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Charity Administrators

Charity administrators juggle limited resources while managing compliance, communications, and reporting. Public Skills Hub helps charity teams use AI tools responsibly and procure services compliantly, even without a dedicated legal or IT team.

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What you need

  • Use AI tools to reduce admin burden without compromising data
  • Understand procurement rules when sourcing new suppliers
  • Create an AI acceptable use policy suitable for charity trustees
  • Prepare for grant-funded procurement processes
  • Assess AI risk against safeguarding and data obligations
  • Write better prompts for fundraising and communications content

Charities often have small teams doing big jobs. AI tools can help with drafting funding applications, summarising trustee papers, and managing correspondence — but only if you understand the risks around data, accuracy, and donor trust.

Public Skills Hub gives charity administrators free, practical resources tailored to organisations with limited budgets and no dedicated IT or legal team. Our AI for Admin Tasks guide shows you where AI can save the most time, while the AI Risk Assessment Starter template helps you evaluate new tools before introducing them.

If your charity procures services — from IT support to consultancy — our procurement guides explain the basics in plain English, even if you have never tendered before.

**Common questions you face:** Is ChatGPT safe to use with donor information? Can we use AI to write a funding application? Do we need an AI policy? What does Modern Slavery Act compliance look like in our procurement? Each of these is covered in our AI and UK GDPR, Procurement Basics for Beginners, and Procurement Compliance Basics guides, written for organisations without dedicated legal teams.

**Where to start:** Run the AI Readiness Checker to see where your team stands. Adopt the Workplace AI Policy template for a baseline. If you procure services with public funding, our Procurement Basics for Beginners guide and Procurement Route Explainer tool help you stay compliant without a procurement specialist.

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