CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology

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UK charity. Providing free courses, resources and networking opportunities to help charities and social impact organisations harness the full power of digital and AI. Also working with funders to create an environment of support. See www.wearecast.org.uk.

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CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology@techforgoodcast· 27d

🆕 Our free AI course has been updated! The self-serve, eight-week intro course now contains updated information on safety, risk & ethics; advice on prompting; examples of real use cases - and step-by-step guides on using tools such as Claude and Gamma to carry out everyday tasks. 👉 buff.ly/4gfaOEF

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CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology@techforgoodcast· Jun 24

CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology@techforgoodcast· Jun 16

👋 Could you be our next CAST trustee? We're seeking at least two new trustees who can help us lead the sector in AI capacity building and policy influence. We’re particularly keen to hear from people that work in smaller charities, and people from underrepresented communities. 👉 buff.ly/ynihYNo

A graphic showing lots of people putting a puzzle together, with the words: Could you be a CAST trustee? We're seeking at least two new trustees to join the CAST Board and help us to lead the sector in AI capacity building and policy influence. We're taking expressions of interest until 19th June 2026, and arranging calls with our Director, Dan Sutch. See www.wearecast.org.uk/jobs for full details of the roles and how to get in touch.

CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology@techforgoodcast· Feb 26

⌛ 2 days left to share your AI needs in our survey! We use the results of our annual AI survey to develop new support resources - and influence the wider sector response. The survey takes ten minutes, and all responses are anonymous. Closes 28 Feb 👉 buff.ly/fsvJaZr #AI #survey #charity #support

A graphic of an hourglass, with the text: TWO DAYS LEFT! Please take 10 minutes to share your AI views, experiences and support needs via our anonymous survey. Closes 28th February

CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology@techforgoodcast· Feb 24

⌛ 5 days left to share your AI needs in our survey! We use the results of our annual AI survey to develop new support resources - and influence the wider sector response. The survey takes ten minutes, and all responses are anonymous. Closes 28 Feb 👉 buff.ly/fsvJaZr #AI #survey #charity #support

AI SURVEY: FIVE DAYS LEFT! Please take 10 minutes to share your AI views, experiences and support needs via our anonymous survey. Closes 28th February

CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology@techforgoodcast· Feb 17

💬 Have your say on AI We use the results of our annual AI survey to develop new support resources - and influence the wider sector response. We're especially keen to hear more from smaller & more grassroots organisations. Please do take ten mins to complete the anonymous survey 👉 buff.ly/fsvJaZr

HAVE YOUR SAY! Help us build the AI support you need - please take ten minutes to complete the anonymous survey. All responses anonymous. Closes in February 2026

CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology@techforgoodcast· Feb 11

🪄 What would be YOUR wish for the next 12 months of AI? Here are the latest responses from our survey. Please take ten mins to share your views via our anonymous survey, so that we can design support that meets the most pressing needs and priorities across the sector 👉 buff.ly/fsvJaZr #AI #support

ALT TEXT: Graphic of a magic wand, with the text: What’s your wish for the next 12 months of AI? and the following text:

“Sector wide trusted support for answering common questions; evidence from peers about adoption, use cases and risks.”
“My organisation to adopt an AI tool that we could freely use without worrying about data privacy.”
“It becomes ethical, affordable and environmentally sound.”
“Streamline admin tasks to give me more time for strategic development.”
“People using AI for good - to support and help others, improve skills and increase access. And less use for mere entertainment purposes.”

CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology@techforgoodcast· Feb 4

🪄 What would be YOUR wish for the next 12 months of AI? Here are just some of the survey responses we've had so far. Please take ten mins to share your views via our anonymous survey, so that we can design support that meets the most pressing needs and priorities across the sector 👉 buff.ly/fsvJaZr

ALT TEXT: Graphic of a magic wand, with the text: What’s your wish for the next 12 months of AI? and the following text:

“I'd love to develop an AI solution to some of our most time consuming processing tasks to free up my team to do more creative work.”
“The bubble pops as painlessly as possible and the hype goes away and lets us evaluate it for what it is.”
“A playbook of advice and easy to use tools deploy AI to better benefit.”
“For charities to be given the same support and resources as big companies.”
“From a sector perspective, I would like to see a national training programme rolled out.”

CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology@techforgoodcast· Jan 26

🌟 New AI tool: early access opportunity! We've been working with Dev Society to develop Worthwhile Chat, a generative AI tool built by charities, for charities. If you'd like free access to test this pioneering tool before it's released to the sector, register your interest today 👉 buff.ly/l9jpuwG

CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology@techforgoodcast· Jan 19

👀 Our AI survey results so far show that respondents are feeling slightly less positive about the increased use of AI in their daily professional lives, compared to last year. Do you agree or disagree? Please take ten minutes to share your opinions & needs via our anonymous survey 👉 buff.ly/fsvJaZr

A graphic with arrows representing positive and negative, and the text: How are you feeling about AI? So far, respondents to our 2026 AI survey are feeling marginally less positive about the increased use of AI in their daily professional lives, compared to last year. Do you agree or disagree? Please take ten minutes to complete the anonymous survey, and make your opinions and needs heard! All responses anonymous. Closes in February 2026

CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology@techforgoodcast· Jan 5

💡 Getting Started With AI: A free self-serve course. Keen to get to grips with AI, but not sure where to start? Our AI course is here to help! Each week for seven weeks, you'll receive an email with support & inspiration, helping you discover how AI can make your work life easier 👉 buff.ly/4gfaOEF

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CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology@techforgoodcast· Jan 1

Happy New Year to all our CAST friends - hope 2026 is wonderful for you! 🩵

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CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology@techforgoodcast· Dec 24

This graphic shows a snapshot of our impact over the past year - but, as ever, it would have been impossible to achieve this in isolation: we'd like to thank all the wonderful charities, partners, digital specialists & funders we've worked with this year. More about our impact 👉 buff.ly/FLcs5vG

Impact: highlights from the past year: Reached 60,000 individuals over the period 1st April 2024 - 31st March 2025; Reached 4,300 charities, social impact organisations, funders & support organisations; Delivered or contributed to 60 programmes, services, platforms, peer groups & events; AI for Grantmakers peer group includes 300+ people from 220 UK Trusts and Foundations; More than 2,000 people have enrolled on the AI course since January 2025; The Digital Leads Network now has 400+ members from a wide range of organisations.

CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology@techforgoodcast· Dec 23

The CAST team will be taking a break from 24th December, returning on 5th January. If you need to get in touch during the holiday period, please email hello@wearecast.org.uk, as this will be monitored periodically. Happy holidays to all 🩵

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CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology@techforgoodcast· Dec 9

📑 CAST at 10: Impact & next steps. Our new report explores not just the ‘who, what, how & why’ of our activities with charities, funders & support organisations - but also illustrates the impact that this has had, & highlights opportunities for getting involved as we move forward 👉 buff.ly/FplPiv2

CAST: 2024 / 25 Impact report

CAST (Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology) is a UK charity working to accelerate the agency, presence and influence of social impact organisations in the technologies that affect us all.

2025 marks the tenth anniversary of the charity.

CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology@techforgoodcast· Dec 8

👀 Our new AI survey is live! We’re gathering your views and needs so we can shape support for the year ahead. Your feedback has already led to our AI courses, experiments library & resource hub: help us build what comes next. Please take 10 mins to complete the anonymous survey 👉 buff.ly/fsvJaZr

A graphic of loudspeakers, with the text: 'HAVE YOUR SAY! Help us build the AI support you need - please take ten minutes to complete the anonymous survey. All responses anonymous. Closes in February 2026'

CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology@techforgoodcast· Dec 2

💬 Here's what our AI course participants are saying... Since launching our free self-serve AI course earlier this year, we've had some wonderful feedback from participants - including these responses! Try the free AI course for yourself 👉 buff.ly/4gfaOEF

We asked: What has been the most valuable takeaway from the AI course? Here’s just a selection of the responses we’ve received so far: That I'm not too old to improve my understanding of something so huge!; Tools and suggestions for getting started with AI and making it a tool I use regularly; Understanding the range of things AI can do and how to ask it to do things; I was really interested to read/hear about the ethical challenges AI brings with it

CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology@techforgoodcast· Aug 28

🎉Last chance to win a CAST mug! We’ve got ten exclusive CAST mugs to give away! The mugs - which feature a tenth anniversary version of CAST’s ‘all hands’ logo - are designed to keep your drinks piping hot or refreshingly cold throughout meetings. Enter by 1st September 👉 buff.ly/DtOGYBO

The CAST team - five men and six women - holding their CAST anniversary mugs

CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology@techforgoodcast· Aug 4

🎉Competition: WIN a CAST anniversary mug! We’ve got ten exclusive CAST mugs to give away! The mugs - which feature a tenth anniversary version of CAST’s ‘all hands’ logo - are designed to keep your drinks piping hot or refreshingly cold throughout meetings. Enter by 1st September 👉 buff.ly/DtOGYBO

CAST's team - six women and five men - holding up CAST anniversary mugs

CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology@techforgoodcast· Jul 23

🎉 Celebrating our 10th anniversary, with some recent feedback! We're delighted to be able to share these comments from participants and partners - covering our recent programmes, platforms, courses, peer groups, workshops and other resources. Learn more about our impact 👉 buff.ly/FLcs5vG

CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology@techforgoodcast· Jul 17

💬 Here's what our AI course participants are saying... Having launched our free self-serve AI course earlier this year, we're now starting to see feedback coming through from participants - & we're delighted to be able to share these responses! Try the free AI course for yourself 👉 buff.ly/4gfaOEF

CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology@techforgoodcast· Jun 25

Our survey revealed that the major barriers when it came to organisations adopting #AI were data privacy, staff skills & staff knowledge. These top three barriers are the same as last year, but all percentages are higher, with data concerns rising from 31% to 70%. See all results 👉 buff.ly/vXfGKrX

A graph showing responses given to the question 'What are the main challenges or barriers your organisation faces in adopting AI?' Top three are Data privacy and security concerns; Lack of staff skills and Lack of staff knowledge.

CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology@techforgoodcast· Jun 17

💙 Wonderful to hear this feedback in our 2025 Digital Leads Network survey! We were delighted that most survey respondents stated that they would highly recommend the network to others. So if you're keen to join this community of 300+ nonprofit digital leads, visit our website 👉 buff.ly/4agzkCk

Quote card, with the line: "I found the digital meetup really inspiring. It's so interesting hearing how other non-profits are adapting to the ever-changing digital landscape to offer a better service for their communities. I always come away feeling excited about the future and full of great ideas!"

CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology@techforgoodcast· May 28

A quote from a DLN member, shown in quote marks: "The DLN has been fantastic! The connections, events, and learning opportunities have given us valuable insights and practical ideas that have directly improved how we use digital tools to advance our work."

CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology@techforgoodcast· May 27

📅 Join us on 10th June at @londonfunders.bsky.social's online Festival of Learning, as we share ten #AI trends for #grantmakers. We'll also share a range of resources, and outline ways for funders to participate in sector-wide AI initiatives. Open to all members of London Funders 👉 buff.ly/7Eh28It

What should funders do about AI? Join us as we share ten AI trends for grantmakers, invite participants to reflect on the impact for their organisational missions - and provide tools and resources to support this thinking. Tuesday 10th June 2025 at 10am

CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology@techforgoodcast· May 21

We're delighted to be working as the Evaluation and Learning partner for the Digital Services Consortium's Driving Digital Inclusion Programme. We'll be helping to embed shared principles, establish robust learning loops and impact measurement, and support true collaboration 👉 buff.ly/lZr65Wr

Expanding digital support. Giving disabled children, young people and their families the tools to connect with confidence. Digital Services Consortium. #DigitalInclusion

CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology@techforgoodcast· May 15

💙 Wonderful to hear this feedback in our 2025 Digital Leads Network survey! We were delighted that most survey respondents stated that they would highly recommend the network to others. So if you're keen to join this community of 250+ nonprofit digital leads, visit our website 👉 buff.ly/4agzkCk

Quote from a DLN member: "At the recent meet up, it was great to speak to others who have faced the same challenges I am currently facing - I was able to get insight and some guided support on what my next steps could be in implementing our digital transformation."

CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology@techforgoodcast· Apr 29

📢 We're hiring! We are currently recruiting for a Head of Design for AI and a Head of Technical AI Experiments. Read more - and apply by 12pm on Tuesday 6th May 2025 👉 buff.ly/QRyWUIz Please share with your networks - thank you!🙏 #hiring #recruitment #charity #AI #digital #jobs #techforgood

We’re recruiting for a Head of Design for AI, and a Head of Technical AI Experiments. Details for both roles: 4 days per week / £52,000 salary FTE / Remote location / 1 year fixed term with possibility to extend. Find out more and apply at: https://apply.workable.com/wearecast/ Deadline for applications: 12pm, Tuesday 6th May 2025

CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology@techforgoodcast· Apr 7

🎉 These certificates are ready to be presented to all the young people who took part in the Youth Sector Innovation Incubator: our thanks go to them, as well as to the youth orgs & digital partners. We'll provide full product details soon; in the meantime please see more info here 👉 buff.ly/dS1N4pq

ALT: Three paper certificates, for young people who have taken part in the Youth Sector Innovation Incubator: they contain the NCS and CAST logos, along with logos of the participating youth organisations. They have a gold stamp and a space for the young person's name to be added to.

CAST - Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology@techforgoodcast· Feb 21

⏳ One week left to share your views on AI! If you work for a charity or social impact org, please fill out our anonymous survey & share not just your thoughts on AI, but what you really need: what support would be useful; what would you wish for in an ideal world? 🪄 Closes 28 Feb 👉 buff.ly/4fY15mD