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We’re excited to invite you to CiviCamp Birmingham (CiviBRM), a one-day, community-driven event for everyone using CiviCRM.

Thanks to the hard work of CiviCRM’s incredible community of contributors, CiviCRM version 6.13.0 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:

For the past 20 years, CiviCRM has been about human connection: engaging with your constituents in meaningful ways. Every contact in your database represents a real person with a genuine connection to your organization.

Doesn't that sound quaint and old fashioned?

There has been a security release for CiviCRM. Upgrades are available for:

From 5-9 October 2026, the CiviCRM community will gather in Paris for CiviConf & CiviSprint 2026, a five‑day event combining conference, trainings and sprint, and you’re invited.

May 25-31, 2026 - downtown Toronto

We’re excited to announce that we'll be gathering in Toronto, Canada for seven days of training, sessions and a sprint focussed on improving the user experience of CiviCRM.

Join us for two days of Admin and Developer training, a conference/camp day with sessions for all skill levels, and four days of sprint where you will work together with peers and core team members.

In this Meetup, Mads Mitchell of Pooka & Co will discuss how you can set up CiviCRM to handle day-to-day UK GDPR requirements - from recording consent to double opt-ins... and why using CiviCRM's GDPR extension might not be the best approach.

For new users, we'll give a short introduction to CiviMail - showing you what is possible "out of the box" in CiviCRM for bulk mailings, transactional email and Scheduled Reminders.

Thanks to the hard work of CiviCRM’s incredible community of contributors, CiviCRM version 6.12.0 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:

Every year, Fundraising Magazine—the UK’s only printed magazine for professional charity fundraisers—conducts a major survey to rank the best charity CRMs.

An increasing number of our customer organisations need an option to involve their constituents when providing services to them or asking constitutents to contribute or support them. For that purpose, we have been building portals and over the recent year have also included the file storage options that Nextcloud provides. One of our clients also considers adding Moodle to the set of applications to involve their supporters.

CiviCRM is growing and improving rapidly, ensuring that organizations around the world have access, more than ever, to an amazing open source CRM and that they have full control over their systems and data.

In fact, on February 1st, 2026, the number of known installations of CiviCRM hit 14,349, the highest in the history of the project!

Thanks to the hard work of CiviCRM’s incredible community of contributors, CiviCRM version 6.11.0 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:

This year’s CiviCRM Conference in Lunteren, the Netherlands, was set against a truly beautiful backdrop — a charming hotel surrounded by forest and peaceful countryside. It felt like the perfect place for a community-driven event: calm, natural, and full of quiet inspiration.

Thanks to the hard work of CiviCRM’s incredible community of contributors, CiviCRM version 6.8.0 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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Thanks to the hard work of CiviCRM’s incredible community of contributors, CiviCRM version 6.7.0 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:

I want to talk about sustainability. Not because it’s an easy or fun thing to talk about. I mean, we’re talking money, which can be pretty off-putting to some. But, it is an important topic.

We often underestimate the power of community in any open-source project.

A strong, engaged community is essential for the growth and evolution of software. Here's another excellent example of why we should all be proud of the CiviCRM ecosystem.

The CiviMobile team has officially announced the new release of CiviCRM Standalone,  available in the app without any CMS attachments. Since June 16, 2025, customers can leverage the full functionality of CiviMobile that doesn’t rely on Joomla, WordPress, or Drupal CMSs. 

CiviCRM is a great fit for mission-driven organizations because it delivers what proprietary platforms typically can’t: true ownership of your data and the ability to meet unique business requirements. But, as we know from experience, the more complex the system, the more complex the upgrade process can be. “Complex” isn’t bad, but it should be planned for when looking ahead at projected costs for maintaining system security and functionality.