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Resources and data

The importance of mid-year population estimates

17th January 2025

For organisations working to address social challenges, like Community Foundations, understanding who…
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Data analysis

Data Heroes: Tim Berners-Lee

16th January 2025

At OCSI, we use open data to drive social good, turning complex…
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Data analysis

Scotland’s statistical geographies: A comparison with England and Wales

4th December 2024

Looking to better understand the statistical geographies that place-based data is published…
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Data analysis

General Election 2024: Voting patterns in England by deprivation and community need

15th August 2024

The General Election 2024 changed the political geography of the UK. Labour…
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Resources and data

UKGrantmaking and Community Foundations

10th July 2024

What is UKGrantmaking? UKGrantmaking is a landmark publication on the state of…
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Data analysis

Marmot Principles and neighbourhood level data

8th July 2024

The Marmot Review, published back in 2010, still has important implications today…
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OCSI news

Announcing Local Insight 2.0, the place-based data platform from OCSI

23rd April 2024

We are proud to announce that we have successfully redeveloped and launched…
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Data analysis

What is the Scottish Community Needs Index?

5th April 2024

OCSI created the first version of the Community Needs Index in partnership…
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Research Projects

Uncovering Sussex: How OCSI’s research helps Sussex Community Foundation to tackle poverty

3rd January 2024

Sussex Community Foundation (SCF) is one of 46 community foundations across the…
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Research Projects

Everybody Needs Good Neighbourhoods: Insights from OCSI’s research on neighbourhood-based initiatives with Local Trust

20th December 2023

What is the impact of neighbourhood-based initiatives (NBIs) on community life? Do…
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OCSI news

Sport England uses Community Needs Index within their Place Partnerships work

14th December 2023

Sport England have recently announced that they are investing an additional £250…
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left behind neighbourhoods

Final report of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for left behind neighbourhoods

26th October 2023

The APPG for left behind neighbourhoods has published their final report on…
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Case studies

How Everton in the Community use Local Insight to strengthen funding bids

8th August 2023

Everton in the Community (EitC) is a leading sports charity, working to…
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Indices of Deprivation

We are updating the English Indices of Deprivation in 2025

10th July 2023

  Following a competitive tender process, OCSI has been commissioned to update…
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Research Projects

GambleAware – gambling harms data profiles

5th July 2023

GambleAware provides information to help people make informed decisions about their gambling….
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