We caught up with Strategic Analyst, Aaron Cheung who works for Thames Valley’s Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner to hear about how he uses data in his role and why he is so passionate about working with data.
Charities collect a lot of information every day – and analysing this data can transform their services for the better. But where should you start? What do we mean by data and data science, and how can you tell if your organisation would benefit from using it?
This suite of profiles was generated in May 2022. We will continue to download more up-to-date profiles and publish them in the ‘Opportunity Bucks’ Resources section of the Bucks Data Exchange.
Economic profiles for the 10 Opportunity Bucks wards (2023)
A summary of the inequalities data used to identify the 10 Opportunity Bucks wards (2021)
Opportunity Bucks is Buckinghamshire Council’s flagship programme with Partners to improve opportunities for people in Buckinghamshire. It is our response to the Government’s Levelling Up White Paper published in February 2022, which sets out 12 national missions designed to spread opportunity across the whole of the UK and improve everyday life and life chances for people in underperforming places.
We caught up with Policy and Insight Manager Korri Lenney to hear about why data is important to her role and her passion for social change.
The Claimant Count counts the number of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance plus those who claim Universal Credit and are required to seek work and be available for work. It is a measure of the number of people claiming ‘out-of-work’ related benefits. Not all those who are unemployed claim benefits. This is largely due to people finding new work very quickly or having other sources of financial support at home. In addition, not all those counted within the Claimant Count are unemployed (some are working a low number of hours and/or are earning a low income). Whilst the Claimant Count is not a measure of unemployment, it is a useful proxy at the local level.
The Bucks Data Exchange is working with the NTU to create a local picture of the needs of charities across Bucks.
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero publish national statistics on UK local authority and regional gas emissions. The greenhouse gases covered by these statistics are carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. In accordance with international reporting and carbon trading protocols, each of these gases is weighted by its global warming potential (GWP), so that total greenhouse gas emissions can be reported on a consistent basis (in carbon dioxide equivalent units). The GWP for each gas is defined as its warming influence relative to that of carbon dioxide. The GWPs used in these statistics are from Working Group 1 of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2013.
We caught up with Strategic Analyst, Aaron Cheung who works for Thames Valley’s Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner to hear about how he uses data in his role and why he is so passionate about working with data.
Charities collect a lot of information every day – and analysing this data can transform their services for the better. But where should you start? What do we mean by data and data science, and how can you tell if your organisation would benefit from using it?
This suite of profiles was generated in May 2022. We will continue to download more up-to-date profiles and publish them in the ‘Opportunity Bucks’ Resources section of the Bucks Data Exchange.
