Inaugural event: 30 April 2026

The Digital
Social Club

Where digital expertise connects

Volume 01 is a wrap. Thank you, North Wales.

A full room at Hill St Social, mini pitches, a proper talk, and the conversations we set out to make happen. Volume 02 is in planning. Drop your email and we will let you know the date, the venue and the speaker as soon as it is locked in.

Volume 01 · A Success

Thursday 30th April.
Hill St Social, Wrexham.
A full house.

Wrapped Volume 02 in planning
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The Venue
Hill St Social
Hill Street, Wrexham LL11 1SN
Hill St Social interior - sports mural and seating area with TV screens
Hill St Social interior - double height view from balcony Hill St Social - mezzanine seating with exposed brick and fairy lights Hill St Social - bar area with exposed brick and pendant lights
"Brilliant bar, super friendly staff and great atmosphere"
Sister venue to the Fat Boar · 250m from Wrexham Central

Volume 01 was held at Hill St Social on Hill Street in the centre of Wrexham. A craft beer and sports bar with character, it features exposed brick, reclaimed wood, a double-height interior with mezzanine seating, and an impressive mural wall celebrating Wrexham's sporting heritage.

A sizeable craft beer, ale and gin selection, plenty of space across two floors, and an atmosphere that strikes the right balance between energetic and relaxed. Exactly the kind of venue Digital Social Club was made for.

For the Record

Volume 01 · Wrapped

The Inaugural Gathering
Thursday 30th April
Date
Thu 30th April 2026
Time
6:00pm to 10:30pm
Venue
Hill St Social
Address
Hill Street, Wrexham
Thank you to everyone who turned up

A full house at Hill St Social, sharp mini pitches, a proper talk and the conversations we hoped for. Volume 02 is in planning. From the second event, a small ticket price (TBC): half to a local charity, half to cover event costs.
Wrapped Volume 02 details to follow
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The Evening
6:00
Doors Open

Doors open. Grab a drink. Find your people.

7:00
Welcome & Intros

Quick intro. Why we are here. What happens next.

7:15
Mini Pitches

Five people, one minute each. Who you are, what you do.

7:30
The Talk

One speaker, twenty-five minutes, on something worth your attention.

8:00
Open Conversation

The real reason you came. Conversations, connections, bar.

10:30
Close

Last orders and goodnight.

About the Club

North Wales needed a room where digital people could meet properly. So we made one.

Digital Social Club exists because the people shaping digital across North Wales and the borders, many of them leading digital for national and international brands, running established agencies, or building products used by thousands, deserve a regular, low-pressure way to connect. Creative directors, brand strategists, UX leads, data scientists, SEO consultants, developers, digital marketers, analysts, email marketers, videographers, e-commerce managers, social media strategists, copywriters: they are all here, working on serious things, often without knowing each other.

This is not a room full of your competition. It is a room full of people who understand the work and will challenge the way you think about it.

When SEO specialists and creative directors end up at the same table, there are no clients in the room to compete over. It is practitioners exchanging ideas, comparing notes, and sharpening each other's thinking. Along the way, the brand strategist discovers the data scientist down the road. The developer meets the UX lead they have been looking for. Those connections happen naturally when the right people are in the same room.

Each event opens with five quick mini pitches so you get to know some of the people in the room, then a single twenty-five-minute talk. Not a TED talk, not a sales pitch, not a forty-slide slog. Something you will actually think about afterwards. Then open conversation until closing time.

The talent across North Wales and the borders is not lacking. What has been missing is a platform. Somewhere to share the work, hear what others are building, and hold each other to a higher standard. Digital Social Club is that platform.

People socialising in a craft beer bar with mural wall and warm lighting
The format is simple. Arrive, connect, leave inspired.
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Eight reasons to attend

Why it is worth your evening

1

Practitioners, not pundits

Five quick mini pitches to put names to faces, then one twenty-five-minute talk from someone leading the work, not selling it. No panel fatigue. No filler.

2

Conversation, not card-swapping

This is a bar on a good night, not a conference breakout room. Nobody will ask for your elevator pitch. Just honest talk between people who do similar work.

3

Make local talent visible

The skills are here. The problem is nobody can see them, including each other. Digital Social Club puts the area's best practitioners in one room. When local expertise becomes visible, it gets harder to overlook.

4

Stay ahead of what is coming

AI, automation, platform shifts, changing data landscapes. Most people are navigating these alone. Regular contact with sharp peers means better decisions, faster.

5

Everyone is welcome

Twenty years of experience or twenty minutes of curiosity. Agency, freelance, in-house, or still figuring it out. No gatekeeping, no hierarchy. If your work touches digital, you belong here.

6

A rising tide lifts all boats

When experienced practitioners share knowledge and steer each other well, the bar rises for everyone. Better work, better opportunities, and a growing digital ecosystem that the next generation can enter with confidence rather than leave to find elsewhere.

7

A venue, not a conference room

Craft beer, exposed brick, a mezzanine, and a mural wall. A bar you would choose on a night out, not a hotel function suite with strip lighting.

8

Half to charity, half to costs

Volume 01 was free. From Volume 02 onwards, half of every ticket goes to a local charity and the other half covers event costs. Ticket price still to be confirmed. Five causes, one per event, on rotation. Your bar tab is your own.

Where the money goes

Five local charities. One per event. Half of every ticket.

From Volume 02, half of every ticket goes directly to one of five local charities on rotation. The other half covers event costs. Ticket price still to be confirmed. Here they are.

Hope House Children’s Hospices
Children & Young People

Palliative care for babies, children and young people with life-threatening conditions. Serving over 750 families across North Wales and the borders, including 75 in the Wrexham area.

hopehouse.org.uk →
Advance Brighter Futures
Mental Health & Wellbeing

Wrexham-based since 1992. Suicide prevention training, peer support, one-to-one coaching and Mental Health First Aid. A safe space so nobody facing mental health challenges ever feels alone.

advancebrighterfutures.co.uk →
Pwrpas
Men’s Mental Health

Founded in Wrexham to protect the physical and mental health of men. Pwrpas (Welsh for “purpose”) provides Mental Health First Aiders, awareness campaigns and signposting to support.

pwrpas.org.uk →
DASU
Domestic Abuse Safety Unit

Over 30 years supporting people experiencing domestic abuse across North Wales. 50 refuge spaces, crisis intervention, advocacy and specialist children and young people support.

dasunorthwales.co.uk →
Wrexham Foodbank
Community Food Support

Eight centres across Wrexham providing emergency food and tackling the root causes of financial crisis. 73% of food donated by the local community. Running since 2012.

wrexham.foodbank.org.uk →

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