Data Philanthropy: My experience at Nectar’s Data Swarm Event

Of the many ways to support charities and the causes we believe in, financial donation is both the most straightforward and the most prevalent. 57% of the adult UK population gave directly to a charity in 2018, compared to 16% of us volunteered in some capacity. While harder to quantify, the value of donated time can be equally high, with many organisations relying on volunteers to deliver their core programmes of work. When we think of charitable volunteering, we tend to imagine event orchestration and front-line work. …