Find out more about how CiviCRM is being used in Canada and elsewhere.
In late July 2026, Beacon CRM — a cloud fundraising platform used by more than 1,500 UK charities — discovered that someone had used compromised credentials to access copies of its customer database backups.
In June 2026, users from around the UK met for CiviBRM, a user focussed event in Birmingham.
The programme was deliberately expansive, reflecting the many different ways people use CiviCRM. We heard from organisations running advice services, campaigning and fundraising, managing events, supporting volunteers and building community savings clubs.
There has been a security release for CiviCRM. Upgrades are available for:
At our next CiviCRM Scotland Meetup, Aidan Saunders, Director at Squiffle Consulting, will introduce the essentials of managing duplicate Contacts in CiviCRM. Learn how to use Dedupe Rules and Contact Merging to identify, review and clean up duplicate records, helping you maintain a more accurate and reliable CiviCRM Contact database.
Almost every question I get asked about Cases and Grants turns out to be a question about time. Which of these have been open longest? What's overlapping? What's due next, and how much of it lands in the same month?
Recently I had the chance to attend CiviCamp Toronto, and I was reminded of the power of getting our community together in person. This inspired me to pitch in and try to reboot the CiviDay NYC events that we used to organize here in New York.
I will need your help!
Semper IT and Blackfly Solutions are scaling back involvement in the CiviCRM iATS Payments Extension
If you've opened up CiviCRM and think, “Where do I go to find that?” you are not alone.
In recent user feedback, people told us:
The interface is dated compared to other CRM products.
CiviCRM Extended Security Release (ESR) has slowly grown in popularity as a very stable version of CiviCRM that isn’t too far removed from many of the great features that have shown up in the latest stable version, namely SearchKit, FormBuilder, and the River framework.
For organizations that want to avoid the monthly upgrade process, CiviCRM ESR is a good potential option.
CiviCRM multisite allows separate sites to access the same CiviCRM database with segmented data access, with each site having its own website. Great for chapter, regional, or multi-brand organizations that need some shared infrastructure while still separating parts of their configuration or access.
There are lots of success stories about CiviCRM, nearly all of which are provided by CiviCRM partners. That makes sense as they are the experts at implementing, customizing and managing CiviCRM for organizations all over the world.
Developer documentation and translation spint in The Netherlands
Last week we had a small sprint in The Netherlands funded by CiviCooP focusing on the developer documentation and Dutch translation.
Thanks to the hard work of CiviCRM’s incredible community of contributors, CiviCRM version 6.16.0 is now ready to download. This is a regular monthly release that includes new features and bug fixes. Details are available in the monthly release notes.
Your are encouraged to upgrade now for the most stable, secure CiviCRM experience:
Owning your data is one of the core promises of open source. You choose your software, you control your infrastructure, and you decide who has access to your information. AI should work the same way.
There has been a security release for CiviCRM. Upgrades are available for:
In a previous post, we introduced the CiviCRM community node for n8n, allowing organizations to connect CiviCRM with workflow automation platforms, AI services, productivity tools, and external systems.
First off a little disclaimer: CiviAI is far from production ready yet! We're working hard to develop this foundation and looking to share our work via our github in due course.
Thanks to the hard work of CiviCRM’s incredible community of contributors, CiviCRM version 6.15.0 is now ready to download. This is a regular monthly release that includes new features and bug fixes. Details are available in the monthly release notes.
Your are encouraged to upgrade now for the most stable, secure CiviCRM experience:
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It’s been a great pleasure for me to visit Canada and the city of Toronto for the first time for the 2026 Camp and Sprint. This diverse cosmopolitan city has great food, a relaxed vibe and it's been really enjoyable to wander around in the evening: people are out on the streets and in the parks and squares - hanging out and chatting in dozens of languages.
