Catalyst believes data collective will improve response to coronavirus (COVID-19)

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Catalyst, a charitable initiative incubated by the Centre for Acceleration of Social Technology, which aims to increase the resilience and responsiveness of UK civil society, through digital, design and data, has proposed forming a data collective to understand society’s needs during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. The data collective should be a co-ordinated effort by organisations, which should help respond to the crisis more accurately. Catalyst highlights that standardised and co-ordinated data is needed to make sure that charities, and people in leadership positions, have access to the information they need timely and clearly. 15 organisations have so far come together to share skills and insights with others.