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Guest post: Nominet Trust offer free help from a data expert
25th November 2011

Ed Anderton, Nominet Trust

Would you like a free day of a data expert’s time? The Nominet Trust is offering 10 charities just that – you could be one of them. In this guest post, Ed Anderton from the Nominet Trust explains their offer...
Making Open Data real: consultation response
26th October 2011

David KaneIn August this year the Cabinet Office launched its "Making Open Data Real" consultation. We've put together a response to the consultation - which I've reproduced below. I'm really interested in any thoughts or comments you might have on the reponse.

Voluntary and community organisations: tell us how you use research
18th October 2011
OPM logoThis is a guest blog from Tim Vanson at the Office for Public Management (OPM). We're working with Tim and the team at OPM on a research project for JISC, looking at how organisations use research.
Benford's Law and charity data
21st September 2011

David Kane

Open data – no longer an optional extra for the VCS
12th July 2011

David Kane

Today saw the launch of the Open Public Services White Paper – NCVO's policy people have already provided an instant analysis, with more to come.

What does central government think it spends on the voluntary sector?
13th May 2011

David KaneToday saw the release of the Government's updated Departmental Business Plans, which show progress against the objectives that government has set itself, and its plans for the coming year.

Protests: participation in (direct?) action
5th April 2011

David KaneIt's just over a week since hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of London to protest against cuts to public spending. How many hundreds of thousands is a matter for debate - the BBC reported at least 250,000.

The transition fund - latest data
22nd March 2011

David KaneThe latest list of organisations that are receiving money from the Cabinet Office's Transition Fund was released on Tuesday.

Making Data Relevant: a case study
10th March 2011

Laura ConradThe following is a guest blog by Laura Conrad, policy officer at Barnsley Hospice. Laura first got in touch to register a cut with the voluntary sector cuts website, but it turns out that Barnsley Hospice also have a really interesting story about using data to improve the services they provide for their beneficiaries.

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