CENTRE FOR THE ACCELERATION OF SOCIAL TECHNOLOGY

Towards project costs sustaining and furthering the vital digital infrastructure that has been started and nurtured through Catalyst, to meet the needs of thousands of UK charities

360G-ptc-gr-18666User Led Design support for Community Tech sector

Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift

Catalyst is a charitable network incubated by CAST. The Catalyst network helps UK civil society grow their digital skills and processes. This grant underpins the continuation of Catalyst’s vital digital support services including direct support, ....more

Catalyst is a charitable network incubated by CAST. The Catalyst network helps UK civil society grow their digital skills and processes. This grant underpins the continuation of Catalyst’s vital digital support services including direct support, advice, communities of practice and training programmes. Further development of Catalyst’s infrastructure will help maintain momentum of its sector-wide impact, as well as support its move to a more equitable network-led governance model.

Towards unrestricted core costs to support and build the digital capacity of the UK charity sector.

Develop GrantAdvisor UK

Catalyst is a network helping UK civil society grow their digital skills and processes. They connect charities and supporting organisations with free resources and services to make digital working easier. This grant supports Catalyst to continue ....more

Catalyst is a network helping UK civil society grow their digital skills and processes. They connect charities and supporting organisations with free resources and services to make digital working easier. This grant supports Catalyst to continue delivery of vital support services, further develop projects and prototypes that have the potential for sector-wide impact, and transition towards a more equitable network-led model.

Towards unrestricted core costs for continuing the core work of catalyst supporting the digital capacity of the charity sector.

Towards project costs for GrantAdvisor, a web service that facilitates open dialogue between nonprofits and grantmakers by collecting authentic, real-time reviews and comments on grantseekers’ experiences of funders

The Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology (CAST) works to create an agile, resilient, digitally enabled social sector. This grant supports the development of a grant advisor web service with the purpose of providing open, transparent ....more

The Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology (CAST) works to create an agile, resilient, digitally enabled social sector. This grant supports the development of a grant advisor web service with the purpose of providing open, transparent feedback between grant seekers and grant makers.

Grant to CAST

over two years towards the development of GrantAdvisor UK, a web service which aims to deliver open, comparable feedback on grantmakers' work, to improve the effectiveness of the funding sector

COVID19 : Towards the development of Digisafe

Organisations will receive structured support from tech experts over a 12 week period, and a small grant of up to £5,000 for individual organisations or £7,500 for collaborations to cover the costs of participation. Grants will be made to up to ....more

Organisations will receive structured support from tech experts over a 12 week period, and a small grant of up to £5,000 for individual organisations or £7,500 for collaborations to cover the costs of participation. Grants will be made to up to around 40 organisations. The funding will include the costs of administration of the grants that will be awarded to charities throughout the Explore programme. The funding will exclude the design and delivery of the support programme itself which will be covered by a separate service fee.

CAST - Support contract

Year two development of the Charity Digital Code of Practice. Funding will help to expand and develop the existing code and support more charities to respond to the changes in the needs, behaviours and expectations of the communities they support.

This grant will be used to fund the set-up and growth of an innovation cluster focused around growing Tech for Good, social innovation, and digital skills in the social sector. The programme will work to deliver the cross-government aim to champion ....more

This grant will be used to fund the set-up and growth of an innovation cluster focused around growing Tech for Good, social innovation, and digital skills in the social sector. The programme will work to deliver the cross-government aim to champion technology as a real force for social good and to make the UK a world leader in Tech for Good. The field catalyst will initially consist of a group of independent organisations including but not limited to NCVO, Think Social Tech, DotEveryone, The Engine Room and The Developer Society. By funding the proposed activity as set out in this business case, the aim is to enable and stimulate a collaborative driving force that will catalyse the adoption of digital tools in the social sector.

Catalyst aims to build the digital capacity of UK civil society. The programme act as a sustained focal point for advocacy, action and accountability; leverage the resources and networks of founders and delivery partners; and scale up and build on ....more

Catalyst aims to build the digital capacity of UK civil society. The programme act as a sustained focal point for advocacy, action and accountability; leverage the resources and networks of founders and delivery partners; and scale up and build on tested assets and approaches.

The Centre for Acceleration of Social Technology (CAST)'s Digital Field Catalyst will support more than 40,000 civil society organisations across the UK to incorporate digital ways of working into their activities, enabling them to better serve ....more

The Centre for Acceleration of Social Technology (CAST)'s Digital Field Catalyst will support more than 40,000 civil society organisations across the UK to incorporate digital ways of working into their activities, enabling them to better serve their communities. This project aims to help civil society organisations (including small and medium-sized groups) embed digital tools across their practice, respond to the needs of users, and be more resilient in the face of technological change.

To support the development of 'Grant Advisor'.

To support the development of 'Grant Advisor'.

Towards unrestricted core costs to build a co-ordinated approach to digital in the charitable sector, with charities better able to identify issues and opportunities and implement changes.

This grant will be used to fund the set-up and growth of an innovation cluster focused around growing Tech for Good, social innovation, and digital skills in the social sector. The programme will work to deliver the cross-government aim to champion ....more

This grant will be used to fund the set-up and growth of an innovation cluster focused around growing Tech for Good, social innovation, and digital skills in the social sector. The programme will work to deliver the cross-government aim to champion technology as a real force for social good and to make the UK a world leader in Tech for Good. The field catalyst will initially consist of a group of independent organisations including but not limited to NCVO, Think Social Tech, DotEveryone, The Engine Room and The Developer Society. By funding the proposed activity as set out in this business case, the aim is to enable and stimulate a collaborative driving force that will catalyse the adoption of digital tools in the social sector.

GrantAdvisor UK

The Digital Spark Partnership will help to build the digital capacity of the charity sector, resulting in a more digitally competent and confident sector able to deliver effective user-centred digital services to people who need it most. By focusing ....more

The Digital Spark Partnership will help to build the digital capacity of the charity sector, resulting in a more digitally competent and confident sector able to deliver effective user-centred digital services to people who need it most. By focusing on leadership, capacity building, supply of support and reusable tools, they will both demonstrate how charities can respond to digital change, and create the tools and support that the sector needs to do this. The programme is being delivered collaboratively to bring about immediate benefit to charities and the sector, as well as documenting and curating the results of this. As a collective, Digital Spark will expand and continue their commitment to this field to ensure the sector remains effective and responsive to digital developments. The vision is that all charities can find the support, advice, tools and resources that they need to build effective and responsible technology, now and in the future.

Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology (CAST) works to create a more responsive, resilient and digitally-enabled social sector, supporting non-profits to embed digital, research and design-led approaches and working with sector leaders, ....more

Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology (CAST) works to create a more responsive, resilient and digitally-enabled social sector, supporting non-profits to embed digital, research and design-led approaches and working with sector leaders, funders and government. This programme will see CAST partner with the Cardinal Hume Centre to develop a digital service that provides scalable and transparent immigration advice.

Digital support for Tech for Good programme 2018/9

Delivering a series of events in locations across the UK, to help charities and other social-purpose organisations learn how they can make more effective use of digital technology.

Digital support for HIV in the UK: Think Digital projects

This grant forms part of the support package for our Tech for Good grants. 10 projects will each receive a grant for four months, April-July 2017. There will be a residential boot camp at the start of the grants for two reps from each project plus ....more

This grant forms part of the support package for our Tech for Good grants. 10 projects will each receive a grant for four months, April-July 2017. There will be a residential boot camp at the start of the grants for two reps from each project plus tech experts, as well as thematic meetings during the grant period and a final wrap up event to present the tech created.This grant will enable CAST to arrange and pay for accommodation + associated costs to run the events and meetings during the Tech for Good funding period. The individual projects will also receive support from an external tech adviser who will assist them in buying in further expertise alongside potentially accessing mentoring from members of CR’s own digital team.

This grant will fund two programmes. First, capacity building within UK charities & social enterprises to ensure their leaders understand the potential value of digital to help create social change, and effective ways to deliver this type of ....more

This grant will fund two programmes. First, capacity building within UK charities & social enterprises to ensure their leaders understand the potential value of digital to help create social change, and effective ways to deliver this type of innovation. The programme will end with a ‘hack’ to develop new digital products and services that the digital leaders can use to shape their organisations’ work. To link to other initiatives tackling diversity in the digital sector, this programme will be targeted at large not-for-profit organisations aiming their services at women and girls. The second programme will bring together charities & social enterprises in London and the North of England. The organisations will not get direct grants, rather they will be provided with intensive support to create new digital products and services that will be fully tested and positioned to become sustainable and impactful. This programme builds on other successful incubator models and the mentoring support that Tech for Good projects have found incredibly valuable. The focus will be on developing products and services around poverty and social justice issues such as homelessness. Funding this initiative enables Comic Relief to continue incentivising organisations to create digital products and service more relevant to their beneficiaries’ needs; it helps us learn how to ensure digital change happens (the emphasis on changing organisational culture and giving a support only offer, are both new interventions to be tested); and by supporting CAST we can strategically influence not-for-profit organisations to be far better at using digital technology.

To cover the salary costs of the lead developer (for 6 months) for BeeHive, a platform which helps to match donors to potential grantees and vice versa. This platform aims to utilise 360 Giving data and is also a useful tool to support advocacy in ....more

To cover the salary costs of the lead developer (for 6 months) for BeeHive, a platform which helps to match donors to potential grantees and vice versa. This platform aims to utilise 360 Giving data and is also a useful tool to support advocacy in this space.

To cover developer time for the BeeHive product which helps connect funders to suitable charities and vice versa and provides analysis of 360 Giving data.