Resources.
Support for your tech justice journey. Read explainer articles. Learn about tech design, funding, governance and why we need to go beyond common diversity, equity and inclusion practices.
What is...?
Guides to what we mean by tech justice, liberatory tech and other emerging fields.
Funding equitably
How some funders are changing and adopting new participatory and equity-based models of grant making.
Tech justice
Learn about tech justice and why it's important.
Beyond diversity, equity and inclusion
DEI policies and approaches don't create justice. Learn how we can go further.
Trauma-informed design
How to design digital tools and services in ways that support equity and justice.
Writing anti-oppressive content
How to use words and other content to support equity and justice.
Just governance
How to help your not-for-profit's board govern in ways that increase equity.
Design justice
Shared Digital Guides
Why digital exclusion is a tech justice issue
Digital exclusion is rooted in the oppression of minoritised groups. It makes poverty worse and denies people equitable...
Co-building a funding community using WhatsApp
This Guide covers user research, how to choose a communication tool and how to manage online conversations in...
Involving communities in making grant-making decisions using Civic Say
Use this Guide if you're looking for ways to improve your grant-making decisions.
Facilitating a panel of people with lived experience using a range of tools
Use this Guide if you want to facilitate a group of people with a range of needs.
Designing for liberation: how emergent design supports tech justice
Emergent design is an alternative to traditional, top-down design methods. It prioritises adaptability, equity and community. Multitudes is...
Why we need feminist AI
Gender bias is baked into AI. Feminist AI (FAI) wants to address this. We explore the importance of...
Sociocracy and Catalyst
Sociocracy offers a structured way to share power and improve decision-making. Here are our reflections on the approach...
Dismantling oppression
How can funders resource tech justice? How can this support communities affected by last summer’s racist and Islamophobic...
Co-designing for tech justice
What co-design is. How Camden Giving has used co-design in its tech justice project. Benefits and challenges of...
Decolonial evaluation
What decolonial evaluation is. How it differs from traditional evaluation. How it works in practice.
5 things we learned from our funder forum on tech justice
How can funders shift power dynamics and embrace tech as a tool for dismantling oppression? How much do...
The Tech Justice Manifesto
Catalyst's 6-pointed vision of tech justice. Produced in 2023 following extensive research.
White supremacy culture in organisations
A facilitation tool for conversations about racism in your organisation. Lists characteristics. By the Centre for Community Organisations,...
What we mean by ‘digital’: a guide
The term ‘digital’ often gets conflated in the voluntary sector. To try to end that, Catalyst has produced...
What is tech justice?
Explains what tech justice is and why it’s important to Catalyst. Provides examples of tech justice in action....
What is liberatory technology?
Explains what liberatory tech is and why it’s important to Catalyst. Provides examples of liberatory tech. Outlines how...
We need to talk about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Why diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) isn’t the solution to workplace discrimination and bias that you think it...
Want to be more inclusive? You need anti-oppressive content
Should I say ‘disabled person’ or ‘person with disabilities? ‘Person of colour’ or ‘BAME’? And if someone calls...
Trauma informed design principles: how to apply them in your work
Re-cap on what trauma-informed design is. Learn tips on how its principles can be applied. Access resources to...
Trauma-informed design: an introduction for non-profits
Learn about trauma-informed design and how it applies to your service delivery. Read Chayn’s principles. Choose from 7...
The anti-racist governance guide|
Guide to understanding and disrupting white supremacy culture within your board and organisation. From Embracing Equity, a US...
Increasing diversity and digital capability on charity boards: 2 challenges, 1 approach
Both challenges require boards to shift internal power, live their values and commit to change.
How to use digital technology to support neurodivergent staff
What is neurodiversity? Taking a person centred approach in your charity's workplace. Using technology to support neurodivergent staff.
Embracing diversity and defying dystopia: what we can learn from Octavia Butler
Its Black History Month and 2024's theme is Reclaiming Narratives. We explore how Octavia Butler's writing challenged stereotyping,...
Co-design: how to involve people in designing and improving the digital parts of your services
Ways to do research and design activities with the people you support or any other stakeholder. Includes resources...
Centring community needs: what it means to Catalyst
Centring community needs is part of our mission. But what does it mean in practice? How will we...
Catalyst’s tech justice report: a summary for 2024
Explains the state of tech justice in the UK in 6 minutes.
5 funders supporting systemic change
Traditional philanthropy is failing. We need new mindsets and approaches. We celebrate some of the funders trying to...
Using trauma informed principles in content design
How to write on your website or for your digital service in a way that minimises the chance...
How to create anti-oppressive content
Part 2/2: 12 tips to help your writing go beyond being inclusive and become anti-oppressive. Ways to keep...
Systemic change: what it is and why it matters
The status quo needs shifting. So Catalyst has shifted its focus to system change. This article explains what...
Collective power: what it is and why it’s important
Catalyst's mission and vision have changed. Supporting 'communities of resistance' and building 'collective power' are central to our...
Our vision: just and regenerative futures
Explains what just and regenerative futures are. Why they’re important to Catalyst. Provides examples of just and regenerative...