Your charity’s own AI team. Built for you.
We turn your charity’s knowledge, documents and processes into powerful AI tools that work directly inside ChatGPT and Claude.
From funding applications to impact reporting, we build tailored AI tools that help your team save time, work smarter and achieve more.
Done-for-you AI, built on what your charity already knows.
Every charity already has the raw material: past bids, impact data, policies, board papers, a tone of voice. Most of it sits in folders nobody has time to search.
We gather that material, decide with you which tasks matter most, and turn it into AI tools that work inside ChatGPT or Claude. When someone asks for a funding draft or a board summary, the tool starts from your charity’s own information instead of a blank page.
You get working, customised AI tools, configured and tested for your organisation. We handle the technical side so your team can focus on the mission.
Tools for the work that eats your week.
A set of AI assistants built around your charity’s own information and processes. Choose up to three capabilities with AI Starter, up to five with AI Toolkit, or more with AI Toolkit Plus and AI Team.
Funding Assistant
Helps your team draft grant applications and funding proposals, develop bids and research funders, reusing the organisational information you have already written.
- Grant applications
- Funding proposals
- Bid development
- Funding research
- Reusing your existing information
Impact Assistant
Turns your monitoring data and case notes into clear impact reports, outcome reporting, annual reports and stories about what your charity has achieved.
- Impact reports
- Outcome reporting
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Annual reports
- Communicating achievements
Communications Assistant
Drafts newsletters, social media posts, donor communications, campaign messaging and website content that sound like your charity.
- Newsletters
- Social media
- Donor communications
- Campaign messaging
- Website content
Knowledge Assistant
Helps staff find information in your documents, understand internal policies, answer operational questions and get new starters up to speed.
- Finding information in documents
- Internal policies
- Operational questions
- Staff onboarding
- Institutional knowledge
Strategy Assistant
Supports strategic planning, board reports, project development, organisational planning and the materials your trustees need to make decisions.
- Strategic planning
- Board reports
- Project development
- Organisational planning
- Decision-support materials
These are examples, not a fixed menu. Every toolkit is built around your charity’s own work.
Works on the platform you choose.
If you already use one, we build there. If you use neither, we will help you choose.
ChatGPT Plugins
A plugin bundles reusable instructions (called skills), reference files and, where needed, connected apps. Your team picks it in ChatGPT, or ChatGPT uses it automatically when it is relevant to a request.
Sharing a plugin with colleagues depends on your plan. OpenAI says Business and Enterprise workspaces can share plugins with workspace members.
Claude Skills
A skill packages instructions and reference material for a specific task. Claude picks the right skill when a request needs it, and staff can also choose one directly.
Skills need code execution turned on. Sharing skills with colleagues is available on Claude Team and Enterprise plans.
Platform features and plans change. We confirm what your account supports before we quote. Checked on 13 October 2026 against OpenAI and Anthropic help pages.
Built around you, not the other way round.
Off-the-shelf AI knows nothing about your charity. A bespoke toolkit starts with your knowledge, so the first draft is already close.
Built around your organisation
Configured to your cause, your funders and the way your team works.
Uses what you already know
Your existing documents, past bids and processes become the foundation.
Works inside ChatGPT or Claude
Your team uses tools they may already have open every day.
No new platform to learn
No separate software, logins or dashboards to manage.
Fully implemented for you
We do the technical setup, configuration and testing.
Staff training included
Every package includes onboarding or training for your team.
Fixed, transparent pricing
One published price per package, agreed before work starts.
No compulsory subscription
A one-time fee. You keep what we build.
Four steps. We do the technical part.
Discover
We learn about your charity, its challenges, existing documents and workflows.
Build
We transform your organisational knowledge into tailored AI tools.
Launch
We configure, test and deploy your AI toolkit inside ChatGPT or Claude.
Empower
We train your team to use the tools confidently and effectively.
Fixed prices. No subscription.
Four packages, each a one-time implementation fee. Most charities choose the AI Toolkit.
For smaller charities getting started with AI.
Our recommended package for most charities.
For charities needing a more extensive implementation.
For larger charities rolling AI out across several teams.
Prices are one-time implementation fees. There is no compulsory ongoing subscription.
ChatGPT, Claude and any third-party subscriptions are separate and paid directly to those providers.
Additional integrations or unusually complex requirements may need a custom quotation.
Scope, revisions and support are agreed in writing in your proposal before work begins.
What charity leaders say
“Richard has played a key role in shaping Young Somerset’s strategic content through Why Not Bot, strengthening our ability to use AI safely in our business processes.”
“A significant step forward in our commitment to efficiency, quality, and impact. The AI Assistant enables our team to focus on what matters most.”
These projects were bespoke AI assistants built for each charity before ChatGPT Plugins and Claude Skills existed in their current form. The tools have moved on. The approach is the same: start with the charity’s own knowledge, build something the team actually uses, and train them to own it.
Custom GPTs are retiring. We’ll help you migrate.
We help organisations move their existing Custom GPTs to ChatGPT Plugins, preserving their knowledge and workflows while improving their capabilities.
Already invested time and money building Custom GPTs? You can move to the new ChatGPT Plugins platform without starting from scratch. From migrating existing instructions and knowledge to testing and improving your workflows, we handle the technical details.
Available to charities, businesses, consultants and agencies.
- Custom GPTs are scheduled to retire on 11 December 2026. Enterprise workspaces with an approved deferral have until 11 February 2027.
- The GPT’s creator gets a Migrate to plugin option. Instructions become a skill, knowledge files are copied as reference files, and connected apps come across as apps.
- Custom actions do not transfer. Integrations built on them need rebuilding, sometimes with a custom MCP server.
- The GPT’s selected model and its sharing settings don’t carry over. The new plugin starts private.
- A migrated plugin may respond differently, so it needs testing before your team relies on it.
Source: OpenAI Help Center, Custom GPT retirement and migration FAQ, checked 13 October 2026. Dates can vary by account; follow the notice in yours.
You can probably do it yourself if…
- You have one GPT with instructions and a few knowledge files
- It doesn’t use custom actions or integrations
- Only you use it, or sharing is simple on your plan
- You have time to test it against your usual tasks
It’s worth getting help if…
- You have several GPTs, or a team that depends on them
- Your GPT uses custom actions or connects to other systems
- You need colleagues or clients to keep access
- You want the replacement to work better, not just the same
Custom GPT Migration from £495.
We review your GPTs first and confirm a fixed price before any work starts. Every migration includes a review, migration of instructions and knowledge, plugin configuration, testing and handover guidance.
For a single, straightforward Custom GPT.
For organisations with more to move.
Prices assume a straightforward implementation. GPTs with complicated actions, integrations, extensive knowledge files or multiple assistants are quoted separately.
We can’t promise every GPT will behave identically after migration. We test, tell you what changed and fix what matters.
ChatGPT subscriptions are separate and paid directly to OpenAI.
Prefer Claude? We can rebuild a GPT as a Claude Skill instead. Ask for a quote.
Built by a bid writer.
I’m Richard Patey. I started my career in the UK charity sector at Voluntary Norfolk, and I’ve written over £500,000 in successful charity bids. Funding strategy is in my bones.
I’ve served on grant assessment panels. I know what funders look for, and I know what your team is too busy to do. That knowledge goes into every toolkit I build.
WhyNot.Bot has built bespoke AI assistants for UK charities including Young Somerset, Young Bristol and Spark Somerset. The platforms have changed since then. What hasn’t changed is the approach: start with your charity’s own knowledge, build tools your team will actually use, and hand them over properly.
I don’t sell software subscriptions. I build the tools, test them, train your team and hand them over. No compulsory retainer, no lock-in.
Frequently asked questions.
Do we need technical expertise?
No. We handle the implementation and provide staff training, so your team only needs to be comfortable using ChatGPT or Claude day to day.
Do we need ChatGPT or Claude subscriptions?
Usually, yes. Which subscription you need depends on the platform and how widely you want to share the toolkit. Sharing tools across a team generally needs a team plan, such as ChatGPT Business or Claude Team. Subscriptions are paid directly to OpenAI or Anthropic, and we will recommend the right option in your consultation.
Can you use our existing documents?
Yes, subject to what the chosen platform supports, your data-handling requirements and the right permissions. We will agree which documents to include, and which to leave out, before we start.
Can we choose between ChatGPT and Claude?
Yes, where the capabilities you need are supported on that platform. If you already use one of them, we will normally build there.
Is there an ongoing monthly fee?
WhyNot.Bot does not charge a compulsory monthly fee. Our packages are one-time implementation fees. Platform subscriptions and any optional support are separate.
How long does implementation take?
It depends on the package and how quickly we can gather your documents and feedback. We will confirm a timeline in your proposal before you commit.
Is our charity’s information secure?
Data protection depends on the platform you choose, your subscription, how it is configured and your own organisational policies. We will talk through what information should and should not go into the toolkit. If you handle personal or sensitive data, you will need the right data-protection arrangements and platform settings in place, and we can help you think those through. We do not offer blanket security or GDPR guarantees.
Can the toolkit be updated later?
Yes. Updates and additional capabilities can be quoted separately whenever you need them.
When will Custom GPTs stop working?
OpenAI says Custom GPTs are scheduled to retire on 11 December 2026. Some Enterprise workspaces with an approved deferral have until 11 February 2027. Always check the notice in your own account, as timings can differ. (Checked against OpenAI’s Help Center on 13 October 2026.)
Can’t we just use OpenAI’s migration tool?
For a simple GPT, possibly. OpenAI provides a "Migrate to plugin" option for the GPT’s creator. Our value is everything around that button: reviewing what will and will not carry over, rebuilding what does not, testing the result and making sure your team can use it.
What doesn’t transfer automatically?
According to OpenAI, custom actions do not transfer, the GPT’s selected model does not carry over, and sharing settings are not copied. The new plugin starts private. Migrated plugins may also respond differently, so testing matters.
Will everyone who used our GPT keep access?
Not automatically. Access to the original GPT does not give anyone access to the replacement plugin. Sharing plugins with colleagues depends on your plan; OpenAI says Business and Enterprise workspaces can share plugins with workspace members. We will check what is possible on your account.
Can every GPT be migrated?
Most instructions and knowledge files can be moved, but not every GPT will behave identically, and anything built on custom actions needs rebuilding. We review each GPT first and tell you what to expect before you pay for the work.
Can you move our GPT to Claude instead?
Yes. If Claude suits you better, we can rebuild your GPT’s instructions and knowledge as a Claude Skill. Ask about this in your consultation.
Do you only work with charities?
No. Migration is available to charities, businesses, consultants, agencies and any organisation with existing Custom GPTs.
What do you need from us?
Access to the account or workspace where the GPT was created, or a copy of its instructions and knowledge files, plus a few examples of tasks you rely on it for.
Let’s talk.
Book a free 20-minute consultation about a Charity AI Toolkit, a Custom GPT migration, or both. Send a few details and we will reply to arrange a time.
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