Open Data Showcase September 25th, 2023 by Simon Greaves Leeds Digital Festival 2023 Our friends at Open Innovations will be 10 years old in November. To kick off their celebrations they are hosting a Showcase during Leeds Digital Festival on September 28th. This will take place in person at their innovation space in Munro House and will include talks, presentations and demos by some…
Wuthering Bytes 2023 August 15th, 2023 by Simon Greaves Following a three year absence the festival of interesting and inspiring technology in the small market town of Hebden Bridge will return in August 2023, which will also mark the 10 year anniversary of the first ever Wuthering Bytes. The festival will take place on Friday 25th August to Sunday 27th August at Hebden Bridge Town…
Footfall Data August 8th, 2023 by Simon Greaves We’ve recently published footfall reports showing data from Halifax BID (Business Improvement District) based on footfall recorded in Commercial Street and Corn Market in Halifax town centre. Data is shown by hour, day, week and rolling 12-months along with a comparison to previous years and is provided by Springboard. We hope to publish more footfall…
Annual Performance Report July 14th, 2023 by Simon Greaves Our 2022/23 Corporate Performance Report has the following main areas of focus: • Children subject to a Child protection plan and Children looked after• Percentage of safeguarding referrals where the investigation is completed within 12 weeks of the alert being made• Children looked after with an up to date Strengths and Difficulties questionnaire• Percentage of streets with…
Poverty and Data June 12th, 2023 by Simon Greaves Our Anti-Poverty dashboard shows a collection of selected statistics on poverty in Calderdale which has been developed alongside the Calderdale Anti-Poverty action plan. You can find more detail about this dashboard below. You can also find out more about poverty in the region and get involved with our friends at Open Innovations who are working…
Calderdale Perception Survey May 19th, 2023 by Simon Greaves The results from Calderdale Council’s annual residents survey are in, with 70% of people responding to the survey agreeing that Calderdale is a great place to live. Each year, the Council invites residents to take the Vision 2024 perception survey which helps measure progress towards achieving the Vision for the borough for the year 2024.…
Census 2021 – latest updates February 10th, 2023 by Cath Bentley The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has completed the first of three phases of publishing information about Census 2021. You can now find information about Calderdale’s communities and wards from Census 2021 in our ward demographic profiles and dedicated Census 2021 pages. Highlights from phase one include ONS will be publishing new analysis and a…
Half Year Performance and Corporate Plan January 30th, 2023 by Simon Greaves Our 2022/23 Half Year (Q2) Performance Report has three main areas of focus: • Permanent care home admissions• Reablement/rehabilitation services at 91 days• Primary educational attainment Our half year performance report also shows how the Council is performing against our key performance indicators and when compared to other councils. We treat a selection of these as super…
Warm Spaces January 13th, 2023 by Simon Greaves We’ve published a new dataset showing Warm and Welcoming Spaces in and around Calderdale along with links to regional and national directories of Warm Spaces provided by Open Innovations and Warm Welcome UK. The Open Innovations Warm Spaces Finder pulls together a number of directories from different groups and organisations. It also allows you to…
