Infrastructure for the third sector

The technology landscape in the third sector is fragmented and where common systems have been created it has often been difficult to get widespread adoption. There is no ‘one size fits all’ tech platform that can serve all the needs of an entire sector, but there are undoubtedly requirements that are common across significant parts of it. These could be horizontal applications like funding application processes, impact measurement and reporting, or vertical applications supporting organisations working in similar areas, such as asylum seekers and refugees, food distribution, and tackling homelessness.

Links to information discussed by the panel and additional resources are listed below:

• Dan Sutch, CAST

  • The Catalyst web site

  • Digital Service Recipes

  • Digital Trustees - Third Sector Lab

  • Agencies for Good

  • Dovetail Network

  • Space for re-use - CAST

  • Accelerating tech for good impact through a culture of reuse