Pooka & Co

14/10/2026

Filming day! Nice work Sian!

05/10/2026

Accessible forms and unicorns. 🦄 Two things we didn’t necessarily expect to be talking about in the same blog, but here we are. 😆

Our latest post looks at 7 practical ways to make online forms more accessible, because if someone wants to donate, sign up, join, book or get in touch, your form shouldn’t be the thing that stops them.

Clear labels. Better instructions. Useful error messages. Keyboard accessibility. And yes… a unicorn gets involved.
👉 Read the blog: https://www.pooka.co/accessible-online-forms-charities/

28/09/2026

Has your organisation outgrown its website? 👀

Maybe nobody can find the important stuff. Perhaps updating a page has become a minor ordeal. Or years of plugins, new projects and quick fixes have started to catch up with you.

These are incredibly common problems, particularly for charities with small teams and websites that have evolved over time.

We’ve looked at 7 of the website problems we see most often, with practical advice on what you can do about them.

And sometimes, the first step isn’t a rebuild. It’s simply figuring out what’s actually working, what isn’t, and what you really need.

🔗 Read the full blog: https://www.pooka.co/charity-website-problems/

22/09/2026

Paul below! Marcus here: https://www.pooka.co/a-more-mindful-way-to-stay-connected/

21/09/2026

What happens when you step outside the usual Apple/Google ecosystem?
Marcus has been finding out with a Fairphone 6 running /e/OS.

There’s less tracking, more repairability and more control over when and how his phone gets his attention.

But as Marcus explains, this isn’t really a phone review. It’s about something much bigger: privacy, open source and whether the technology we choose reflects the values that matter to us.

🎥 Here’s a little snippet. You can watch the full video and read Marcus’s blog over on the Pooka website 👉 https://www.pooka.co/a-more-mindful-way-to-stay-connected/

16/09/2026

Our latest CiviCRM Scotland Meetup is now live! 🎥

Watch as Aidan Saunders of Squiffle Consulting gets to grips with those pesky duplicate contacts, demonstrating how CiviCRM's dedupe rules work and how to safely find and merge duplicates.

If keeping your CiviCRM data clean is on your to-do list, this one's for you.

👉 Watch the full session: https://www.pooka.co/duplicate-records-civicrm/

15/09/2026

Organise your website content with WordPress Custom Post Types!

08/09/2026

For Remember A Charity Week, our latest blog post focuses on:

- The importance of Legacies to Charities
- The long term Supporter Journey
- Why CRM should underpin Data-Driven Fundraising

https://www.pooka.co/remember-a-charity-week-building-the-supporter-journey/

Legacy giving is an important source of income for UK charities, but legacy gifts rarely happen in isolation. Discover how supporter journeys, good stewardship and CiviCRM can help charities build the long-term relationships that lead to successful legacy fundraising.

07/09/2026

🐰 A little database housekeeping can make a BIG difference.

Duplicate contacts are one of those things that can quietly creep into a CRM over time. And before you know it, you're wondering which record is right, whether someone has received something twice and just how many versions of the same person are hiding in there. 👀

At our next CiviCRM Scotland Meetup, Aidan Saunders from Squiffle Consulting is taking us through Dedupe Rules and Contact Merging — two of the fundamentals for keeping your CiviCRM data clean, accurate and genuinely useful.

And this one's open to everyone. ❤️

📅 Thursday 10 September
⏰ 3–4pm
📍 Melting Pot, Edinburgh
💻 Or join us online
🎟️ Free

There’ll also be plenty of opportunity to chat with other CiviCRM users and ask questions.

And if you join us in Edinburgh, there will, naturally, be tea and biscuits. We have standards. 🍪

Book your free place: https://civicrm.org/blog/marcusjwilson/civicrm-scotland-meetup-thursday-10-september-2026

01/09/2026

Human In The Loop:

https://www.pooka.co/pookas-approach-to-ai/