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Last year I attended a Discovering Neighbourhood Statistics workshop run by the University of Manchester, it was a great workshop that gave a really good overview and insight on how to use the Office of National Statistics Neighbourhood Statistics website.
The website can be daunting to use but you can discover so much about your local area, regionally and nationally and make comparisons against different sets of data.
It can be a good basis when evidencing need for a project that you’d like funding for, or to discover what the issues are in your area, for instance discover how many Families there are with Dependent Children in your local ward.
Take a look at how many families there are with dependent children in Ancoats and Clayton where we’re based
The University of Manchester are running the training again for free on 13 November 2015, 9.30am-12.30pm.
The topics to be covered during the workshop (which will be based in a computer lab) are:
• Overview of the website (main purpose and main data sources)
• Brief introduction to the geographical units utilised when gathering and presenting area-level data (e.g. Census, electoral and administrative geographies)
• In-depth exploration of the main tools available on the Neighbourhood Statistics website to access area-level data (i.e. Finding Statistics, Neighbourhood Summary, Topics, Custom Searches)
• Brief discussion of how data can be presented (tables or maps)
• Additional resources (e.g. online support and face-to-face training opportunities)
Booking is essential, click here for more information and to book a place