UK AI Readiness Charter · Free · Open to every organisation

Put your name to
an AI-ready UK.

The UK AI Readiness Charter is a public, plain-English commitment to preparing your people and adopting AI well. It sets out five practical pledges, and you choose at least three your organisation can stand behind today. Signing is free, for organisations of every size. Signatories receive a verified badge, a communications toolkit, and a shareable verification page, usually the same day.

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5 pledges

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Badge, toolkit, and verification page

— Why sign —

Everyone is asking if you're
ready for AI.

Your board

Boards want an AI position by next quarter, and "we are looking into it" has stopped being an answer. The Charter gives you a public, externally recognised position you can table at the next meeting.

Your people

Half your staff are worried about AI and the other half are already pasting work into chatbots. A signed Charter tells both groups the organisation has rules, named owners, and a direction.

Your customers and regulators

Procurement questionnaires, funders, and regulators now ask how you use AI responsibly. Signatories answer with a verifiable badge instead of a paragraph written under pressure.

Sign before they ask again

— The commitment —

Five pledges in plain English.
Sign at least three.

Five practical commitments to getting your organisation ready for AI. Sign at least three. Written for boardrooms and staff rooms alike, with no consultancy speak and no small print.

AI Literacy

Everyone who works here understands what AI is, how we use it, and how it affects their role. No one is left to guess.

Baseline AI awareness training for all staff within twelve months
AI literacy built into new-starter induction
Guidance for managers on what AI means for their teams

Responsible AI Use

We publish a clear policy for how AI is used here, we are open about where it is used, and a named person is accountable for it.

A published AI acceptable-use or ethics policy
A named owner for AI governance
Human oversight on AI-influenced decisions that affect people

AI Skills Investment

We back our people to build real AI skills, supporting at least one colleague each year toward a recognised AI accreditation.

Sponsor a colleague toward IoAI accreditation each year
Protected CPD time for AI skills
An internal AI champions network

Open Knowledge

We share what we learn about adopting AI, so the next organisation does not have to learn it the hard way.

One AI case study, tool review, or lesson shared each year
Honest about what failed as well as what worked
Contribute to IoAI events or the resource library

Inclusive AI Access

AI's tools, training, and opportunities are open to all our staff, not just the technical teams.

Non-technical staff get the tools and training too
Training offered in accessible formats
We monitor who actually has access

Three today beats five someday. You can add pledges at any time.

We signed on a Tuesday morning and the badge was on our tender documents by Thursday. Two procurement questionnaires later, it has already paid for the ten minutes it took.

— Emma · Chief operating officer, a social care provider

Our trustees wanted reassurance and our staff wanted permission. The Charter gave us both in one page.

— Michael · Chief executive, a multi-academy trust

We build AI products, so signing felt like declaring an interest. It turned out to be the easiest credibility we have ever earned.

— Jack · Founder, an AI product company

AI now reaches every kind of organisation. Whatever you do and however big you are, you can put your name to the UK AI Readiness Charter today. Every signature is verified by IoAI, and each signatory gets a shareable verification page.

— How signing works —

No fee, no procurement form, no thirty-day review. Read, choose, sign, and the badge is yours the same day.

01
Read
Read the five pledges above. About ten minutes, and written in plain English.
02
Choose
Pick at least three you can stand behind today. You can add more later.
03
Sign
Create a free account, tell us who is signing, and submit. Most entries are verified the same day.
04
Display
Receive the signatory badge, the communications toolkit, and a shareable public verification page.

Free for every organisation, of every size.

— The Charter Toolkit —

Sign once.
Announce everywhere.

Every signatory gets the toolkit to announce it: the signatory badge, ready-to-send press and internal announcements, social cards, and a two-page AI policy starter.

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— Common questions —

Things people ask
before signing.

Is it really free?+

Yes, genuinely. No fee to sign, no card, and no upsell. The UK AI Readiness Charter is The Institute of AI's public initiative to help build an AI-ready United Kingdom, and it stays free for every organisation, of every size.

Is the Charter legally binding?+

No. It is a public commitment, not a contract. Its weight comes from being public: your chosen pledges sit on your public verification page, where your customers, staff, and regulators can read them.

What happens if we fall short of a pledge?+

The Charter runs on good faith, not penalties. Each year you are invited, not required, to share what you have done against your pledges, and you can update them or withdraw at any time if your circumstances change.

Why only three of the five pledges?+

Because honest commitments beat complete ones. Most organisations can stand behind three pledges today. The other two are an ambition, not a barrier, and you can add them to your commitment at any time.

How is the Charter different from organisation accreditation?+

The Charter is a free, public commitment you make yourself. Accreditation is an assessed credential against the IoAI maturity framework, with named assessors and an annual fee. Most organisations sign the Charter first and pursue accreditation when they are ready to prove it.