WHY NOT BOT

Increase Your Impact with AI

Get a private, custom-trained AI Assistant that knows your charity’s work. It’s built to help you save time, write stronger bids, support your team, and focus on what matters most.

Smarter Than You Think

What is a Charity AI Assistant?

I don’t build chatbots — I build smart assistants that understand your organisation’s real work. Each one is trained on your own documents, reports, and ways of working, so it can speak your language, answer questions with context, and actually help your team move faster.Whether it’s drafting funding bids, turning annual surveys into insight, or helping staff navigate policies, your Assistant becomes a digital team member — ready to support your goals, 24/7.
You share the work you’re already doing — I make it easier to use, reuse, and scale through AI.

Built for Real Teams

Who It’s For

I work with two kinds of organisations:
1. Charities that need help with funding, reporting, and admin
2. Infrastructure bodies (like CVSs) that support others and want better internal toolsFor charities, I build assistants that draft grant answers, summarise policies, and prep reports.
For infrastructure teams, I build internal tools that surface team knowledge, analyse survey data, and reduce pressure on your core staff.
And if you support members, I can build public-facing assistants that handle the first 65% of common questions — so your people can focus on the rest.

MY BACKGROUND

About Richard Patey

I’m a bid writer and funding strategist who was leveraging AI before ChatGPT launched. I help charities and community groups secure funding, develop strategy, and use AI tools to work smarter and maximise impact.At Voluntary Norfolk, I supported hundreds of organisations with funding advice, legal structures, and connections to national funders. I delivered workshops, ran development events, and served on an ESF grant panel, gaining valuable insight into how funders assess bids.At Meridian East, a supported employment charity, I helped secure and manage over £500,000 in government and community funding. My work included bid writing, policy analysis, contract negotiation, and strategic planning.Through whynot.bot, I now combine my expertise in AI, bid writing, and funding strategy to help charities scale their work and unlock new capacity.

Simple, Safe Setup

How It Works

How It WorksHere’s how I build your Assistant:
1. I meet with you to understand your priorities
2. You send me your key materials (reports, policies, templates)
3. I train the Assistant in a secure, private setup
4. You get a branded AI link or ChatGPT Team version
5. I give you an onboarding guide or walkthrough — no jargonYou can keep it internal, share it publicly, or do both.
Everything is tailored — and nothing is stored or shared beyond your use.

BETTER THAN FREE

Why Not Just Use Free ChatGPT?

Free ChatGPT is helpful — but it doesn’t know your charity.It can’t remember your goals, funders, or policies. It doesn’t keep context between chats. And unless you’re using ChatGPT Team, uploading documents may raise privacy concerns.When I build your Assistant, it’s private, pre-trained, and context-aware.
It already understands how your charity works — and it can grow with you over time.
It’s not just a tool — it’s a teammate built to save your team hours and raise your quality.

TESTIMONIAL

Richard has played a key role in shaping Young Somerset’s strategic content through Why Not Bot, enhancing our digital engagement and outreach. His expertise in AI-driven communication has strengthened our ability to efficiently use AI safely in our business processes.

Nik Harwood, Chief Executive at Young Somerset

ONE-OFF COST

Pricing

I offer two simple packages: one for charities needing a general-purpose assistant, and one for infrastructure teams that want something more tailored. No subscriptions, no hidden fees — just a one-off setup price. The only optional ongoing cost is a ChatGPT Team plan (~£400/year), which you can cancel anytime.

FRONTLINE

£2,950

Best for small-mid-sized charities. Trained on your reports, policies & funder needs. One private GPT with branding and onboarding.

  • Branded GPT assistant trained on your charity’s own documents

  • Built to support funding bids, reporting, and internal policies

  • Secure, private setup — nothing stored or shared externally

  • Virtual training of staff + manual

  • Custom AI policy for staff

  • Delivery inside 30 days

Infrastructure

£4,950

CVS & RCC teams and other infrastructure orgs needing niche tools to better support their members. Pick up to 3 GPTs: internal team knowledge assistants plus member-facing support to free up development workers from repeat Q&A.

  • Choose up to 3 purpose-built assistants (e.g. team knowledge, survey insights, staff handbook, supervision tracking, or member-facing tools for funding support and policies)

  • Each assistant trained on your documents, surveys, handbooks, or supervision notes

  • Compartmentalised setup for different staff roles or departments

  • Fully secure and private — internal-use or public-facing options

  • Branded tools + walkthrough for your whole team

  • Delivery inside 60 days

BOOK A DEMO

See what an AI Assistant can do

Whether you’re a frontline charity or a CVS support organisation, we’ll help you understand what’s possible — and what would actually save your team time. No jargon, no pressure — just a short call to see if it’s a good fit.