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November 5, 2019
How Birmingham City Council is using data to understand funding in the West Midlands
With the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games on the horizon, Birmingham City Council is working to understand what grantmaking currently...
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Grantmaking data champions unite!
We are soon to launch a Data Champions programme to connect and support people who are...
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Standing down as CEO
After four hugely rewarding years at 360Giving, I have decided it’s time to hand over the reins to someone...
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How much does the UK government give in grants?
Grants from government are a crucial part of the voluntary sector’s funding mix – but surprisingly, it’s very difficult...
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Developing data champions
Our first go at creating a network of data champions has revealed a thirst for connecting with others to...
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More and better data, but can we follow the money?
Last month NCVO launched its 2019 Civil Society Almanac, which they describe as “a treasure trove of voluntary sector...
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My first data visualisation brought clarity on how on-target our funding is
“We thought we were sharing data for the benefit of grantees, but now we realise that it benefits us...
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From spaghetti junction to open, transparent grantmaking data
This blog first appeared on Medium, as part of the Funding Utupia project, Exploring radical, transformative ideas for the...
Read Full StoryJune 17, 2019
Small is the new big
It’s Small Charity Week again! Last year we did an analysis of small charities in Lambeth and Southwark and...
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Informing policy discussions
Guest blog by Max Rutherford, Head of Policy at the Association of Charitable Foundations. A few years ago while...
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Technology in the Charitable Sector
Guest post by Marina Stedman of The Good Exchange A new research report into ‘Technology in the Charitable Sector’...
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What can 360Giving data tell us about funding across London?
This was first published by London Funders on their blog. I was pleased to speak at London Funders’ first...
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Holding ourselves to account
Guest post by Paul Streets, CEO of Lloyds Bank Foundation, following his keynote talk at the launch of 360Insights...
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A Forest of Funders
Exploring the landscape of UK grant funders through a handmade data visualisation Last year we held a competition to...
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From sharing to using – what’s next for 360Giving?
I’m excited to be launching 360Giving’s new strategy today. Our success over the past three years means that for...
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Making data simple and powerful for user-led organisations
Last year we held a competition to celebrate how open grants data can be visualised. In this latest in...
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Identifying who is being funded
Back in 2018 we focused some of our labs work on organisational identifiers – the important numbers that help...
Read Full StoryMarch 20, 2019
Metadata: explaining the data
Guest post by Rob Redpath, Open Data Services Co-operative. ODSC works closely with the 360Giving team, providing tools and...
Read Full StoryMarch 18, 2019
Government sets the Standard with 360Giving
The UK Government’s Open Standards Board has selected the 360Giving Data Standard for use by central government departments and...
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Winning at visualisation and improving society
Last year we held a Challenge Fund competition to celebrate how open grants data can be visualised. In this...
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