Barnardo’s data and insight journey supports young children
Kris Palmer
VP Technology @ Interface Magazine -Sharing success stories around Digital Transformation and tech-enabled business change
Understanding what goes on behind the scenes of an organisation allows you to appreciate its achievements and the operational scale that it has to work to. This is the striking realisation to be had when looking into the journey of the UK’s largest children’s charity, Barnardo’s, founded in 1867 by Thomas Barnardo.?
He set out to provide homes and a basic education for disadvantaged children—this was a pivotal thread throughout the charity’s history that echoes through its work in the modern day.?
The charity’s value of leadership has spanned the generations. One case is particularly visible among the data and insight team: in 2017, Remi Martins-Tonks brought his economics expertise into the charity’s fold in his search for a role that would fulfil his own values in alignment with those of his employer, job, and the team in which he works.?
“The values on which Barnardo’s was established more than 150 years ago remain the same today. Last year, Barnardo’s provided essential support to over 357,000 children, young people, parents, and carers through more than 790 services and partnerships across the UK,” says Martins-Tonks.?
“We provide vital support to children and families who need us most to help with a range of issues from mental health to child sexual abuse and children in care.”?
Such motives extend beyond the requirements of Martins-Tonks’ role, supporting the backend operations of the charity to enable teams with data-driven insights and products. To understand how this is incorporated into day-to-day functions, it’s important to recognise how it can support the team’s overall function.?
“The charity has changed over the years as it responds to the world around it and is?moulded by the society in which it operates to provide services which people need today. But when we go back to the basics of what informed our founder’s work, which was about giving children the best possible start in life, then it’s just as accurate today says Martins-Tonks.?
Read the full article with Remi, here .