How Trustees Can Encourage Digital
UK charities face tighter budgets and rising service demand, making digital adoption essential for efficiency and sustainability. Trustees hold a legal duty to keep charities effective, and a lack of digital expertise at board level hampers transformation—over 40% of charities report no digital‑savvy trustee. By recruiting digital trustees, assessing maturity with tools like NCVO’s matrix, and embedding digital goals in governance, charities can close the skills gap. Approving annual budgets for AI and digital training further ensures continuous improvement and risk mitigation.
The Four Types of Digital Culture
Charities are turning to the Organisational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI) to map their internal culture before launching digital initiatives. The framework identifies four archetypes—clan, adhocracy, market, and hierarchy—and explains how each influences the adoption of digital tools. By matching culture...
Social Media Trends for 2026
Social media remains a dominant media form in 2026, with more than two‑thirds of the global population online each month and users spending an average of seven hours weekly. Charities face a rapidly evolving landscape, where AI‑generated misinformation and platform...
Practical Ways Copilot Is Saving Charities Time
Microsoft 365 Copilot is helping The Salvation Army UK and Ireland streamline operations and boost impact. By migrating legacy data to the Microsoft cloud, the charity created a unified repository that Copilot can analyze, cutting report‑writing time and reducing administrative overload. The...
How to Conduct a Risk Assessment
Charities must conduct formal risk assessments to satisfy legal duties and protect service continuity. The guide outlines a six‑step process—identifying hazards, mapping affected parties, evaluating likelihood and impact, applying controls, involving teams, and sharing results digitally. It highlights common risks...
A Trustees’ Guide to AI Ethics
Artificial intelligence is rapidly entering the nonprofit sector, but its ethical risks—data bias, security breaches, misinformation, and a sizable carbon footprint—remain under‑governed. Only 20% of charities regularly assess AI risks, while 60% want more trustee training. The 2025 Charity Digital...
The Shared Challenges of Philanthropy and Charity
The Association of Charitable Foundations’ Future‑ready Foundations conference in 2025 mapped a three‑track agenda for philanthropy: digital transformation, shifting demographics, and power redistribution. Sir Geoff Mulgan’s keynote warned that short‑term firefighting hampers long‑term vision and highlighted systemic threats such as...
How AI Can Safely Support Finance Teams
AccountsIQ’s CFO Mindset Report 2.0 highlights that AI and automation will be the top drivers of change for charity finance teams by 2030, with concerns shifting from job loss to ethical decision‑making and data security. The report notes that fear of...
A Charity Guide to SORP in 2026
The Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) takes effect in 2026 with a three‑tier reporting model based on annual income, new impact and ESG disclosures, and revised cash‑flow and income‑recognition rules. Tier 1 covers charities up to £500,000, Tier 2 £500,000‑£15 million, and...