Data Clinic: Data health check - Big Lottery Fund.(QuickAddress Pro from QAS Ltd.)

With the unenviable task of managing 40,000 annual grant applications, the organisation uses QAS address software to cut down on fraud.

THE PROBLEM

Big Lottery Fund is responsible for distributing approximately pounds 630 million a year of National Lottery money to worthy causes.

When you are responsible for handing out this much money a year, it is imperative that mistakes are not made in the distribution process. This means that checking the addresses of applicant organisations is an important part of Big Lottery Fund's job, particularly when it receives more than 40,000 applications a year and has a customer database of some 300,000 records. …