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In association with Microsoft, Charity Excellence has created 4 collections of 11 free AI online, certificated courses that enable anyone to use AI effectively, keep themselves safe, and gain valuable career skills. These require no prior AI knowledge, are completed at your own pace, using engaging bite size lessons, demo videos, practical tasks, and fun quizzes. Plus, checklists and infographics to download, and links to more advanced training. All completely free.
These resources have proved to be extremely popular, so we have added even more and published a list of these below. To access these free resources, simp0ly complete the relevant course. You can also download these by completing the Charity Excellence health check questionnaires. Complete all 8 to achieve our Quality Mark.
The resources in bold have been added in 2026.
Three courses - an Introduction to AI, Getting Started with AI and Smarter Meetings Using AI.
| Common AI Terms Explained Simply | We don't use jargon but many do - here's what it means |
| Choosing an AI app - Safety checklist | How to spot warning signs and make safer choices |
| Using an AI app - Safety checklist | Simple, practical steps that will help to keep you safe. |
| Top tips | A really simple checklist of good things to do |
| Checklist next steps in using AI | A more advanced checklist for using AI purposefully - getting the best from it |
| Checklist AI bad habits | We've all got them - how to spot and stop yours |
| AI meeting recording policy | What you ned to know and do to be ethical and remain data protection compliant |
| Checklist keeping online meetings safe | How to ensure your online meetings are kept safe from AI bot attacks |
| AI note taker comparison table | List the key data protection safeguards a note taker must have for those in most common use |
Two courses: AI for Charity Boards and Management, and Making AI Work in Your Organisation.
| Common AI terms explained simply | We don't use jargon but many do - here's what it means |
| AI ethics & governance framework | A toolkit to ensure your non profit uses AI responsibly and safely. |
| AI bot ethical profiles | Four of the most popular AI bots and how ethical they are. |
| AI policy | A simple, ready to use AI policy |
| Copyright safe use policy | Updated to reflect AI |
| Policy, legal and regulatory resources | A simple guide to the policies, regulations and law relating to you use of AI |
| Checklist next steps in using AI well | A more advanced checklist for using AI purposefully - getting the best from it |
| Checklist supporting and training your team | AI is tech but making it work well is about people - what you need to know and do |
Three Courses: AI Safety for Everyone, Understanding AI Risks (including cyber security) and AI Keeping Vulnerable People Safe.
| Checklist Deepfake safety | A simple checklist - how to keep yourself safe from AI deepfakes |
| Cybersecurity checklist | A simple checklist - how to keep yourself safe from online scams |
| Quishing & QR code scams | What QR Code scams are and how to stay safe |
| Sextortion infographic | A simple infographic on how to respond to sextortion |
| Sextortion help guide | A guide on what sextortion is and how to stay safe |
| Maintaining Trust & Authenticity | How to ensure your charity's message gets through in an AI enabled world |
| Everyday users' cybersecurity checklist | A simple checklist of key cyber security steps to stay safe |
| Create an AI risk assessment | How to create a simple AI risk assessment |
| Checklist keeping data safe and secure | A checklist to list all your data sources and ensure these are kept safe |
| AI assisted cyber security | Ways in which you can use an AI bot to help with cyber security |
| Cybersecurity checklist | A simple checklist - how to keep yourself safe from online scams |
| Personal safety checklist | How to keep yourself safe |
| Safeguarding policy | Updated to reflect AI |
| Ethical fundraising policy | Updated to reflect AI |
| Imagery use policy | Updated to reflect AI |
| Checklist for an AI enabled world | A checklist to help you ensure vulnerable people are kept safe |
Three courses: Finding Funders with AI, Writing Funding Bids Using AI, and AI Fundraising Compliance.
| Checklist how to find funders | What you need to know and do |
| Infographic AI bid and content writing | How to use AI to draft a comprehensive funding bid with everything a funder needs |
| Checklist Make your AI draft more human | How to turn that draft into a human centric bid that funders will want to receive |
| Ethical fundraising policy | Updated to reflect AI |
| Fundraising AI compliance checklist | Make sure your charity complies with the Fundraising Regulator's guidance |
A registered charity ourselves, the CEF works for any non profit, not just charities.
Plus, 60+ policies, 8 online health checks and the huge resource base. Our AI Ready programme and Charity Excellence Learning free online AI training courses, give non profits everything they need to make effective use of AI and stay safe.
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