GuideStar International's Blog

The UK Government has just launched a data site with the help of Tim Berners Lee (Listen to a him speak about this via podcast), which provides the public with a wealth of information and statistics sourced from government archives. The site, data.gov.uk has 3 times the amount of data than that of the US data.gov site all of which is free to the public for reuse. You can also have a look at other public government data sites on the Guardian website.  Developers can submit apps or visualisations for consideration and the public can submit ideas for data analysis. There is an informative list of FAQs for those of you who would like to use the data or would like to become more involved in the initiative. As government and other data visualization enthusiasts (See the interesting Information is Beautiful site) provide and use such data in creative ways, we urge data on charities to also be considered an important source to build a better understanding of the role these organisations play in promoting better social outcomes and strong communities.