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Major new UK collaborative to massively accelerate UK civil society’s use of digital. This is where we share our work-in-progress, plans and resources for partners’ input and debate.

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  • About Catalyst
    Introducing The Catalyst’s framework for action

    Introducing The Catalyst’s framework for action

    A practical structure for an urgent ambition
    Go to the profile of Dan Sutch
    Dan Sutch
    Jul 29
    The Catalyst’s ambition, targets and how to get involved

    The Catalyst’s ambition, targets and how to get involved

    Through collaboration, progress towards a radically refashioned civil society need no longer be piecemeal nor incremental. Here’s how.
    Go to the profile of Annie Dare
    Annie Dare
    Jul 15
    The Catalyst: for everyone who wants to put a social purpose at the heart of the digital revolution

    The Catalyst: for everyone who wants to put a social purpose at the heart of the digital revolution

    If you are a Catalyst for change, the time is now. Join the network at www.thecatalyst.org.uk
    Go to the profile of Dan Sutch
    Dan Sutch
    Jul 15
    Work & Projects
    We launch 'The Charity Worker and the Digital Service Designer'

    We launch 'The Charity Worker and the Digital Service Designer'

    A fable to tell a new story of digital service design
    Go to the profile of Joe Roberson
    Joe Roberson
    Dec 9
    Catalyst project: Ochre

    Catalyst project: Ochre

    Development of Ochre, a web application that shows the status of all the work that’s happening across the Catalyst network.
    Go to the profile of Gilly
    Gilly
    Nov 27
    Catalyst project: Briefly

    Catalyst project: Briefly

    Definition and development of a functional prototype, testing the concept of a digital brief building tool for charities.
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    Noam
    Nov 27
    Viewpoints
    Responding to the Climate Crisis — some practical thoughts from the Sector Tech strand of The…

    Responding to the Climate Crisis — some practical thoughts from the Sector Tech strand of The…

    If we think that the aims and goals of The Catalyst are urgent, I’m sure we’ll agree that doing all we can to reduce the effect of the…
    Go to the profile of Chris Thorpe
    Chris Thorpe
    Sep 20
    Collating climate ‘tech for good’

    Collating climate ‘tech for good’

    To mark today’s Global Climate Strike, a few civil society community organisers (me, Ab Brightman, Cassie Robinson and Dama Sathianathan)…
    Go to the profile of Ellie Hale
    Ellie Hale
    Sep 20
    ‘Everyone is needed’—why we urge civil society to support the Global Climate Strike.

    ‘Everyone is needed’—why we urge civil society to support the Global Climate Strike.

    Climate is the single issue that compounds all others. We are all environmentalists now.
    Go to the profile of Annie Dare
    Annie Dare
    Sep 19
    Shaping Catalyst
    Models for The Catalyst — Part 2

    Models for The Catalyst — Part 2

    Understand the system; take small, radical steps; be diverse & flexible; co-create; support change agents. Lessons from Transition Design.
    Go to the profile of Cassie Robinson.
    Cassie Robinson.
    Aug 23
    Models for The Catalyst — Part 1

    Models for The Catalyst — Part 1

    An overview of models to drive change, from Collective Impact to Portfolios of Experiments, that will inform how The Catalyst operates.
    Go to the profile of Cassie Robinson.
    Cassie Robinson.
    Aug 21
    Feedback #2: Coldicutt, Small, Sutch & Wilding on Catalyst—’A renewed relevance’ for civil society.

    Feedback #2: Coldicutt, Small, Sutch & Wilding on Catalyst—’A renewed relevance’ for civil society.

    Four interviews chart how The Catalyst might act as the compass to reorient the social sector.
    Go to the profile of Cassie Robinson.
    Cassie Robinson.
    Jul 15
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