Free Clarium for Jersey Charities in 2026

Jersey has a thriving voluntary and community sector — from the Jersey Community Foundation grant recipients to the hundreds of registered charities listed with the Jersey Charity Commissioner. Every one of those organisations holds personal data: volunteer records, donor information, beneficiary files, and trustee details.

Under the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018 — Jersey's equivalent of GDPR — charities are controllers and must maintain records of their processing activities. For a small charity run by volunteers, that compliance burden can feel disproportionate.

That's why, from 1 January 2026, Clarium's Growth tier is free for qualifying Jersey-registered charities.

The Offer

We're providing one year of Clarium Growth tier access, completely free, to qualifying Jersey-registered charities and voluntary organisations.

To keep this manageable and ensure every organisation gets proper support, there are a few conditions:

Your organisation must have fewer than 5 paid staff (volunteers don't count towards this limit)
We're accepting a maximum of 20 places in this first cohort
Applications are open until 30 June 2026

This isn't a stripped-down trial. It's the full Growth tier, for a full year, with proper onboarding support.

Who qualifies?

To apply for the free Growth tier, your organisation must be either:

Registered with the Jersey Charity Commissioner under the Charities (Jersey) Law 2014, or
A Jersey-based voluntary sector organisation operating on a not-for-profit basis

We're deliberately keeping the criteria simple. If you're not sure whether you qualify, email us at [email protected] — we'll work it out.

We're a Jersey-founded business and want to support the island's community sector. This isn't a global programme: it is specifically for organisations doing good work in Jersey.

Why this matters for Jersey charities

Jersey's Office of the Information Commissioner (JOIC) enforces the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018. While enforcement action against small charities is rare, the JOIC expects organisations to be able to demonstrate compliance — including maintaining records of processing activities.

Common data processing activities for Jersey charities include:

Volunteer management — names, contact details, DBS/background check records
Donor records — gift aid declarations, contact preferences, giving history
Beneficiary files — often including sensitive data such as health conditions
Trustee and committee records — names, addresses, meeting attendance
Grant reporting — data shared with funders such as the Jersey Community Foundation

Clarium maps all of these into a visual Article 30 register — automatically, from a plain-English description of how your charity works.

What You Get

Every organisation accepted into the programme receives:

Full Growth tier features — see our pricing for the complete list of what's included
AI-powered Article 30 records of processing — describe your activities in plain language and Clarium builds your structured register automatically
Visual data flow maps showing how your organisation handles personal data — far clearer than any spreadsheet
Up to 5 user accounts — perfect for committee members, trustees, or board access so the whole team can see how data flows through your organisation
A dedicated 30-minute onboarding session via video call to help you get started, walk through your specific setup, and answer any questions

We know that for many small organisations, the biggest barrier isn't the software itself — it's knowing where to start. The onboarding session is designed to get you up and running quickly, so you're not left staring at a blank screen wondering what to do first.

How to Apply

The application process is deliberately simple. Email [email protected] with the subject line "Jersey Charity Programme" and include:

Your organisation's name
Your Jersey Charity Commissioner registration number (if applicable — we know not all voluntary organisations are formally registered, and that's fine)
A brief description of what personal data you process and why — a few sentences is plenty. For example: "We're a Jersey sports club with 200 members. We hold names, contact details, emergency contacts, and medical information for junior players."
The number of paid staff and volunteers in your organisation

That's it. No lengthy forms, no procurement process, no demos you have to sit through first.

We'll review applications on a rolling basis and aim to respond within a week. If we have questions, we'll ask — but we're trying to keep this as straightforward as possible.

A note on why we're doing this

We genuinely believe every organisation — no matter how small — deserves to know they're handling personal data properly. Not because a regulator might come knocking, but because the people whose data you hold — your members, your donors, your volunteers, the families you support — trust you with their information. That trust matters.

This isn't about upselling. There's no catch, no automatic conversion to a paid plan, and no pressure to upgrade at the end of the year. If Clarium helps your organisation, brilliant. If you need to move on after 12 months, that's completely fine too.

If you have any questions about the programme, whether your organisation qualifies, or anything else at all — email us at [email protected]. We're happy to help.

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