Since inception, CAST has helped thousands of people via structured programmes and ongoing services.
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Recent hightlights include
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Youth Sector Innovation Incubator
In October 2024, CAST and National Citizen Service Trust (NCS) set up three ‘Incubators’ to create innovative digital solutions to boost social cohesion among young people. The programme wrapped up in March 2025.
100% of the young people involved stated that they had felt involved in the design process in a meaningful way.
87% agreed that they felt more confident in using digital and design skills.
NCS’s outgoing Director of Delivery Services Chris Brown commented: ‘The prototypes that have come out not only add immediate value for the sector, in some cases they are truly ground-breaking. I really hope that CAST’s way of working can become the blueprint for future developments in the sector.’
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Design Hops
CAST’s Design Hop is a unique, hands-on programme that helps charities and social organisations explore and develop new digital ideas, no matter their level of experience with digital technology. Our most recent Design Hop wrapped up in March 2025.
22 people (from 21 organisations) participated in the Design Hop.
100% of participants surveyed after the programme stated that they felt more confident using a design process within the organisation they represent, following the Design Hop.
77% of survey respondents indicated that, following the Design Hop, their thinking had shifted to some degree from solution thinking towards problem thinking.
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AI self-serve course
Our free self-serve AI course consists of seven weekly emails, each containing a guided activity designed to help participants comfortably familiarise themselves with AI — and discover how it can make day-to-day work life easier. The course launched in January 2025.
4,000 unique users have accessed the sign-up page since launch.
1,000+ people have started the course - with an average open rate of 72% across the seven emails.
97% of survey respondents described the course content as 'engaging and relevant’ - and, when asked how likely they were to continue applying what they'd learned, respondents return an average result of 9 out of 10.
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Theory of Change
As part of our monitoring, evaluation and learning work, we recently redeveloped our Theory of Change. This was a collective and collaborative exercise, involving the whole CAST team.
You can read more about the rationale and process for developing the Theory of Change in this blog on Medium.
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