Data has traditionally been used as a tool of management and control. Nowhere is this more visible than in the measurement of deprivation. The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is
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What happens when we start to see how money really moves through our communities? Local economies are under pressure. Budgets are tight, inequality is rising, and yet huge amounts of
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Data has traditionally been used as a tool of management and control. In cities especially, data determines how things work, where intervention should happen and how impact should be measured.
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You may have noticed that the Indices of Deprivation for England were updated and released in November 2025, and this has given us an opportunity to revisit a project that
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The last two years have been challenging for civil society organisations across the UK. Like many not-for-profits, we’ve watched respected organisations close their doors as funding landscapes shifted dramatically—grant funding
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Over the past few months, we’ve been developing new AI literacy resources as part of our Data For Communities programme. Our aim is to create workshops that help people understand
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Last month I was lucky to attend at csv,conf,v9 in Bologna, where I gave a talk on our Data For Communities programme. A gathering of the community data world, it
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Two weeks ago, I was fortunate to attend the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Global Summit in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Euskadi, Spain as part of the UK delegation—a mix of government and civil
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The LCR Data Community held its fourth gathering on Thursday 18 September at DoES Liverpool, bringing together around 25 data professionals from across the Liverpool City Region for our first
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Help us test our new workshop series We’re launching a new three-part workshop series to help people navigate AI with confidence and clarity, and we need your help to make