The third sector and data

As a charity, we understand the challenges facing the third sector, and how data-informed evaluation, analysis, and insights can help to tackle them!

We’ve seen the organisations that work with us create more effective decision-making, simpler problem-solving, and better operational practices by embracing data-informed ways of working.

What can it do for you?

What else can better data use and a data-informed approach do for your organisation?

  • Evaluate impact, assess and analyse the outcomes of programmes, and monitor service users’ progress with useful analysis techniques.

  • Improve services, boost engagement, and measure demand by finding deeper insights about beneficiaries.

  • Find unmet need, target services and resources, and make informed strategic decisions by benchmarking against external data sets.

  • Improve capacity, simplify decision-making, and save time on admin with effective tools and data-informed processes.

  • Advocate and influence for your cause, engage new partners, and create coalitions with powerful evidence about your impact.

  • Build funding appeals, discover new audiences, and understand donor churn with audience analysis.

  • Improve data management and collection, develop team skills and data literacy, and connect with peers.

  • Create a data-informed culture, help other staff understand its value, and get senior buy-in and investment in data use by sharing practical insights.

“It really helped us understand how we could make better decisions as an organisation.”

Dr Sandy Gulyurtlu | Head of Insights and Impact, Starlight
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Transparency and ethics

We’re all about transparent, ethical, and responsible data use - it’s one of our values.

It’s the skill of being able to understand the limitations of data and data-driven processes, and we want everyone to share it.

The third sector in particular holds data about vulnerable individuals and sensitive topics, so safeguarding, privacy, and security is always a priority.