

Free digital skills training, funded so your charity does not pay a penny.

Live 90-minute online workshops on the things third sector teams actually need, from AI to LinkedIn to accessible content. Come to one, or make it a habit.

See upcoming workshops
8,000+people trained so far
£0to join a funded session

Guides worth your time

Generous with what we know is one of our principles, not a marketing tactic. So there is always a practical guide you can take away and use today, no email wall, no strings.

Written as web pages you can actually read and share, like the social media guide we made with OSCR.

Social media that actually works for charities

A plain, practical guide to posting with purpose, staying consistent, and knowing what is worth your time.

Latest thinking

Guides and honest opinion from people who do this work every day.

All resources
Insight

AI will not fix unclear processes or poor data. Start there first.

Guide

What a digital-skilled trustee actually does for your board.

Insight

Accessible websites are not a nice-to-have. They are the job.

Let's work out what would actually help.

Tell us what you are trying to do. We will be honest about whether we are the right people, and what we would do first.