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Finding the most vulnerable with Citizens Advice Lewisham
“DataKind UK’s recommendations… will help us align our services to the constant changes within the economy and Lewisham’s landscape in the coming years.”
CAL staff member
Tapping into web-chat with Turn2Us
"We were excited about using text analysis techniques to pull out recurring issues and topics, streamline interactions, and make finite resources stretch to even more people!"
Meg Leyland, project volunteer
Getting people out of debt with Christians Against Poverty
“I’m really super excited about where we can go from here. If we do want to help more people, there’s absolutely no question that data can be a big part of that.”
Martin Cowles
Senior Project Manager, Christians Against Poverty
Identifying food bank use with the Welcome Centre
“It’s really easy to be scared of data, GDPR, and all these things. But if you can embrace the idea and move forwards with it, it can be a really positive thing for you as an organisation, and for the people that you’re working with.”
Ellie Coteau
Manager, The Welcome Centre