AI Governance Advisory for Charities
AI is moving quickly, and governance often struggles to keep pace. That leaves charity leaders with important questions: where is AI being used, what risk does it create, and what should we do about it?
For charities and organisations where trust and safeguarding matter, those questions carry extra weight, because the wellbeing of the people you serve depends on getting them right.
I help charities map their AI use, assess the risks, and put practical governance in place, so leaders can make informed decisions about adoption, policy and safeguarding with confidence.
Good AI governance builds on the data protection duties you already meet, rather than replacing them.
What I help charities do
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Identify risks and governance gaps
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Build a practical AI policy or framework
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Support board conversations and decisions
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Review pilots before wider rollout
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Advise independently when AI use has caused concern
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Check that approved tools are still behaving as expected (see the Silent Drift Audit).
This service is useful if your organisation is using AI tools without a formal governance framework, needs a board-ready AI position or policy, or wants an independent review before, during or after AI adoption.
Why this approach works
This advice comes from experience on every side of the table. As a Chief Scientific Officer I chaired the ethics and scientific governance for research that people trusted with their safety, including a large-scale genomic data programme with all the data governance and bias auditing that demands.
As a national operations director I was accountable for safeguarding and inspection readiness across 25 sites, so I know what makes a policy workable for the teams who have to live with it.
I keep that experience current through my membership of the International Association for Safe and Ethical AI (IASEAI) and through my Churchill Fellowship research into how trusted relationships and new technology work well together.
What working with me looks like
Advisory work starts with a focused review: a mapping of where AI is in use, a risk assessment against what matters most to your charity, and a set of decision-ready options for your board.
From there, I can help you build the framework and policy, support a specific board conversation, or review a pilot before wider rollout.
A first conversation is usually enough to sketch the right shape and give you a clear picture of cost.
