❓ When AI gets it wrong, how do we respond? As part of our work with IVAR, we're keen to hear funders' & charities' experiences of the ways in which AI has failed in the context of grantmaking - and the ways they've responded. Please complete the anonymous, one-question form here 👉 buff.ly/B1HIdNa

When AI gets it wrong, how do we respond?

From the beginning AI has shown us that it is far from perfect - but that shouldn't stop us from experimenting and trialling new ways of doing things. But in order to learn from those failures we need...

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👀 Worthwhile Chat: opportunity to apply for free access! Deloitte is supporting 150 free places on Worthwhile Chat, the generative AI tool built by CAST & The Developer Society. Open to those new to AI, who work for UK registered charities with an income of under £1m. Apply 👉 buff.ly/MEStUBB

Worthwhile Chat x Deloitte UK | Worthwhile AI

Free access to Worthwhile Chat and peer support. Deloitte UK is sponsoring free access to Worthwhile Chat for 150 small and medium-sized charities.

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Join our Digital Leaders AI Week talk! Our Head of Technical AI, Harri Rowlands, will look at AI safety, AI security & data security - explaining why each of these three aspects must each be considered in their own right, rather than being grouped together as one. 12 Oct, 4.30pm 👉 buff.ly/UR81ITN

AI Week 2026

A Talk by Harri Rowlands

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💬 Add your voice: the State of AI & Black Communities survey. Black AI Futures is gathering the global Black community's experience of AI, from healthcare and hiring to online life, into evidence that is carried into policy conversations. Take the anonymous 15-minute survey here 👉 buff.ly/RJCsRzA

Black AI Futures - Empowering Black & Global Majority Communities Through AI

Black AI Futures is a strategic initiative dedicated to ensuring AI technologies empower Black & Global Majority communities. Join us in shaping an inclusive AI future.

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🆕 Self-serve course: Getting started with AI for leaders. Our latest free self-serve AI course is designed to help charity leaders get to grips with AI. The course consists of four weekly emails, each with a 30-40 minute activity. Sign up to get started 👉 buff.ly/IGfpE5T

📅 New workshop: Managing AI mistakes Alongside IVAR, we're holding a free workshop on 22 Oct, exploring the ways in which funders respond to errors made by AI. We’re inviting funders who are a little more advanced in their AI explorations to join us as we dive into the details. 👉 buff.ly/0haYQse

AI makes mistakes: A workshop exploring how funders manage AI errors

An IVAR event

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👀 In today's newsletter: 🆕 Free self-serve AI course for leaders 🧪 New funder workshop: Managing AI errors 💡 Call for participants: AI for nonprofits 🚀 CAST's new impact report 👋 UK funders: join us next week to hear from Zoe Amar 📅 5x free events Read 👉 buff.ly/VPIXUEc Sign up 👉 buff.ly/3xqPV99

🆕 4x free digital / AI workshops! Four new workshops; multiple dates available (Sept - April). Open to all across the sector; book your place: ✨ Intro to AI: buff.ly/x554yJ6 💡 Digital Strategy: buff.ly/UUnFnJo 💬 User-Centred Design: buff.ly/lb64j3i ⚙️ Working With Digital Agencies: buff.ly/Dp0xgci

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👋 The Digital Leads Network is open for membership! This growing community of more than 550 nonprofit digital leads is dedicated to peer learning and sharing across the sector. Members gain access to meetups and an AI peer group. Membership is free; fill out the form at our site 👉 buff.ly/4agzkCk

Digital Leads Network - CAST

A growing community of not-for-profit digital leads committed to making the most of digital technology for positive social impact.

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👋 AI for Grantmakers: special guest! @zoeamar.bsky.social will be joining next week's AI for Grantmakers meeting, to share the results of the 2026 Charity Digital Skills Report - with a particular focus on what the insights mean for funders. Find out more & register to join here 👉 buff.ly/UvcF5XQ

AI for Grantmakers peer group meeting - CAST

An open invitation for funders of all sizes to come together as peers, exploring the opportunities and challenges of AI.

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⚙️ Working With Digital Agencies: A new workshop, open to all 📌 Key topics: - Partner selection - Working with agencies - Practical tools - Commissioning & collaboration skills 📅 Dates (10am-midday): - 21st October - 16th December - 24th February - 21st April Book your free place 👉 buff.ly/Dp0xgci

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💬 User-Centred Design Approaches: a free workshop 📌 Key topics: - User‑centred design - Co‑design with communities - Service design basics - Practical tools 📅 Dates (10am-midday): - Weds 7th October - Weds 2nd December - Weds 10th February - Weds 7th April Book your free place 👉 buff.ly/lb64j3i

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🆕 16 free guides to help you use AI in your charity's work. We've created 16 new guides designed to help you use #AI to complete some of the sector's most common tasks. Take a look in the comments to see the full list of guides - and access them all for free here 👉 buff.ly/5gC49Df

Use Cases | Worthwhile Chat

Ready-made prompts and guidance for the nonprofit sector, supporting you and your teams with common day-to-day tasks.

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💡 Digital Strategy: A new free workshop, open to all! 📌 Key topics: - Digital strategy - Mission alignment - Digital maturity - Practical planning - Peer learning 📅 Dates (all 10am-midday): - Weds 23rd Sept - Weds 18th Nov - Weds 27th Jan - Weds 24th March Book your free place 👉 buff.ly/UUnFnJo

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✨ Introduction to AI: A new workshop, open to all 📌 Key topics: - Introduction to AI concepts - Sector trends and usage - Tools and approaches for safe explorations into AI 📅 Dates (all 10am-12pm): - 9th September - 4th November - 13th January - 10th March Book your free place 👉 buff.ly/x554yJ6

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🆕 4x free digital / AI workshops! Four new workshops; multiple dates available (Sept - April). Open to all across the sector; book your place: ✨ Intro to AI: buff.ly/x554yJ6 💡 Digital Strategy: buff.ly/UUnFnJo 💬 User-Centred Design: buff.ly/lb64j3i ⚙️ Working With Digital Agencies: buff.ly/Dp0xgci

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📌 Explore our AI hub Our AI hub features links to CAST's AI courses, experiments library, peer groups - & more. It also contains trusted resources from others, including templates, playbooks, toolkits & frameworks. All support is free of charge. Explore the AI hub 👉 buff.ly/K1J7GIK #AI #support

☕ Coffee might go cold in minutes - but connections can stay warm for years! We've heard from people who are still in touch with their #CoffeeConnections matches years on! Next matches take place on 10th Sept; join today to be matched with a charity peer for a chat about digital 👉 buff.ly/2FhZETB

Coffee Connections - CAST

A free initiative for anyone working in the charity sector who is interested in connecting with a peer to chat about all things digital

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📈 We're gathering feedback from participants who have completed our self-serve #AI course - and we're delighted that, when asked how likely they were to continue applying what they'd learned, respondents returned an average result of 9 out of 10! Try the #free course for yourself 👉 buff.ly/4gfaOEF

🔍 Learn user research: a free seven-week, self-serve course. Dive in and discover: • Types of user research • Key recruiting principles • How to write research questions • How to synthesise interview notes Receive a weekly email for seven weeks, packed with advice and resources 👉 buff.ly/3Xj05BK

Learn user research - CAST

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🆕 16 free guides to help you use AI in your charity's work. We've created 16 new guides designed to help you use #AI to complete some of the sector's most common tasks. With topics spanning comms, fundraising, admin, reporting and service delivery, there's something for everyone 👉 buff.ly/5gC49Df

👋 AI for Grantmakers: special guest! @zoeamar.bsky.social will be joining next month's AI for Grantmakers meeting, to share the results of the 2026 Charity Digital Skills Report - with a particular focus on what the insights mean for funders. Find out more & register to join here 👉 buff.ly/UvcF5XQ

AI for Grantmakers peer group meeting - CAST

An open invitation for funders of all sizes to come together as peers, exploring the opportunities and challenges of AI.

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📅 Free 'Ask Me Anything Digital' webinar! Join us next Weds, alongside Lloyds Bank Foundation & the Tech for Good Alliance, as we showcase how charities are using digital tools - and share ways that we can help you to get existing tools to work for you too. Weds 19th August, 2pm 👉 buff.ly/wQw0igA

Get your free ticket – Ask Me Anything Digital with the Lloyds Bank Foundation/Tech for Good Alliance/CAST – Zoom

Ask Me Anything Digital with the Lloyds Bank Foundation/Tech for Good Alliance/CAST – Zoom, Multiple dates and times - Looking to scale faster or release your team from the admin burden? Technology c...

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👀 Free Worthwhile Chat places! We're opening up 20 extra places on Worthwhile Chat, the generative AI tool built by & for nonprofits. If you work for a UK charity / nonprofit with an income under £1m and are just getting started with AI, register your interest by Monday 10 August 👉 buff.ly/MEStUBB

Worthwhile Chat x Deloitte UK | Worthwhile AI

Free access to Worthwhile Chat and peer support. Deloitte UK is sponsoring free access to Worthwhile Chat for 150 small and medium-sized charities.

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👀 Guest blog: Ross McCulloch We welcomed Ross to our Medium, to share insights into @thirdsectorlab.co.uk's Digital Trustees initiative. Ross details what the team has learned about creating successful matches, explains how the initiative has evolved, & looks ahead to what's next 👉 buff.ly/cnjCtl1

Digital Trustees: building boards fit for now and the future

We are delighted to welcome Ross McCulloch, founder and director of Tech for Good digital agency Third Sector Lab, to the CAST Medium for a…

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🔁 Reuse: free support for charities With support from @lbfew.bsky.social, we are working alongside the Tech for Good Alliance to help charities address shared digital challenges via tool reuse. If you'd like to learn more, contact jackie@wearecast.org.uk, or book a webinar place 👉 buff.ly/jKXpPYa

Get your free ticket – Ask Me Anything Digital with the Lloyds Bank Foundation/Tech for Good Alliance/CAST – Zoom

Ask Me Anything Digital with the Lloyds Bank Foundation/Tech for Good Alliance/CAST – Zoom, Multiple dates and times - Looking to scale faster or release your team from the admin burden? Technology c...

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🆕 16 free guides to help you use AI in your charity's work. We've created 16 new guides designed to help you use AI to complete some of the sector's most common tasks. With topics spanning comms, fundraising, admin, reporting and service delivery, there's something for everyone 👉 buff.ly/5gC49Df

Use Cases | Worthwhile Chat

Ready-made prompts and guidance for the nonprofit sector, supporting you and your teams with common day-to-day tasks.

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⚙️ Working With Digital Agencies: A new workshop, open to all 📌 Key topics: - Partner selection - Working with agencies - Practical tools - Commissioning & collaboration skills 📅 Dates (10am-midday): - 21st October - 16th December - 24th February - 21st April Book your free place 👉 buff.ly/Dp0xgci

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💬 User-Centred Design Approaches: a free workshop 📌 Key topics: - User‑centred design - Co‑design with communities - Service design basics - Practical tools 📅 Dates (10am-midday): - Weds 7th October - Weds 2nd December - Weds 10th February - Weds 7th April Book your free place 👉 buff.ly/lb64j3i

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👀 In today's newsletter: 🆕 New free digital & AI workshops ✨ 16 free prompting guides 🔁 Reuse: free support for charities 📌 Guest blog: Digital Trustees ☕ New Coffee Connections matches 📅 Sector events 👋 AI for Grantmakers: Sept meeting And more! Read 👉 buff.ly/haBwq34 Sign up 👉 buff.ly/3xqPV99