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

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Data analysis

Mind the gap – how did deprived areas fare in the recesssion?

9th September 2017

Summary It has been a key government ambition in recent years to…
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OCSI news

Job Vacancy: User Support Officer (Part Time)

19th June 2017

***THIS POSITION HAS NOW BEEN FILLED*** We are looking for a User…
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Data analysis

How much Big Lottery funding is spent in your local area?

14th June 2017

  Since 2004, the Big Lottery Fund has awarded more than £9…
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Data analysis

Explore housing affordability data for your local communities

26th April 2017

  Let’s start with some stats. Since 1998, the ratio of average…
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Research Projects

Supporting community organisations to win tenders and deliver services

20th February 2017

  The role of the Voluntary and Community Sector in delivering public…
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Case studies

How Local Insight is supporting West Sussex Council in evidence-based decision making

9th January 2017

  Centrally located on the coast of southern England, West Sussex has…
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Happy New Year from OCSI

6th January 2017

  With Christmas now just a distant memory, we are back and…
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Merry Quizmas!

12th December 2016

  It’s that time of year again; mince pies, carolling and Christmas…
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Data analysis

Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation: Understanding local areas and targeting resources

2nd December 2016

The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) was updated earlier this year…
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Graham Lally appointed Interim Chief Executive at OCSI

17th October 2016

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Graham Lally as Interim Chief…
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ODI Fridays: Data Science and the Indices of Deprivation

10th October 2016

Last Friday, OCSI Chief Exec, Tom Smith ventured into the Big Smoke…
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Job vacancy: Accounts and Office Manager (part-time)

20th September 2016

We are looking for an Accounts & Office Manager to join the team…
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Data analysis

Better inform your service planning decisions with new data on the prevalence of loneliness

31st August 2016

Loneliness affects over 1 million older people in the UK, with very…
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OCSI’s data tools awarded a place on G Cloud 8 agreement

10th August 2016

We are really excited to have been awarded a place on the…
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Resources and data

Panning for gold – sifting through a river of data

12th July 2016

More and more, community organisations need to demonstrate that they are making…
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Royal Statistical Society Awards for Excellence in Official Statistics

8th June 2016

  We are delighted that the English Indices of Deprivation 2015 have…
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What’s changing in the open data ecosystem?

26th May 2016

Last weekend was the 3rd Open Data Camp, in the great venue…
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Community Insight goes down under

18th May 2016

Over the last couple of years, Community Insight has been expanding –…
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Data analysis

Why the Indices of Deprivation are still important in the open data era

24th March 2016

The Index of Multiple Deprivation 2010 (IMD 2010) is used very widely…
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Research Projects

Project spotlight: Welsh coastal communities

22nd February 2016

Almost 70% of areas in Wales are classified as coastal communities and…
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OCSI news

Trafford Innovation and Intelligence Lab

16th December 2015

A big congratulations are in order for Jamie Whyte and the rest…
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Season’s Greetings from OCSI

16th December 2015

  Season’s Greetings   From all of the team at OCSI 2015…
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OCSI featured in Sussex Business Times

7th December 2015

We do love to talk about open data and this month we…
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Data analysis

Calculating the Living Wage: The Minimum Income Standard

2nd November 2015

Over the weekend it was announced that The Living Wage has increased…
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Job Vacancy: Data & Research Intern / Junior Researcher

23rd October 2015

We are looking for a Data & Research Intern or possibly a…
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More than 570 new datasets added to Local Insight

20th October 2015

What better way to celebrate World Statistics Day than with the largest…
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Tools for a flowing company

16th October 2015

Over the last few years, OCSI has grown as a company –…
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Value Insight updated with the latest social value metrics

13th October 2015

The Social Value Bank has recently been updated to take account of…
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Job Vacancy: User Support Intern

5th October 2015

User support Intern We are looking for a User Support Intern to…
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English Indices of Deprivation 2015 have been published

30th September 2015

The English Indices of Deprivation 2015 were published this morning by Department…
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Resources and data

Exploring how the Indices of Deprivation have been used

7th July 2015

Our development of the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) for the Department…
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Introducing Community Insight Scotland

29th June 2015

England, Wales and now Scotland- we are delighted to announce the launch…
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Finalists for the Open Data Business Award!

26th June 2015

Last week we found out we were shortlisted for ODI’s Open Data…
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OCSI shortlisted for Open Data Awards

17th June 2015

For the second year running, we are so pleased to have been…
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The value of an internship

22nd May 2015

As my internship comes to an end at Oxford Consultants for Social…
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Job Vacancy: Researcher Internship

5th May 2015

Job Description In summer, the UK government is publishing OCSI’s update to…
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Indices of Deprivation

Adventure playgrounds & Indices of Deprivation

29th April 2015

Providing research, analysis and tools to improve public services is the core…
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Updating the Indices of Deprivation – Government response to consultation now published

24th March 2015

The Department for Communities and Local Government has published the Government response…
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Job Vacancy: Junior Developer & QA Support

27th February 2015

The role This is a great opportunity to gain experience working on…
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Launching Local Insight for 2015

13th February 2015

We have built Local Insight to meet the specific needs of local…
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