Using your data

Some messages from our work with DataBridge

Tom Smith, OCSI tom.smith@ocsi.co.uk 01273 810 270

To cover

• How can data help you? Some examples

• Our analysis with Amaze “Which neighbourhoods (and groups) are under-represented on our COMPASS register?”

• Presentation is important

• “How to” tools– Linking your postcode user info to published data

(Graham)– Finding relevant nationally published data (Stefan)

How can data help? Eg …

• Understanding need and demand(your users, published sources)

• How can we improve services(better targeting etc)

• Changes in user numbers and needs over time

• Quality of services

What is the need for our services ? Why should funders commission us ?

Which areas and/ or groups are we not reaching? Unmet need ?

How is demand and need changing? Emerging needs ?

What is the impact of our services on users? Return on Investment ?

6 drivers behind open data

• Accountability to citizens

• Choices for service users

• Public service productivity

• Public service quality

• Social growth

• Economic growth

How much does my government spend?

Which is the best school for my child?

How can I deliver a more efficient court service?

How safe is my local hospital?

How can I access my medical record and share my views with other patients?

How can I set up a business on public data?

Our analysis with Amaze

Our analysis with Amaze

• COMPASS register of children in the city with disability

• “Which neighbourhoods (and groups) are under-represented on our COMPASS register?” – Want to target promotional campaigns and contact

with schools and other services located in these areas

• Comparison of COMPASS database against publicly-available data – Used to identify ‘undercounted neighbourhoods and

groups

What did we do? Starting from COMPASS data ...

• Identify published datasets that can be used to compare with your data

How to use Data4nr to find relevantdata

What did we do? Starting from COMPASS data ...

• Identify published datasets that can be used to compare with your data

• Linking postcode data to other geographies e.g. Super Output Areas and wards

Postcode tooldeveloped forlocal VCS to use

What did we do? Starting from COMPASS data ...

• Identify published datasets that can be used to compare with your data

• Linking postcode data to other geographies e.g. Super Output Areas and wards

• Which neighbourhoods in Brighton have the highest children-with-disability populations?

What did we do? Starting from COMPASS data ...

• Identify published datasets that can be used to compare with your data

• Linking postcode data to other geographies e.g. Super Output Areas and wards

• Which neighbourhoods in Brighton have the highest children-with-disability populations?

• Which neighbourhoods are under-represented on COMPASS?

What did we do? Starting from COMPASS data ...

• Identify published datasets that can be used to compare with your data

• Linking postcode data to other geographies e.g. Super Output Areas and wards

• Which neighbourhoods in Brighton have the highest children-with-disability populations?

• Which neighbourhoods are under-represented on COMPASS?

• Which groups are under-represented on COMPASS?

– Compare COMPASS data with published data on DLA

Summary

• Brief analysis for the DataBridge project

• Shown how data held by local VCS groups can be compared with nationally-published data, to identify those areas that are under-represented in their data

• Analysis for Amaze to inform better service targetting

• Developed tools to help VCS groups across the city – feel free to use, contact us etc ...

Presentation is important

Taken from http://flowingdata.com/2011/10/21/the-venn-piagram/

Visualising the return on investment

Visualising the return on investment

£50,000 per year funding to Amaze DisabilityLiving Allowance Support Service

£3,000,000 per year in benefits received by families

“How to” tools

Linking your postcode user info to published data (Graham)

Finding relevant nationally published data (Stefan)

3 questions to take away

• What of this can we re-use in our organisation (or are doing so already) ?

• What tools would be useful to VCS across the city (eg, as per the postcode and searchable national data tools)

• What (additional) analysis support would be useful to VCS for … identifying need … funding bids … impact analysis … etc etc

Thank you

Tom SmithOxford Consultants for Social Inclusion (OCSI)

e: tom.smith@ocsi.co.ukt: 01273 810 270w: www.ocsi.co.uk