What’s Happening in the Third Sector?
SCULPT for Accessibility
Helen Wilson, Digital Designer at Worcestershire County Council, has developed a new tool to address basic digital accessibility awareness.
SCULPT aims to show the basic principles of accessibility online in a way that’s understandable to all. The tool was born from the past reliance on WCAG and its technical use of language being a potential barrier to some trying to learn more about digital accessibility.
Find out more about SCULPT, including how you can use it in your own organisation here.
Humanity-First in the Age of AI
AI has been around for a long long time, but generative AI is a newer tool making its way into mainstream usage. It’s a topic that divides.
You have the people who love it. They see it as a tool that boosts efficiency. It can create pictures or whole presentations for them with a simple prompt. Amazing, right? Why waste your precious time on tasks that take a bit of time and effort.
You have the people who don’t know much about it and don’t know where to start. It’s all just a bit scary to them.
Then you have the other side, the people who have a negative view of generative AI. It’s a tool that, yes, can generate almost anything for you. But is the thing it generates worth it?
Is it worth it to give up the chance to engage your brain for a task?
Is it worth it to generate something with no humanity?
Volunteering is one of our purest expressions of humanity. An inherently good act. It’s so important to keep the human side of volunteer management – a job that should never and arguably can never be replaced by AI.
Extra reading: Transferable Skills Revisited: What Makes Us Invaluable in the Age of AI?
The Charity Banking Report 2026
UK Finance has published its first Charity Banking 2026 report. The report looks at the current banking landscape for charities and voluntary organisations.
It also addresses where legislation and regulation can cause friction for charities opening accounts, explains why these checks are necessary and details what the processes involve.
Exercise and Volunteering lead to Better Mental Health
A new UK-wide study has looked into the impact of exercise and volunteering on mental health.
They found that participation in both of the aforementioned activities was associated with better mental health and lower levels of loneliness. Plus more positive feelings such as belonging, connectedness and trust.
The researchers therefore identified community-based exercise and volunteering as a low cost way to make meaningful improvements to people’s lives and an effective way to reduce strain on public health services.
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