The Good Comms Club™

Good comms, without the burnout - support for charity comms teams.

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Abi Aldridge Monday 9:02

Morning all – here’s your five for the week 👋

  • 1A plain-English explainer on where the money goes
  • 2Trustees’ Week is three weeks out – worth a team spotlight?
  • 3Check your donate page copy still matches the appeal
  • 4Pinned post is from March. Swap it.
  • 5Carousel “myth vs fact” format is doing well in the sector
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IN SHORT

What The Good Comms Club™ is…

The Good Comms Club™ is a membership community for charity communications teams, run by charity comms consultant Abi Aldridge.

Every Monday, members get five prompts in Slack drawn from across content, press, policy, brand and digital. Membership also includes a private moderated Slack community, quarterly live webinars, a growing library of resources, discounted one-to-one Power Hours, and a weekly Ask Me Anything thread.

Membership costs £90 for three months or £270 for a year, and is open to charities, CICs and mission-led organisations. It's designed for people who do their organisation's comms without a full team behind them - no marketing degree required.

At a glance

Cost
£99 for three months, or £333 for a year.
Who it’s open to
Charities, CICs and mission-led organisations.
Where it happens
A private, moderated Slack community.
When it lands
Five prompts, every Monday.

THE WEEKLY FIVE

Five things to think about, not fifty

You don't need more ideas. You need someone who's worked across the full comms spectrum to hand you a plan - and a room full of people who get it.

  • Content ideas

    Impact posts, plain-English explainers, ways to support, case studies, team spotlights.

  • Seasonal & sector moments

    A heads-up on what's coming, and whether it's worth building something around.

  • Brand & digital checks

    Website copy, tone-of-voice consistency, an email or newsletter nudge.

  • Housekeeping

    Bio links, pinned posts, donate page, hashtags, About sections.

  • Trends

    Formats and themes worth trying, when they suit your charity's tone.

It’s a menu, not a to-do list.

Some weeks that’s a spread across all five. Other weeks it’s five content ideas and nothing else. I’ll also share good things as I spot them - a great post from another charity, a useful sector resource, or a tool worth knowing about…

HOW IT WORKS

Three steps and you’re in

  • Join

    Sign up and you’re in the members’ area within minutes, with a welcome page walking you through everything.

  • Get your five

    Every Monday, five prompts land in Slack, covering the full comms spectrum - not just social content.

  • Show up

    Ask questions, share wins, borrow ideas. I’m in there too, along with quarterly webinars and discounted Power Hours when you need more than a Slack thread.

BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF

Is this your kind of thing?

This is for you if…

  • You’re the only person doing comms (or close to it) at your charity, CIC or good-cause organisation
  • You open the scheduling tool and just… stare
  • Generic marketing advice doesn’t translate to your world – donate buttons, safeguarding lines, trustees who don’t like emojis
  • You’ve watched other charities’ comms and wondered what they know that you don’t
  • You want structure without rigidity – a plan, not a script
  • You’d rather ask a room of peers than Google (or ChatGPT!) “is this the right call”

It’s probably not for you if…

  • You want a done-for-you comms agency – this is peer support and prompts, not outsourcing
  • You’re looking for generic, industry-agnostic marketing advice

THE FULL SPECTRUM

Topics we cover

Because charity comms isn’t just your Instagram page…

  • Social content
  • Press & media
  • Policy & positioning
  • Brand & tone of voice
  • Email & newsletters
  • Website & digital
  • Analytics & reporting
  • Fundraising
  • Trend-jacking (when appropriate)

What you get as a member

WHAT’S IN THE BOX

  • Five things every Monday

    Prompts in Slack covering the full comms spectrum, not just social.

  • A private Slack community

    Moderated, and full of charity comms people in the same boat as you.

  • Sector finds and inspiration

    Good posts, useful resources and tools worth knowing about, shared as I spot them.

  • Quarterly live webinars

    Including a December Look Ahead, mapping the year ahead so you’re never caught out.

  • Discounted Power Hours

    An hour of one-to-one time with me, at member rates, when you need more than a Slack thread.

  • A growing resource library

    Some from me, some from trusted people across the sector - brand experts, fundraising specialists and more.

Weekly Ask Me Anything

A thread for the questions that don’t need a full Power Hour.

Taking you from “what do I even post” to always having something to say

THAT’S THE WHOLE POINT.