OCSI’s Need Measurements study was central to Bedfordshire and Luton Investing in Communities (IiC) Partnership being awarded annual funding of over £5 million under the East of England Development Agency IiC programme. OCSI were commissioned by the Partnership to develop and assess the evidence base regarding deprivation, in order to identify areas and/or themes for potential development. Further OCSI work in collaboration with Roger Tym is identifying gaps in provision across the County, in order to target resources at specific programmes for the most deprived areas and communities.
The English Community Needs Index (CNI) 2023 is now published as open…
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Social housing providers have deep, experience-based knowledge of the communities they serve….
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Many funding programmes use the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) to identify…
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