Planning and strategy

AI is no longer a future concept – it is transforming HR today. Employees use it to strengthen grievances or bolster Employment Tribunal claims. Trade unions rely on it to support members, target recruits and develop negotiation strategies. HR teams leverage it to streamline recruitment, transcribe meetings, or summarise complaints. 

For HR, understanding AI’s impact—and its legal risks—is essential to safeguarding organisational integrity and team wellbeing. 

Could influencers help your charity reach new audiences? Join Media Trust for an expert webinar on the basics of working with influencers.

Influencer marketing isn’t just for big brands and big budgets. The right creator can help your charity reach new audiences, tell powerful stories and build genuine connections with communities who might not otherwise encounter your work.

But how do you find influencers who genuinely align with your cause? What makes a good partnership? And how can charities make collaborations work when time and resources are limited?

October often brings a familiar pressure to finish the year strong, smash those goals and get ahead before Christmas.

But what if, instead, you took a little time to pause, take stock and think about what you really want the rest of the year to feel like?

Come Back to Yourself is a free, live guided reflection session for women who are carrying a lot, supporting everyone else and perhaps feeling a little disconnected from themselves in the process.

Charities, by their nature, are there to help people who are navigating some of the hardest moments of their lives. Which means charity content needs to speak to an audience that’s upset, stressed, anxious, and sometimes in emotional turmoil.  Trauma-informed content specialist Jo Levy believes this is about much more than using kind words. Her approach centres trauma-informed thinking and building it into everything you create from the start.  

Third sector organisations are under real pressure to do more with less. AI promises innovation and efficiency, but its use consumes significant resources, comes with a real human cost and carries its own risks. Charities across our networks have identified this as an area where they need significant guidance and support, leading us to this timely and crucial collaboration with AI governance expert, Alba Sort. 

Dr Gelareh Holbrook is a Business Intelligence Developer at the North Sea Transition Authority, where she uses data and technology to make complex information more accessible, meaningful and useful for decision-making.

This practical one-day course for aspiring and existing charity leaders will strengthen your understanding of authentic leadership, so you can lead with integrity and impact.

Authentic leadership is crucial in the charity sector, where trust, values-driven decisions, and inspiring others are key to driving meaningful social change.

In this course, you’ll learn how to lead authentically, by enhancing your self-awareness, building stronger relationships, making balanced decisions, and increasing your resilience.

By the end of the training, you'll:

This course has been created by The Social Justice Collective to help you understand, address and embed equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) into your governance practice,

Thanks to its small group size, this course gives you plenty of opportunities to ask questions and put your learning into practice. After the course, you’ll gain access to extra resources and an informal network to help you continue your learning.

This training will take place over two half days. You need to attend both sessions of the same course.

The Wills Act is rooted in 1837, but Will-making has raced into the digital age. Join this practical session to unpack the Law Commission’s reform proposals, explore how digital-first Wills are reshaping who makes a Will and when, and discover what electronic Wills mean for how charities ask supporters to leave a legacy. Clear, actionable insight on where legacy fundraising is headed and how your organisation can stay ahead

Giving you a practical insight to help you plan and deliver digital fundraising successfully for your organisation.

With ever-increasing digital fundraising tools and platforms available, it can be overwhelming if you don’t know where to start, and a drain on limited time and resources if you don’t know what is going to work for your specific organisation and fundraising needs.