An introduction to the processes and sites which can provide a background and baseline for the work of Communities First in Wales, including reference to the newly publish Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (November 2014). Includes a list of governmental and non-governmental websites and resources.

1. James Hall
Project Manager

2. U. Beck: Risk Society, 1992

3. Action Research Projects
celt.ust.hk

4. A variety of sources
Have a go!
What would you like to find out?
Play!

7. Indicators
Domains
Weighting
Ranking for each LSOA

13. Exercise
Split into groups
Share out LSOAs
Find out one key fact about Prosperity, Health and Education
Use latest data available – older data available?
Present it in some way – graph, picture, numbers

14. The North Cluster consists of the following Lower Super Output Areas
(LSOAs)
Abersychan 1,2,4
Blaenavon 2
Cwmyniscoy
St. Cadocs and Penygarn
Trevethin 1,2

15. The South Cluster consists of the following Lower Super Output
Areas (LSOAs)
Fairwater 2
Greenmeadow 1,3
Llantarnam 3
Pontnewydd 1
St. Dials 1,2
Two Locks 1
Upper Cwmbran 1,3 (covering a significant proportion of Cwmbran
town and outlying areas)

16. Drilling down to more local results
Street reps
Surveys
Qualitative surveys – e.g. digital stories
Area surveys
Question design
Time constraints

17. Glyncoch survey
Summer 2014
1500 houses/flats
One week
12 staff
1 researcher
1 morning training
c.400 responses

18. Websites
https://assemblyinbrief.wordpress.com/category/statistics/
Assembly Research Service briefing
https://statswales.wales.gov.uk/Catalogue
Stats Wales – official Welsh Government
https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/
Office for National Statistics – UK labour market
http://wimd.wales.gov.uk/
WIMD interactive – beta (test site)
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions/
about/statistics
DWP UK stats

19. Websites
http://www.police.uk/
Police UK data down to neighbourhood level
http://www.poverty.ac.uk/tags/wales
Poverty & Social Exclusion – academic – several universities (ESRC)
http://www.jrf.org.uk/publications/monitoring-poverty-and-social-exclusion-2014
Joseph Rowntree Foundation – independent think tank
http://wales.gov.uk/statistics-and-research/welsh-health-survey/?lang=en
Welsh Health Survey – WG
http://mylocalschool.wales.gov.uk/
My local school – WG three years’ worth of stats in easy to read format
http://www.assembly.wales/Research%20Documents/14-048%20Unemployment/14-
048.pdf
Unemployment briefing by county

20. Diolch! Thanks!
peopleandworkunit.org.uk
facebook.com/pawu1984
@PWUnit