Take a look at all the events we are attending or presenting at below - and scroll down to access the resources from past sessions. If you'd like to chat about the possibility of CAST presenting at an upcoming session, please email [email protected].
Upcoming sessions
18th November: The Future of Social Impact
The Future of Social Impact is a one-day, in-person gathering designed to bring together a diverse community of people working across sectors from social enterprises to charities, funders to public service to explore what it really takes to create meaningful, measurable change. CAST's Director Dan Sutch will be co-hosting a session alongside two charity speakers. Tickets for the event start at £150.
Resources from past sessions
November 2025: User research & AI workshop
In a 'The Curve' workshop, Tori Ellaway shared simple methods designed to help you discover your users’ needs. The session covered how to plan and run research with limited resources - and highlighted where AI can be used to help lighten the load. Access the slides and recording below - and check out Third Sector Lab's The Curve site for future sessions.
October 2025: Digital Leaders AI Week talks
Our Digital Leaders AI Week talk in October 2025 was just one of the many charity-led AI Week sessions, with speakers covering topics including ethics, accessibility, inclusivity, strategic thinking and AI for Boards. All talks are available free of charge: access all sessions at the Digital Leaders AI Week website.
May / June 2025: Three AI workshops supported by Deloitte
Thanks to support from Deloitte, CAST hosted a series of three AI workshops in May and June 2025. These sessions were designed to help charities explore and experiment with AI confidently and responsibly. Check out all the recordings, slides and resources below.
Workshop 1: Getting started with AI
- Getting started with AI: recording
- Getting started with AI: slides
- AI-generated podcast summary
- AI experiment canvas - links as below:
- Introduction to AI video (from Good Things Foundation)
- Demo: Voice-to-voice translation using ChatGPT
Workshop 2: Getting the most from AI
- Slides (including the live poll results)
- Workshop recording
- Demo: Convert casenotes with AI (Citizens Advice SORT)
- Demo: AI as your research buddy
- AI-generated Podcast summary (NotebookLM)
Resources to help you design your next small experiment:
AI Experiment Canvas Miro version
AI Experiment Canvas Google Doc version
AI Experiment Canvas Printable version
AI Story Canvas Miro version
Workshop 3: AI and your charity's mission
Resources to help you explore the impact of AI on your mission: