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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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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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Data analysis

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 our tools Local Insight & Community Insight…
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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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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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