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Projects

Real questions. Real work.

Every Data4Good project starts with a charity that wants to understand something. Here is what our volunteers are working on, and how we make sure the work is worth having.

Current projects

What we are working on

These are live briefs from UK charities and non-profits. Volunteers on the waitlist will see new briefs first when places open.

  • In progress Housing & homelessness

    A national housing charity

    Project in progress. A full case study will be published when the work is complete.

    • SQL
    • Power BI
    • Forecasting
  • In progress Health

    A healthcare charity provider

    Project in progress. A full case study will be published when the work is complete.

    • Python
    • Statistics
    • Data visualisation
  • In progress Children & young people

    A national children’s charity

    Project in progress. A full case study will be published when the work is complete.

    • Excel
    • Survey analysis
    • Impact reporting
  • In progress Education & research

    A UK university

    Project in progress. A full case study will be published when the work is complete.

    • Research
    • Python
    • Mapping
How projects work

Careful from start to finish

  • Scoped properly

    We agree a clear question, a realistic timeline and what a useful answer looks like before anyone writes a line of code.

  • Supervised throughout

    Every team works under an experienced supervisor who guides the approach, supports the volunteers and keeps the project on track.

  • Checked before it leaves

    Findings are reviewed for accuracy and clarity. If we would not trust it, we do not hand it over.

  • Handed over for keeps

    The charity receives the results, the working files and a walkthrough. They own it all and can carry on without us.

What volunteers do

Practical work that moves a charity forward

Projects are chosen for usefulness, not novelty. Here are the kinds of problems our volunteers help with.

  • Impact reporting dashboards

    Turn scattered records into a clear picture of what your work achieves, ready for trustees and funders.

    • Power BI
    • Tableau
    • Storytelling

  • Fundraising and donor analytics

    Understand who gives, why they stay and where the next appeal could work best.

    • SQL
    • Segmentation
    • Python

  • Demand forecasting

    Plan staffing and services around what is likely to happen next, not what happened last year.

    • Forecasting
    • R
    • Statistics

  • Data cleaning and CRM health

    Tidy duplicate records, fix gaps and make your systems something your team can actually trust.

    • Excel
    • SQL
    • Data quality

  • Survey and feedback analysis

    Find the themes in free-text responses and the signals in the numbers, so people are heard.

    • Text analysis
    • Python
    • Research

  • Mapping need with geographic data

    See where help is needed most, and where your services already reach, on a map that makes sense.

    • GIS
    • QGIS
    • Open data

Have a question of your own?

If your charity has data and a question, we would like to hear it. Tell us what you want to understand and we will take it from there.

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