Resources
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If you’re a charity and you’re thinking about data, tech, and systems, we’ve gathered these resources to help you find your way.
How To Choose a CRM - the book
We’ve been working with charities for almost 20 years and we’ve talked to thousands of them in that time, helping them to manage their data.
We’ve condensed that experience into a short free book to help you through the process of choosing a database for your non-profit.
Download the book now, or give us a call and we’ll pop a copy in the post.
Effective Data Management
Effective organisations look after their resources: including their data. The first step is knowing what you have, and why. For new or changing organisations, you may need to think about what you’ll need, too.
Once you’ve done that, you need to make sure you are complying with The Data Protection Act 2018. It places a set of responsibilities on you, and you need to be able to show that you’ve met them.
The third step is then to think about how you store your data. The appropriate technology will need to be secure and make your data work for you.
Download the Effective Data Management guides and workbooks now.
More resources for charities
Data Orchard help organisations (charities) get better with data: https://www.dataorchard.org.uk/
NCVO have lots of help and guidance, including about digital issues: https://www.ncvo.org.uk/help-and-guidance/digital-technology/#/
The Lloyds Bank Foundation and Esmée Fairbairn Foundation are two funders that provide additional funding to their grant recipients to help them with organisational development, including databases and digital. We’ve worked with Lloyds with dozens of their recipients over the years.
Triangle Consulting have produced dozens of Outcome Stars to help you track the impact you’re having. These are well tested and widely recognised: https://www.outcomesstar.org.uk/
Small Charity Week has a range of free or affordable courses on all sorts of topics: https://www.smallcharityweek.com/
Our friends at Street Smart in Belgium have a range of free training and free resources for youth workers (but useful for others too). They also have an app similar to Lamplight that’s particularly good for outreach based youth work.
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