Every charity across the UK is trying to deal with the enormous implications of the COVID-19 crisis. Many critical face-to-face services need urgently redesigning. Staff and volunteers everywhere are going through rapid operational changes to the way they work together.
We want to offer some help.
Catalyst is making available Digital Teams to help charities who need support right now with digital challenges. Catalyst Digital Teams will be made up of a combination of digital, design and data expertise to help charities go through urgent, sometimes radical transitions.
The teams will be made up of experts drawn from a national network of Catalyst partners. (If you would like to join this network, please complete this form and we’ll be in touch).
They will be funded and made available at no cost to the voluntary, social or charitable organisation that needs their support.
Initially, a small number of Digital Teams will be available to organisations that identify as an anchor organisation, infrastructure body or federated charity or organisations that support, connect or coordinate a network.
We plan to learn quickly from working with these organisations and expand availability.
Catalyst Digital Teams will work alongside charities to help understand and respond to urgent challenges by:
Initially, we will focus on working with organisations that identify as an anchor organisation, infrastructure body or federated charity; or organisations that support, connect or coordinate a network of voluntary, social and community enterprises.
We are looking to work with these kinds of organisations first because they are able to cascade the support Digital Teams offer out to other organisations in their networks or local areas.
If you are an anchor organisation, infrastructure body or federated charity, or an organisation that supports, connects or coordinates a network, and you are interested in applying for support from a Digital Team, please fill in this form or contact us by email at hello@thecatalyst.org.uk.
