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CAST (Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology)

CAST Impact Report 2025-26

CAST's Impact Report 2025-26, its tenth-anniversary year, shows the charity reached more than 80,000 people from almost 5,000 organisations, helping thousands of charity practitioners critically engage with digital and AI and assessing and awarding GBP 700k in grants.

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CAST (Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology) is an award-winning UK charity working since 2015 to accelerate the agency, presence and influence of social impact organisations in digital and AI.

Key Metrics

People reached More than 80,000 people reached from almost 5,000 organisations between April 2025 and March 2026
Comms reach growth 58,600 people reached via communications alone, up 47% year on year; website users up 63% to 32,000 and toolkit users up 176% to 4,318
Grants awarded GBP 700k in grants assessed and awarded supporting charity digital and AI development
Tenth anniversary CAST turned ten during the reporting period and was shortlisted for Charity of the Year at the Charity Times Awards 2025

Key Outcomes

  • Thousands of charity practitioners helped to critically engage with digital and AI, building agency, presence and influence.
  • Communities, peer networks and cross-sector collaborations built connecting charities, funders and digital specialists.
  • Sector advocacy strengthened around AI, with the three most-accessed CAST website pages all AI-related.

Geography

UK-Wide

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