Kings Pantry
“Match donated food to family need without anyone going hungry - and without waste.”
For local organisations
Tell us a real problem your organisation faces.
Then we’ll match it to a Harpenden working group and let other residents - leaders, teens, volunteers - join in solving it. This is what a town that’s fluent in AI actually does for its own organisations.
What a problem looks like
Specific. Felt by real people. Solvable inside a summer.
You don’t need to know what AI can do. You just need to know what hurts. The good problems are the ones your volunteers and beneficiaries already know by heart.
Harpenden Trust
“Help residents find the right grant or service quickly, even if they’ve never heard of us.”
Roundwood Park School
“Triage parent and pupil enquiries so the office isn’t the bottleneck.”
Sport for Confidence
“Match volunteers to the right session, every week, without phoning round.”
How it works
Four steps from a problem on a sticky note to a shipped community project.
01
You submit your problem
Two minutes. Plain English. No technical detail required.
02
It goes live as a community project
Other residents can join the working group and help solve it. The town does the work, with you.
03
We match a coach + a working group
AI Optimist coaches the team. Sherpas teens build the prototype. AI Night School alumni write it up. Everyone learns.
04
You ship something real
Within 90 days, your organisation has something concrete that helps the people who actually use you.