The 360Giving Data Standard has been updated to support sharing data about grants to individuals. Background Over the past year, 360Giving has been working on a project to enable grantmakers to share data about grants given to individuals as 360Giving data. In our previous blog, we discussed the work we’d done to set up a […]

This National Inclusion Week we are proud to share our journey to achieving the Neurodiversity Inclusivity Confidence Award. In this blog, I’m sharing what we have considered and implemented in 360Giving’s inclusion journey, and what we have learnt along the way.  Where we started When I joined 360Giving as Chief Executive in March 2020, I […]

In this blog we share plans for the development of the 360Giving Data Standard to reflect a wider range of grants, and future updates to 360Giving tools. Update (13/9): 360Giving’s consultation on grants to individuals is now closed. Thanks to all who provided their feedback and insights. Background When 360Giving developed the Data Standard, it […]

Following on from the publication of brand new analysis for the Access to Justice Foundation, we’re sharing what we have learnt along the way. The 360Giving team were pleased to work with the Access to Justice Foundation on a  new report analysing funding for ‘Specialist Legal Advice Providers’, and the broader size and scope of […]

In this blog we share some of the issues that we have been exploring around geography and location data, and what we are planning to do next to move things forward. People want to know where funding is going in the UK, but there are currently some challenges in how location data is handled in […]

Update: Following the exploration described in this blog, we launched the ability to identify grants intended for regranting in the 360Giving Data Standard. Read our regranting launch blog to find out more. In this blog, we’re exploring the concept of regranting, explaining what we have seen in the data, and outlining what we’re doing next […]

Data shared by 174 grantmakers on their Covid relief and recovery funding – covering 66,000 grants worth almost £2.4 billion – has been analysed and summarised by David Kane (Analysis Lead, 360Giving) in newly-published interactive research. Key findings from the report show that funders acted quickly and responsively, and adapted approaches to reach communities disproportionately […]

Over the coming months, we are delighted to be welcoming six new trustees onto our board. One of them is Farah Ahmed, Head of Market Development, Digital Identity at Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). In this post, we speak with Farah about her background in the civil service, how attitudes towards data […]

Over the coming months, we are delighted to be welcoming six new trustees onto our board. One of them is Jo Kerr, Director of Innovation and Impact at Turn2us. In this post, we speak to Jo about the changes in digital, technology and data in charities, and what excites her about joining 360Giving. You can […]

Over the coming months, we are delighted to be welcoming six new trustees onto our board. One of them is Jon Cracknell, Trust Secretary of the Ecology Trust. In this post, we speak to Jon about his experience and the changes he’s seen in environmental philanthropy, and what excites him about joining 360Giving. You can get […]

Over the coming months, we are delighted to be welcoming six new trustees onto our board. One of them is Bonnie Chiu, Managing Director at The Social Investment Consultancy. In this post, we speak to Bonnie about women’s empowerment, the value of young trustees and what excites her about joining 360Giving. You can get to […]

Over the coming months, we are delighted to be welcoming six new trustees onto our board. One of them is Dr Danil Mikhailov, Founder and Head of Wellcome Data Labs at the Wellcome Trust. In this post, we speak to Danil about creating Wellcome Data Labs, data maturity and what excites him about joining 360Giving. […]

Over the coming months, we are delighted to be welcoming six new trustees onto our board. One of them is Thrisha Haldar, Lead Executive at The Alan and Babette Sainsbury Fund. In this post, we speak to Thrisha about her background, her thoughts on grantmaking strategy and what excites her about joining 360Giving. You can […]

With funders sitting on a goldmine of data, more are asking how they can best use data and what skills they might need to do that. But do you need a data scientist, an analyst or an engineer? In this guest post, Michael Jarvis, Executive Director at Transparency & Accountability Initiative, shares guidance for funding […]

Today is our 5th birthday 🎂  To mark it, we’re sharing some – well, five – of our biggest highlights, challenges and lessons over the last five years, along with five things we hope for the future. Photo by S O C I A L . C U T on Unsplash We can’t believe it’s […]

This Giving Tuesday, we celebrate how the voluntary sector is finding new ways to collaborate and innovate to target their support, and enable the best use of limited resources in such challenging times. Open data’s value has never been greater for the public good

The term ‘left behind’ has featured increasingly in social policy discussions in recent years. Here, Stefan Noble from OCSI shares how they have been working with Local Trust to develop a quantitative measure of left-behind areas using open data. As part of this, for the first time, a Community Needs Index has been created, including […]