Civic 10DS: 22 live data dashboards on UK government statistics, built with Softr + Google Sheets + Apps Script

Built with Softr
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Hi all,

I’ve just launched Civic 10 Downing Street (civic10ds.co.uk), a free site that turns official UK statistics into clear, sourced dashboards: tax, NHS, schools, crime, councils, small boat crossings, how the UK compares with other countries, cost of living across 37 capital cities, and more.

How it’s built:

  1. Softr for the site, with Vibe Coding blocks for the custom charts, the homepage search and the donate page
  2. Google Sheets as the database, one tab per dataset - Apps Script on timers that pull from ONS, HMRC, NHS England, the Home Office, the OECD and others, with sanity checks so a bad download never overwrites good data
  3. Stripe Payment Links for optional monthly or one-off donation

Things that worked well:

  1. Vibe Coding blocks reading straight from Google Sheets tabs, so the site updates itself
  2. A Site_Search tab that powers the homepage search bar
  3. Checking every page on a phone-sized screen before publishing

Every figure names its source, and I’d love feedback on how it looks and reads, especially on mobile. Anything confusing, missing or broken, please tell me.

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The source-on-every-figure habit is what makes a stats site trustworthy. One thing worth testing is whether each dashboard still reads clearly when a number updates mid-month, stale labels are what usually confuse people.

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Yep, agreed. An audit is scheduled quite regularly so this will catch it, and some dates in the calendar for when some metrics change