The diagram on the Impact page shows an infographic of CAST's impact data between April 1st 2025 and March 31st 2026, with the following information:

CAST'S YEAR IN NUMBERS

We have delivered or contributed to 60 programmes, services, platforms, peer groups & events, supporting 80,000 individuals across 4,900 charities, social impact organisations, funders & support orgs.

Post-programme survey statistics from participants on CAST programmes

  • 100% of Design Hop participants felt more confident talking about digital and using a design process within their organisation.
  • 94% of people that attended our AI workshops mini-series stated that they would recommend the sessions to a peer.
  • 8 out of 10: Average result from CAST's newsletter readers when asked how useful they found the newsletter
  • 92% of people who completed the 'Intro to AI' self-serve course described the content as 'engaging and relevant’
  • 8 out of 10: Average result from Charity AI Task Force survey respondents when asked to rate how valuable they found the experience of being a member.
  • 85% of AI for Grantmakers peer group attendees found the sessions useful or very useful. Note: this rose to 94% for the most recent meeting (March 2026)

Theory of Change

The Theory of Change diagram on the Impact page shows:

  • CAST delivers network building, digital capability programmes, digital resources and tech consultancy and training.
  • As a result social impact organisations develop the skills, relationships, knowledge and confidence to apply digital ways of working.
  • This results in community and sector-owned technologies being created and influenced by social impact organisations. These are open and sustainable across civil society.
  • Social impact organisations are therefore better able to influence change within and beyond their organisations and sector.
  • The overall impact of this is that social impact organisations can better respond to the needs of the communities they serve by applying the digital knowledge and skills to their services, strategy and governance. By leveraging their experience to influence change in and beyond their sector, they can help create a fairer and more equal society.