“What are we going to do with all the time we will have?” This question was asked by the chair of a charity where I was running an AI workshop. It's a brilliant question, which not enough people are asking. Across many of the charities we work with, we are seeing how...
Matt Lambert is Managing Director of Street Support Network, a charity connecting local people and organisations in order to support those who need it the most. The network provides an online hub to find out about homelessness, what support is available and what you...
We talk to Dr Francine Ryan, Senior Lecturer in Law and Director of the Open Justice Centre at The Open University, about the project she is leading on responsible AI – including the free online courses they've developed – and how charities can get involved to develop...
Over the last year we have seen an explosion in charities' use of AI rising from 61% in 2024 to 76% of charities using AI in the 2025 Charity Digital Skills Report. In this year's report I was excited to see that almost half (48%) of charities now have an AI...
Over the summer I had the privilege of facilitating the Charity AI Leadership Accelerator programme in collaboration with Microsoft, where we trained over 100 leaders from small and large charities. One of the most inspiring parts of the programme was hearing directly...
We chat to Chris Khalaf, CEO of Exquitech, a UK-based Microsoft Partner, in collaboration with Charity Excellence, about The Furry Fundraiser – a free AI-powered assistant built to support fundraising and capacity-building for UK charities. (Visit the Charity...
These speaking notes are based on Zoe Amar's presentation at NCVO's Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 15 October 2025. The text below has been edited for clarity and is not a word for word transcript. You can read more about the event on Third Sector and Civil...
It's been a year since the UK riots, when we saw racist and Islamophobic violence on our streets. At the time, I took great comfort from the books I was reading, which we recommended to charity leaders. In this blog I’ll be talking about three books I’ve read recently...
We talk to Zoë Colosimo, COO at Neighbourly, an organisation connecting businesses and communities for social good. Zoë tells us about Neighbourly’s fantastic Ai123 campaign supporting small charities and communities to understand the basics of artificial intelligence...
We chat to Rob Dyson*, a PR and comms consultant with over two decades of experience, including everything from strategic media relations to risk and reputational management, copywriting to social media, and strategies to internal comms. Phew, and that's just for...