Welcome to Access Donorfest
Where technology meets mission
Whether you're managing donors, coordinating volunteers, developing websites or optimising your CRM, Access Donorfest is your must-attend event for 2026.
Building on the Donorfy Together legacy, now it’s even better - bringing together knowledge and insights from across the complete Access Not-for-Profit suite, all in one place.
Why attend?
Access Donorfest isn't just about software – it's about empowering NFP changemakers and driving positive change together.
and knowledge you can put to good use
Access Donorfest delivers practical sessions and speakers.
Join peers from across the sector as we explore how integrated technology solutions can transform your charity's potential.
with like-minded changemakers
Meet other passionate professionals from the not-for-profit sector.
Share ideas, build partnerships and grow your network in a supportive, mission-driven environment.
by the latest in tech for good
Discover how the Access Not-for-Profit suite is evolving to support your mission.
Hear from experts and peers who are maximising Donorfy, and other technology, to drive real-world impact.
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St Martin-in-the-Fields & Donorfy: The Donorfy Data Journey
Dale Harrison - CRM Manager, St Martin-in-the-Fields Charity
Graham Dunn - Customer Success Team Lead, Access DonorfyData Management with Access Donorfy Campaign Success Charity Presentation
Donorfy is here to simplify your data management. From reviewing income streams across different channels, to analysing supporter engagement, to capturing key information from your donors. Having a CRM that can relieve your workload and support your impact is hugely beneficial, but sometimes the hardest part is knowing where to start.
Join Dale and Graham as they break down the Donorfy Data Journey, using St Martin-in-the-Fields BBC Radio 4 Christmas Appeal (which turns 100 in 2026!) as an example of how to manage your data in Donorfy. See how combining features like Tags, Forms and Dashboards enables automation. And understand the wider context of where Donorfy sits as part of a successful campaign, from start to finish.
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Young Enterprise: Making the Most of Every Volunteer
Katherine Gale - Head of Volunteering, Young Enterprise
Volunteer Management & Engagement Access Assemble Charity Presentation
Katherine Gale, currently Head of Volunteering at Young Enterprise, has spent more than a decade in the charity sector in roles spanning youth work, service delivery, change management and volunteer engagement.
Great volunteering experiences deliver brilliant outcomes for your organisation and your beneficiaries. These volunteering experiences also don’t just happen by accident, but by design.If you currently involve volunteers in your work, or are thinking about involving volunteers, join this interactive session for some top tips on how to create the right roles, bring on board the right people, and keep them engaged and enthused for your cause.

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Sport In Mind: Small Steps to Smashing Supporter Experience
Aysha Naziri - Supporter Care & Fundraising Manager at Sport in Mind
Ying Wong - Growth and Partnerships Analyst at Sport in Mind
Supporter Stewardship & Fundraising Marginal Gains with Access Donorfy Charity Presentation
Sport in Mind is the leading mental health sports charity in England and Wales. Mental health challenges affect one in four people in the UK, and since 2010, Sport in Mind has transformed the lives of over 31,000 of those people. Their mission is to transform the nation’s mental health through sport.
Central to any mission or campaign are your supporters. Hear from Aysha and Ying about how they ensure every Sport In Mind supporter feels valued, diving into topics like:- Using the power of marginal gains to create personalised supporter stewardship.
- Maximising features in Donorfy to track supporter engagement.
- Combining creativity, relationship-building, strategic fundraising, and data-driven stewardship to drive impact.

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Andi Best: Finding the Automation Potential of Your Website
Andi Best - Donorfy Partner
Website Design & Automation User Experience Donorfy Partner Presentation
Andi is a longstanding Donorfy Partner, often working with Donorfy clients to enhance their website for users and find creative and beautiful ways to move data from their website and integrated systems into Donorfy.
For 10 years Andi has been working with charities to get their websites looking better and working harder, making life for admins and supporters alike much easier. But are you ready for the biggest productivity question yet? Join Andi as he talks automation, integration, user experience and freeing up resources, all rolled into one.
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Mast CRM Consultants: Taking Data Management to the Next Level
Jackie Colby - Donorfy Team Leader, MAST CRM Consultants
Data Management with Access Donorfy Microsoft Excel & Power BI Donorfy Partner Presentation
Jackie will show you how using some Excel tricks and the Donorfy Data Feed can transform your data life – from creating refreshable reports in Excel or Power BI, to quickly transforming your fundraising platform files into Donorfy uploads. Plus some data hints and tips you’ll want to put into action as soon as you get back to the office.
Jackie is Donorfy Team Leader at Mast, who specialise in data migrations, integrations and Power BI reporting for Donorfy clients. Having started in IT and then switched career to roles in charity fundraising teams, Jackie now helps users get the most out of Donorfy and is particularly passionate about helping users to streamline everyday data tasks in order to do more of what matters.

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More Sessions Announced Very Soon!Stay tuned...
Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards
Keynote
Michael Edwards, better known as Eddie 'the Eagle' Edwards, was the first competitor to represent GB in Olympic Ski jumping. Despite not winning in his sport, Eddie's heroic failures won the hearts and minds of the public.
See more amazing speakers below!
Keynote Speaker
Former Olympic Ski Jumper
Eddie will talk about taking risks, leaving your comfort zone, persevering through failure and much more!
Head of Volunteering at Young Enterprise
Katherine is passionate about the transformative power of volunteering for young people, organisations and for volunteers themselves.
Head of Public Fundraising & Comms at Caring In Bristol
With 20+ years in the charity sector, Helen never loses sight of the bigger purpose behind every campaign.
Donorfy Partner - integration and design services
Back once again, Andi will share his new tricks and help you find the automation potential of your website.
Supporter Care & Fundraising Manager at Sport in Mind
Aysha works closely with fundraisers, partners, and stakeholders to ensure every supporters feels valued.
Growth and Partnerships Analyst at Sport in Mind
Ying will share her insights on how Donorfy has helped her team work smarter, connect better, and grow impactfully.
CRM Manager at St Martin-in-the-Fields Charity
Dale uses Donorfy to streamline processes, automate workflows and make data-driven decisions.
Head of UK & Europe
Dataro
John helps charities grow their fundraising programmes through more efficient, effective tech-based solutions.
Donorfy Team Leader
Mast CRM Consultants
Jackie is passionate about streamlining everyday data tasks and helps charities get the most out of Donorfy.
Account Executive
Donorfy
With fundraising experience at British Heart Foundation and The Yard, Gizem knows what makes a great CRM.
Customer Success Team Leader at Donorfy
Graham empowers our community; he assists with technical challenges and helps users maximise Donorfy.
Head of Growth at EBM & Chat2Impact
Jack works closely with both new and existing charity clients to help them get the most out of AI technology.
Head of Product - Charity
The Access Group
Shaf's vast charity experience includes Action for Blind People, Mind, and international NGOs such as Unicef.
Lots more to follow!
The Impact Awards
BACK FOR 2026
The Donorfy Awards are back, celebrating the incredible work you do - and the amazing impact you achieve using Donorfy and the Access Not-for-Profit Suite.
Entries will open later this year, so stay tuned for your chance to shine and share your success story with the community!
North West Air AmbulanceSlick coordination and brilliant event space. Plenty of opportunity to speak to charities throughout as well. Superb event - it gets better every year!
Booth CentreReally valuable to connect with other fundraisers and to receive direct support from the Donorfy team. Enjoyed the keynote very much. Thank you all so much!
Breakthrough T1DReally good variety of subjects, the sessions I attended were well delivered. I learned some very useful things, and found out about things I didn't realise I needed for my role.
Thanks to our partners
Dotdigital help charities build beautiful supporter journeys with powerful email marketing automation.
The Donorfy Enthuse integration enables you to collect donation, fundraising and event reg data from Enthuse into Donorfy.
As founding Partners of Donorfy, Mast have implemented lots of Donorfy databases and exciting add-ons for our clients.
Andi Best provides exceptional web integration and digital marketing services for Donorfy clients.
Dataro integrate with Donorfy to help you target your campaigns and supercharge your donor insights.
The Donorfy Academy team will be providing a drop-in area to help you do more of what matters with Donorfy.
Please note speakers are subject to change.
London calling?
Join us on 4 March 2026 at etc.venues Prospero House, London
Get your limited Early Bird pass!

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