The OCSI Blog: Data-driven Insights & Local Government Trends

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Data analysis

Widespread rises in unemployment rates show the economic impact of COVID-19

21st May 2020

The unemployment claimant count data (released 19th May) provides a strong indication…
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Which local labour markets are most at risk?

29th April 2020

The RSA has published an excellent analysis piece, which has revealed that in some…
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Resources and data

Data and resources for responses to COVID-19

20th April 2020

  Various organisations have been publishing data and resources to support the…
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Resources and data

COVID-19 Vulnerability Index

1st April 2020

British Red Cross COVID-19 vulnerability index British Red Cross has developed a…
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Data analysis

Community Needs Index – Your questions answered

15th January 2020

  Following on from the launch of our work with Local Trust…
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Introducing the Community Needs Index: Measuring social and cultural factors

21st October 2019

In 2018, Local Trust commissioned OCSI to develop a quantitative measure of…
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Indices of Deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2019

26th September 2019

We are happy to announce that the English Indices of Deprivation 2019…
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Data analysis

Left behind? Understanding communities on the edge

5th September 2019

The term left behind neighbourhoods is featuring more and more in social…
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Data analysis

Access to Healthy Assets and Hazards

31st July 2019

  Understanding the wider determinants of physical and mental health is an…
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Data analysis

A new measure of third sector activity available in Local Insight

23rd July 2019

  This post is from Mary Silk,  Researcher at OCSI. Is third…
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Case studies

Sussex Community Foundation | Support grant assessment and attract funding with Local Insight

26th June 2019

Sussex Community Foundation is one of the 46 community foundations across the…
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Resources and data

The power of spatial data for third sector organisations

17th June 2019

This is a guest post by James Bowles, PhD student at the…
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Data analysis

Local level internet engagement data

3rd April 2019

  Digital Exclusion is not a new topic. We know that even…
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Case studies

How are Community Foundations benefiting from Local Insight?

21st March 2019

When it comes to understanding the needs of local communities, Community Foundations…
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Featured

LSOAs, LEPs and lookups : A beginner’s guide to statistical geographies

18th March 2019

  If this blog post has caught your eye, then you probably…
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Data analysis

Neighbourhood estimates on health conditions: What’s the story in your area?

19th February 2019

The latest additions to Local Insight are an interesting bunch. Not least…
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Resources and data

How to calculate your grant funding per head of the population

7th January 2019

  94 grantmakers are now publishing their funding data as open data…
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Small area benefits measures from DWP: What has changed and what does it mean?

14th December 2018

  There have been a number of changes in the local level…
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OCSI news

Looking back at Data4Good

22nd November 2018

  If ever there was a time of year to get an…
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Research Projects

Understanding the narrative behind the numbers

29th October 2018

  The data that underpins  Local Insight is used by more than…
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OCSI news

Big Local Connects – the lowdown

10th September 2018

  For the last 18 months, Local Trust have been using Local…
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OCSI news

Job Vacancy: Junior Data Researcher

20th August 2018

  *** THIS POSITION HAS NOW BEEN FILLED *** We are looking…
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Case studies

Support for place-based commissioning in Wirral

26th July 2018

  The final installment of case studies focusing on Wirral Metropolitan Borough…
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Case studies

Use Local Insight to share and communicate data across your organisation

19th July 2018

  In the first instalment of case studies from Wirral Council, we…
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Case studies

Freeing up time and resources in Wirral with Local Insight

12th July 2018

  Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council is a unitary authority in the North…
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Data analysis

New estimates on vacant dwellings at a local level – what can they tell us?

30th April 2018

Overview Census estimates of vacant dwellings are a helpful measure of the…
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Data analysis

House price changes in England | The national, local and super-local picture

20th February 2018

  The cost of housing is never far from the policy agenda…
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OCSI news

Why does a commercial organisation go to UKGovCamp anyways?

2nd February 2018

  Darting between puddles and rail replacement buses, two intrepid members of…
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Seeing the wood for the CSVs

29th January 2018

  “Data Expeditions are quests to map uncharted territory, discover hidden stories…
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Data analysis

Understanding small area child poverty data across the UK

26th January 2018

  Child poverty has hit the headlines again as End Child Poverty…
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What can personal debt data at a local level tell us?

3rd January 2018

  It’s a new year – and we are starting as we…
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Data analysis

Was your favourite Christmas TV special set in a town near you?!

14th December 2017

  There is nothing better over the Christmas holidays than eating your…
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OCSI news

Data & Insight Authority Forum 2017

7th December 2017

  The Data and Insight Authority Forum has been set up by…
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Case studies

How Local Insight is supporting Oxfordshire Community Foundation to be a local knowledge hub

4th December 2017

  There are 46 Community Foundations across the UK. Each of them…
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Data analysis

The holly and the ivy | Greenspaces data in Local Insight

4th December 2017

  Parks and other green spaces are part and parcel of everyday…
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Using energy efficiency of buildings data to better target fuel poverty programmes

1st November 2017

  Local Insight provides the underlying contextual information of any place and…
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Mind the gap! Visualising small area housing affordability data | Part two

9th October 2017

    Last month Colin Wojtowycz of Datawoj Ltd shared some of…
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Mind the gap! Visualising small area housing affordability data | Part one

25th September 2017

    Back in April we blogged about some new data on…
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Community Dynamics: What does it mean and why does it matter?

18th September 2017

  Our tool Local Insight gives instant access to more than 1,500…
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OCSI news

Job Vacancy: Web Developer

15th September 2017

*** This position has now been filled.*** We are looking for a…
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