December can be the perfect time to unwrap some of the best free software, discounts and online tools to help your organisation shine.
Here’s your Christmas package of cost-saving digital goodies.
Design and graphics tools
Affinity Studio
Edit pictures, design newsletters and more. This rival to Adobe’s Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign software is now available for FREE. The “all-in-one” version combines Designer, Photo, and Publisher programs in a single app.
Canva
Create professional posters and social media graphics through this online tool. There’s a free plan for everyone . . . . Registered charities can also get free access to Canva Pro accounts (with extra features). Check out the Canva Non-profits page for details.
Mountains of Christmas font
One of the many, free fonts you can download and use from Google Fonts.
Photo editing
Pixlr
Edit your photos using this web-based photo editor.
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Convert websites into PDFs, images and more.
ChatGPT images
Upload a photo and ask the AI chatbot to create a holiday photo, or a sketch, or a “plushie”!
ImageFX
Describe an image (and its style) and this AI tool from Google will create something for you to download.
Audio and video tools
VN video editor
Edit clips on your phone or computer into great little movies.
Adobe Podcast
Improve the quality of audio you’ve recorded on your phone. Or turn your audio into an animated audiogram (to share on Insta).
Audacity
Mix-up your latest audio masterpiece with this free editing tool.
DaVinci Resolve
Downloable, professional-grade video editor – apparently used by folks in Hollywood.
Productivity and writing tools
Notebook LM
This amazing Google tool can create podcasts, videos, quizzes, presentations and infographics. All you have to do is supply some source material (from PDFs, web addresses or plain text). Notebook LM will then repurpose the “knowledge” into different formats.
Hemingway
Paste in your draft copy. This online tool will give you a readability score and suggest ways to improve your text.
UK Government Style Guide
Improve your writing, with tips from this free, online guide.
Prompt Cowboy
Write better “prompts” (or instructions) to get improved results from AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude.
Mobile phone offer
Use this exclusive link to get 50% off the first three months on Lebara SIM only plans. Lebara uses the Vodafone network in the UK. Plans start from just £2.50 for 5GB. https://aklam.io/odSR4EYV
Download our free 2026 calendar
PR Store boss Adrian Mahoney regularly shares pictures from his travels on X. Here’s some of his past photos, illustrating a 2026 calendar. Download the calendar.
Note: This is a high-resolution PDF (303MB), so it may take a moment to download.
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