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AI For Good: New Charity AI Task Force Launched to Champion Ethical AI in the UK Social Sector

A new UK-wide initiative, the Charity AI Task Force, has been launched to ensure that artificial intelligence (AI) is developed and used responsibly, inclusively, and collaboratively across the charity sector. The task force was established in February 2025 by CAST (Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology) and Zoe Amar

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Free training sessions with Data Cymru this June

Free data training sessions for third sector organisations in Wales this June.

The National Lottery's stance on using AI for funding applications

The National Lottery has released a statement on their position of charities using AI like Chat GPT to help write their funding bids. In summary, they allow AI tools like ChatGPT to be used to help you write funding applications. However, they advise to use them with caution. When using

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Free training sessions on digital this March

Free training sessions for third sector organisations in Wales this February and March.

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Free training sessions with Data Cymru this February and March

Free training sessions for third sector organisations in Wales this February and March.

7th Digital Leaders Week UK 14-18 October 2024. Be part of the UK’s national week accelerating digital transformation

Digital Leaders Week 2024 14th - 18th October

Digital Leaders Week is back. There are over 150 free online and in-person events over the week focused on Digital and AI. Watch online or on-demand, it’s a brilliant opportunity to encourage conversations about digital and to develop the Welsh Third Sector. View the full schedule What is Digital

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Training and Support

[Closed] Free Course: AI and Automation for Increased Efficiency

Registration for this course has closed. Subscribe to our newsletter to find out about the next course, or email lucyp@promo.cymru to join the waitlist. Want to experiment with AI and Automation with digital experts? We have an exciting opportunity for Welsh Third Sector Organisations to join us on

Newid Discovery Report 2024

Digital Needs of the Welsh Third Sector: Newid’s 2024 Discovery Report

We’re on a continuous journey to learn more about how Newid can best support Third Sector Organisations in Wales to develop their digital capacity. So we spoke to you, to find out your needs, and barriers so we can support you in the way you need. We have published

Charity Digital Skills Report 2024

The Charity Digital Skills Report survey is open until 26th April

This year’s Charity Digital Skills Report survey is out now. What is it? The survey aims to pinpoint persistent challenges in funding, leadership, and digital skills. It is then used to create a report that’s widely shared and used to inform funding and support for the third sector.

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Free training sessions on digital this February and March

Free training sessions for third sector organisations in Wales this February and March.

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Training and Support

Free Cyber Security Awareness Training

This February you can take part in free Cyber Security Awareness training for third sector organisations in Wales. The training is delivered by the Cyber Resilience Centre for Wales (WCRC) in partnership with the National Cyber Resilience Centre Group’s (NCRCG) innovative Cyber PATH initiative, which sees collaboration between UK

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Free training sessions on digital this November and December

Free training sessions for third sector organisations in Wales this November and December.

Launch of Newid

We are happy to announce the launch of Newid - a service to support the third sector with digital through training, support and information. Newid has been designed based on the delivery, and feedback from our initial prototype service. This website is where you can follow or <subscribe>

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[Closed] Free Course: Designing Digital Services

We are running a free course for third sector organisations in Wales.