It can be unclear what a Tech for Good project actually is. Because not only charities run them. Public and private sectors do too. With last week's launch of the Tech for Good fund's new Explore programme we try to define it in a charity context.
We look at some of the guidance available to help tackle cyber-security issues.
Reason Digital and Superhighways, two organisations who support charities to harness the power of technology, recently joined forces as Collaborators of Catalyst. The goal of this collaboration was to support national mental health charity, Mind, with a hefty organisational challenge, using digital to do so. Lucy Bushby, the Project Lead from Reason Digital, explains the approach, the outcomes and how two weeks of questions, ideas and speedy testing changed the way Mind is working locally and nationally.
This week we have five new recipes, contributed by a range of charities, some who have had a strong digital focus for years and others who are just starting out.
Initial estimates were that lockdown would cost the sector £3.7bn - but is that really right? We look at the data in more detail.
Our survey of charity digital skills has been updated to include information on how COVID-19 has affected the sector. One early finding is that one in three lack the skills or tech to cope.
