We’re a British Data Awards 2022 Finalist

We’re delighted to announce that we’ve been named a Finalist in the British Data Awards 2022 for the second year in a row. We’re shortlisted for Not for profit of the Year, alongside our friends at 360 Giving.

The British Data Awards is an annual campaign that sets out to uncover data success stories. Organisations taking part include FTSE 100 giants, public sector pioneers, technology unicorns, agile not-for-profits, and innovative start-ups among others. And with 158 nominations received, competition to be named a Finalist proved to be particularly tough this year.

Jason Johnson, Co-Founder of Predatech and British Data Awards judge said: “The standard of entries received this year has been particularly high, which has made judging a great privilege, but also a real challenge. All the Finalists should be incredibly proud of their achievements, and for helping to remind us of the sheer talent and ingenuity that makes the UK such a global powerhouse for all things data. I look forward to celebrating their successes on the 19 May.”

Data Orchard combines specialist skills in research, statistics and data with a passion for making the world a better place socially, economically and environmentally. Our mission is to help organisations get better with data – enabling them to use it for better decisions and greater impact.

We work primarily in the UK not-for-profit sector, promoting the importance and value of data for good, including in health, education, housing, environmental, community, and cultural contexts. We help organisations with assessing their ‘data maturity’; defining their data strategy; researching and analysing data, measuring impact, and building data capabilities.

Data Orchard Co Chief Executive, Sian Basker, said:

“We’re so happy to be shortlisted for this award again. It’s a real recognition of all of our hard work working with non-commercial organisations across the UK to help them get better at using data.

“As a social enterprise, we are values-driven and use our profits and assets for public good. We actively work to advance and accelerate data maturity in the not-for-profit sector nationally and internationally by providing tools, sharing good practice, and collaborating with partners in Data4Good.

“Winning this award would provide industry recognition of our pioneering work in the data maturity field over the last 7 years and endorse the value this has had in the Data for Good context. In turn, this will mean we’re able to reach and inspire more organisations to improve their use of data as a powerful resource in their causes.”

Good luck to all the finalists when the winners are announced at British Data Awards ceremony on 19 May.