Partnership projects with the University of Huddersfield December 6th, 2019 by Simon Greaves Calderdale Council and the University of Huddersfield have completed a successful second year of innovative data projects. The collaboration involved MBA and MSc students taking on a range of research projects using open data on Calderdale Dataworks, data from the Council’s Performance and Business Intelligence team, as well as new data generated by the students, allowing…
Climate Emergency Data October 18th, 2019 by Sophssmith As part of Calderdale Vision 2024 a Climate Emergency Action Plan has been put together to protect Calderdale’s Distinctive Environment. The Action Plan is made up of 4 main components including: 1. Transport: How we can travel more sustainably within the Borough. 2. Communities and People: How we can be more efficient in the community…
Calderdale Indices of Deprivation (IoD) dashboard October 17th, 2019 by Cath Bentley We have developed a suite of dashboards, using the Qlik Sense data visualisation software, to show the IoD 2019 data – see Indices of Deprivation. IoD are a set of datasets including the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) published by Government, and was last published in September 2019. The data is used by a wide…
#OpenGovTech Launch at Wuthering Bytes August 13th, 2019 by Simon Greaves Location: Birchcliffe Centre, Chapel Avenue, Hebden Bridge, HX7 8DG Date: Wednesday 4th September 2019 1:00PM – 4:30PM Whatever your experience or understanding of ‘GovTech,’ there is no denying that it can have profound effects on the lives of citizens. From small changes to the way that teams are managed to the deployment of digital services, GovTech is increasingly a…
Performance Dashboard and Vision 2024 June 26th, 2019 by Simon Greaves Calderdale Council continues to make good progress towards being the ‘best borough in the North’ and achieving the aspirations of the Vision2024 for Calderdale. During the last 12 months, the Council has been measuring its progress in a number of priority areas, with an aspiration to be the ‘best borough in the North’. Progress is…
#Clean Air Day – Air Quality Dashboard June 18th, 2019 by Simon Greaves Ahead of Clear Air Day on 20 June, we’ve published our new interactive dashboard using live data from the three air quality monitoring stations around Calderdale: Air Quality Dashboard Air Quality Monitoring Station 2 Data – Salterhebble, Halifax Air Quality Monitoring Station 3 Data – Market Street, Hebden Bridge Air Quality Monitoring Station 4 Data…
Northernlands Data Summit and Diversity and Equality Data Workshop May 20th, 2019 by Simon Greaves Northernlands Data Summit A 1-day summit at ODI Leeds held during Leeds Digital Festival in May 2019. It brought together the people who are creating the data economy to explore the diversity, untapped value, and potential for innovation. Artists, activists, organisations, businesses, data scientists, strategists, citizens – we all have something to gain from innovation…
We are Calderdale March 14th, 2019 by Diane Wilkinson Each year, Calderdale Council hold an assembly of public, private, community and voluntary sector partners. ‘We are Calderdale’ provides an opportunity to discuss how all our priorities can be met, identify gaps and provide opportunities to work together to improve life in Calderdale for all. This year, it is being hosted by Calderdale College. To…
Open Data Day March 1st, 2019 by Simon Greaves Saturday 2nd March is Open Data Day This is an annual celebration of open data all over the world and a great opportunity to raise awareness and show the benefits of open data (efficiency, transparency, innovation and economic growth). Here in Calderdale we have proactively and enthusiastically embraced Open Data, putting it at the heart of our Digital…
School census data January 23rd, 2019 by David Brook Did you know that Calderdale has 100 schools, serving over 35000 pupils? Analysis of our pupil population is available within the Schools datasets, which have recently been updated with data from the October 2018 school census. Topics include how many of these pupils have special educational needs, take free school meals or speak English as…