Our latest Dashboard is a visual representation of the libraries data published on Calderdale Dataworks for the last three financial years prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. The dashboard includes various visualisations and a map to show the locations of the libraries and the numbers of visitors. Visualisations include: total visits by library, visits by adults and children, all library issues...

...network of warm and welcoming spaces in the borough. Warm and welcoming spaces are safe, friendly places where people can gather for free. Some venues offer hot drinks, activities and other services such as free wi-fi. There are lots of designated Warm and welcoming spaces in Calderdale, including all Calderdale libraries. Sports centres across the borough are now joining the network, providing a social warm space, with warm drinks and accessible toilets. The Open Innovations Warm Spaces Finder pulls together a number of directories from different groups and organisations. It also allows you to search for a warm spaces by location...

...and probably a bit less than 90. Most of the value of publishing is to the organisation itself. Simon: We’ve also created several dashboards, many of which are available publicly on Data Works. They bring a lot of high-value datasets to life such as anti-poverty, air quality, performance, budgets, deprivation, libraries, highways and traffic and with a few more in the pipeline. We’ve been using Qlik for a few years and we’re now migrating over to Power BI. Paul: So you’re here at Open Innovations today working on that with the team moving into Power BI. And how easy is it?...

...and relative poverty measures The Anti-Poverty dashboard brings together a range of different data sets from different source, to help capture evidence of poverty within Calderdale.We have also built the below dashboards in Power BI: Air Quality Consistent Financial Reporting Council budget Council Performance overview Cycle Lane Counter DataWorks analytics Libraries Traffic count Ward elections

...which we can unlock though access to data and shared conversations We have published almost 250 datasets on Calderdale DataWorks (5th in the country based on datasets on data.gov.uk), with a wide range of datasets such as business rates, spending, schools, workforce, land and building assets, air quality, parking and libraries data. We publish a range of ward profiles and visualisations on digital inclusion, neighbourhoods, public heath, population and poverty which provide more depth and value in these areas. This data has been popular with elected members and is well used by local community and voluntary groups for research and to...

...residents One-third less waste being sent to landfill in 2017/18 than the year before. Growing the economy It’s been a really exciting year for Calderdale’s economy. The reopening of The Piece Hall – which has seen footfall of 1.75 million since August 2017 – and other major developments like the new Central Library and Archives and the regeneration of Square Chapel Arts Centre and Calderdale Industrial Museum have led to Halifax being compared to major cities in Europe. The Council sees this as the start of a transformation, putting the town and the wider borough on the map nationally and internationally as a...

...innovation and economic growth. It saves time by publishing frequently requested information; enables other organisations to use the Council’s data; and gives local people an insight into how the Council works, how we’re performing and what we’re spending.” The huge range of information covers school data, business rates, elections, parking, libraries, environmental health, defibrillators, grant-funded projects, air quality and much more. You might be thinking about applying for a school place for your child, you could be from a local organisation making a bid for grants or funding, or maybe you’re a property developer looking for empty buildings in Calderdale – you...