20th November 2025 by Simon Greaves
The Employment and Skills dashboard has been developed to monitor and show progress against key indicators in our Employment and Skills Framework (2024-2029). The Framework will help get more people in Calderdale into learning, training and employment by delivering a skills system that meets the...
5th September 2025 by Simon Greaves
The latest Visitor Economy data for 2024 continues to show the value of the visitor economy in Calderdale, increasing year on year having risen from £516.58 million in 2022 to £649.65 million in 2024. Tourism related employment has increased from 5,189 in 2022 to 5,791 in 2024, with 4,113 of these...
31st July 2025 by Simon Greaves
Our annual performance report is now published and contains a summary of the Council’s performance between April 2024 to the end of March 2025. The report highlights many positives, with areas of outstanding performance and progress helping to improve life for residents, businesses and visitors at a...
11th July 2025 by Simon Greaves
Vision 34 was officially launched at the annual ‘We are Calderdale’ partnership event in June 2025. It marked a significant milestone and the start of a 10-year ambition for the whole borough, which will build hope and aspiration, making Calderdale an even better place to live, work, play, learn,...
25th October 2024 by Charlotte Greaves
Our Inclusive Economy Strategy dashboard has been developed to show progress against key indicators for each of the 5 Goals in the Inclusive Economy Strategy and to meet our vision for Calderdale to be a more inclusive economy by 2029. This interactive dashboard shows latest overview data for the...
21st June 2024 by Diane Wilkinson
Is Calderdale a great place to live? 72% of residents think so. For the last six years we have asked Calderdale residents for their perception of what it is like to live in the borough. Is it a great place to live in? Is it an attractive place to visit? How well do people from different backgrounds...
29th May 2024 by Diane Wilkinson
Tourism was hit hard during the pandemic (2020 to 2021) across the country. Attractions had to close several times and people were discouraged from travelling any distance. The tourism figures for 2022 were released earlier this year and show tourism is growing again. This is despite the ongoing...
18th September 2017 by Simon Greaves
#TravelHack was an incredible success, where more than 80 people helped write Transport for the North’s data strategy. #TravelHack2 – Fare Enough held in October, focused on the presentation of fare information to customers, expanding on the ideas and explorations from #TravelHack. Bus fares have...
12th July 2017 by Diane Wilkinson
On Thursday 9 February, the State of Calderdale Assembly was held to look at key issues and how to achieve our ambition to make Calderdale the best borough in the north. The event brought together about 100 key representatives from public, private, and voluntary and community sectors across the...
31st January 2017 by Diane Wilkinson
Use our new interactive dashboards to find out how we are doing. The dashboards show how we compare our progress over time, and how we compare against other authorities: Performance overview . Calderdale Council’s ambition is to be the ‘Best Borough in the North’. We measure our performance on three...
12th December 2016 by Diane Wilkinson
For some festive open data inspiration, our friends at ODI Leeds have created an advent calendar showcasing some great examples of open data in action, including Wee three kings (public toilets map) and The Nightmare after Christmas (Boxing day floods). Check back throughout December for your daily...