Kate White, Superhighways

Kate White has been managing Superhighways, a project at Kingston Voluntary Action, for nearly 25 years, growing it from a three borough project to a pan London initiative supporting hundreds of small charities and community gain the essential digital and data skills, backed by the right tech, to achieve their goals. She sits on the ICS SWL Digital Board. Kate is passionate about helping smaller organisations utilise digital technology to be more efficient and effective and builds confidence and skills within teams to progress their digital and data journeys. She is also committed to bridging the digital divide, working in partnership with communities to address digital exclusion barriers. Collaboration is key to her approach, building relationships with London’s voluntary and community sector infrastructure organisations, funders and other stakeholders to co-design services, extend reach and scale social impact.  

Kate is regularly asked to speak at tech and data for good events and collaborates with others in the tech and data for good space. She is a co-organiser of the tech for good community - TechSoup Connect London, a founding member of the UK Tech for Good Network and contributes to the Data Collective and Catalyst network. She is also a Trustee of a local advice, counselling and wellbeing charity in London.