This Trustees Week I’ve been out and about speaking at the Festival of Trusteeship and also the Jewish Leadership Council’s trustees’ event. I’ve learned a lot about what’s on trustees’ minds about AI. A lot has happened since last Trustees Week. We know from our...
‘What becomes more crucial is judgement and leadership, embedded across every area of the charity.’ These words from Richard Sagar at CFG, who joined our roundtable on AI and the future of the charity workforce this summer, have stayed with me. They sum up something I...
I’ve been in lots of AI workshops and meetings this week where so much of the conversation has focused on ethics. Behind these discussions I think there’s a bigger question- can I really trust these technologies? Am I doing the right things with them, or am I doing...
We launched the 2026 Charity Digital Skills Report on 9 July. With 807 charities responding, this was our biggest turnout since we started the report in 2017. Thank you to our report partners, Corndel, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Manifesto, Media Trust, Microsoft and...
Digital Candle, run by digital marketing agency for the charity sector Platypus Digital, is a free service for charities who want advice on any aspect of digital or digital marketing. We talk to Matt Collins, managing director of Platypus Digital, about how the...
If you don't work in tech, a small but significant news story happened last week that has far reaching implications for any organisation using AI. I want to talk about why it matters and why it has implications for charities' finances, governance and business...
We talk to Andy Gordon, Head of Design and Innovation at Torchbox, about the growing adoption of AI policies in the sector and the development of Torchbox’s Charity AI Policy Builder, supporting charities at different stages of AI maturity. 1. What trends have you...
We talk to Dale Bannon, National Community Relations and Development Secretary of The Salvation Army USA, about the innovative way in which The Salvation Army is exploring new digital experiences to reach and engage audiences as fundraising evolves. 1. Can you...
The 2026 Charity Digital Skills Report survey is live and you can complete the survey here until 5pm on Monday 20 April 2026. With responses coming in daily, we hope we will reach 672 charities again this year. Our full report will launch in July. In the meantime, we’re thrilled to share some early insights from our first 240 responses, focusing on AI adoption.
Last week Fraser Simpson from Wellcome Trust and I ran a session on how AI is changing charity governance. This came about after I’d posted on LinkedIn about how I’d come across trustees using AI as part of how they reviewed board papers, strategised and worked...