# CAST offers free digital Design Hop workshops - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/01/25/cast-offers-free-digital-design-hop-workshops/ - Published: 2019-01-25T09:00:47+00:00 - Author: Melanie May **The Centre for Acceleration of Social Technology (CAST) is once again running a series of free, half-day Design Hop workshop across the country, offering an introduction to the key concepts of tech for good and digital development for charities.** [Events are currently listed](https://wearecast.org.uk/for-nonprofits/design-hops/) in Brighton, Birmingham, London, Preston, Newcastle, Lincolnshire, Bath and Sheffield, with more to be added, and CAST planning around 15 more workshops around the country by the end of March. The workshop offers charities a practical and accessible introduction to digital, and how it can help them deliver services with greater focus, impact and reach. ## Advertisement [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/) **What do you learn?** * The theory behind good use of digital and how other charities [CAST](https://wearecast.org.uk/) have worked with have used it in practice – what they did, what it achieved, how much it cost * Digital funding opportunities and networks, including which grant-makers are more open to digital applications and any regional organisations that are well- placed support your development * A series of exercises to help you get started immediately Charities can [sign up directly online](http://bit.ly/CASTDesignHops) or find [more information](https://wearecast.org.uk/for-nonprofits/design-hops.) on the CAST site.   > Free on Feb 6th 12.30-4.30 in [#Birmingham](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Birmingham?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)? > Come and learn about [#techforgood](https://twitter.com/hashtag/techforgood?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > and explore the role of [#digital](https://twitter.com/hashtag/digital?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > in your [#charity](https://twitter.com/hashtag/charity?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > services with me and [@TechforgoodCAST](https://twitter.com/TechForGoodCAST?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > colleagues [https://t.co/sTGexlMZhn](https://t.co/sTGexlMZhn) [#BrumCharityHour](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BrumCharityHour?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [#BrumHour](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BrumHour?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > Cc [@RnRworks](https://twitter.com/RnRworks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > — ⭐Pauline Roche | Amplifier for good |⭐🇮🇪 🇪🇺 (@paulineroche) [January 24, 2019](https://twitter.com/paulineroche/status/1088512710239809536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)   Previous attendee David Scurr, Project Manager, at Brighton & Hove Citizens Online said: > “The Design Hop workshop is a friendly and engaging space to explore how digital > might help your charity, community group or social enterprise deliver better services. > Rather than focus on specific digital solutions, the session offers a simple step- > by-step approach, which puts your users at the heart of it. It serves as a timely > reminder: that digital evolution is less about using new tech for the sake of > it and more about starting with a problem, looking at your existing user needs > and service, and exploring how tech might be part of the solution to improve it.” * **[Training provider offers 100 charities & CICs unlimited access to learning & development courses](https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/06/11/training-provider-offers-100-charities-cics-unlimited-access-to-learning-development-courses/)**( 11 June 2019) * **[Free digital workshop for charity CEOs from Microsoft UK & Reason Digital](https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/06/14/free-digital-workshop-for-charity-ceos-from-microsoft-uk-reason-digital/)**( 14 June 2019) * **[Making LarkOwl digital, the ups and downs of creating online fundraising training](https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/11/27/making-larkowl-digital-the-ups-and-downs-of-creating-online-fundraising-training/)**( 27 November 2019) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)